Sorrentino, Anthony

Anthony Sorrentino (1913-2005) was a Chicago sociologist, scholar, and civic leader of Italian descent. Sorrentino worked with the Chicago Area Project (1934-1938) and later as a sociologist at the Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR; 1938-1957). In 1957, Sorrentino's work at the IJR was transferred to the Illinois Youth Commission, and in the 1970s to the Department of Corrections. In 1975, Governor Daniel Walker appointed Sorrentino Executive Director of the newly formed Commission on Delinquency Prevention. Sorrentino was founder of the West Side Community Committee, co-founder of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, and active in other neighborhood and Italian American civic and cultural organizations.

From the description of Anthony Sorrentino papers, ca. 1931-1995 (bulk 1938-1978). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 718738140

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