Dominic and Pat Ciardi Endowed Scholarship

Born Dec. 9, 1931, in Dover, N.J., Dominic Ciardi was the son of Soccorso and Ermelinda Ciardi. He graduated from Dover High School in 1949. He was a member of the 1948 State Championship football team. He also excelled on the high school baseball team as a catcher. He graduated from Seton Hall University in 1953. Dominic served in the United States Marine Corps and achieved the rank of captain. He was stationed in California and Japan. In 1956, he married Patty Brown, also from Dover, and they moved to Chicago, Ill. In 1958, Dominic received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he also worked in their Industrial Relations Center. Dominic returned to New Jersey and became an instructor for Rutgers University in 1959, and, in 1960, he took a position with M & T Chemicals in Rahway, New Jersey, where he worked until his retirement in 1995 as the director of human resources and administration.

Dominic served on the Piscataway School Board for 26 years and the athletic field is named in his honor. In 1965, he was chosen “Man of the Year” by the Piscataway Jaycees and, in 1999, his name was placed on the “Wall of Fame” at Dover High School. Dominic was an active member of St. Frances Cabrini Church in Piscataway for 54 years. After retirement, he volunteered his services, maintaining the church and grounds as well as renovating its basement. Dominic was a dearly loved husband, and father of two daughters and three sons, and grandfather of nine.

The family of Dominic and Pat Ciardi: Mark Ciardi ’83, Scott Ciardi ’87, Cindy Ciardi Whittington ’79, and Kim Ciardi Madlinger ’81 (Donors) established this endowed scholarship in order to support student veterans at the University.