I rise to pay tribute to Vito Battista. a truly remarkable man. During the course of his life. this resident of Brooklyn. NY. has excelled as a businessman. educator. architect. humanitarian. and civic leader. Mr. Battista is a personification of the tencts of the American dream. He came to America as a child. an immigrant to a strange land. He worked his way through high school and college by laboring long and grueling hours as an ice peddler. However. his hard work and determination to succeed allowed him to obtain a bachelors degree in architecture from Carnegie Institute and a masters degree in architecture from M.I.T.
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