A 1956 graduate of Worcester Academy and of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1961,D'Alessandro was a three-year letterman on the football team,and served as the team's co-captain during his senior season in 1960–61. He was also a two-year member of the lacrosse team and played one year of baseball for the Wildcats. While at UNH,he was a member of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. He was inducted into the UNH Hall of Fame on September 25,2010.[3]
In 1963,D'Allesandro became the first athletic director and men's basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University (known then as New Hampshire College),where he was instrumental in helping the school achieve NCAA status. As head coach,the men's basketball team won three consecutive conference titles from 1964–65 to 1966–67. He was inducted into the SNHU Penmen Hall of Fame in 1970.[4]
A biography of D'Allesandro,Lou D'Allesandro:Lion of the New Hampshire Senate and Thoughts for Presidential Hopefuls,by Mark C. Bodanza,was published in 2018.[5]
Early life
D'Allessandro was born and raised in East Boston. At three years old,a house fire occurred in his family's tenement,and he was saved by the Boston Fire Department.[citation needed]
↑ Mark C. Bodanza (April 1, 2018). Lou D'Allesandro: Lion of the New Hampshire Senate and Thoughts for Presidential Hopefuls. North Hill Press. ISBN978-0997014426.
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