[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING WILLIAM J. CASTELLO

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                        HON. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 19, 2021

  Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor William J. 
Castello. Born in 1957, a diagnosis of chronic bronchitis left him 
spending much of his childhood indoors. One day he found a box of 
graphite lead sticks and began to faithfully reproduce the cover 
portraits of LOOK and LIFE magazine on typing paper, beginning his long 
love of art. Starting with his first public showing at the East 
Flatbush Public Library at the age of 9, he has been featured at 
Columbia University, the Newseum, and the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum in 
Staten Island. After marrying his childhood sweetheart, Maria 
Loccisano, he went on to work for the Associated Press as an artist. He 
is now an honorary associate of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a 
Fourth-degree Knight and Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, 
and now, the Immediate Past President of the Fr. Capodanno Lodge of the 
Sons and Daughters of Italy in America. He and Maria have made their 
home in Staten Island since 1986 and have been an active part of the 
community since then.

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