SJU Alumnus Mario Cuomo Dead at 82

http://nypost.com/2015/01/01/former-new-york-governor-mario-cuomo-dead-at-82/


Whether you agreed with him politically or not, one of the smartest guys to ever graduate from St. John's.


R.I.P.
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Outfielder on the baseball team, wasn't he?
 
If you asked him a question he'd look you in the eye and take as long as needed to answer it. He was a decent man. RIP.
 
http://nypost.com/2015/01/01/former-new-york-governor-mario-cuomo-dead-at-82/


Whether you agreed with him politically or not, one of the smartest guys to ever graduate from St. John's.


R.I.P.
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I voted for him in every elected office I was eligible to vote for. I went to SJU with his nephew, and Andrew (a Fordham student) would come to our fraternity football games at Cunningham park each week. A friend of mine was on his staff and damned nearly adored Mario (but detested Andrew).

I agree that Mario Cuomo was a very bright guy, but over time I began to realize he could convince himself of anything, and suspected he was compromising his values for the politically expedient thing to do. He was a great orator, and could speak knowledgably on all domestic issues extemporaneously, without the benefit of speeches written by staff or delivered via teleprompter.

All in all, along with Hugh Carey, another strong Catholic, was the most visible and successful politicians St. John's ever produced. Until the time of his death, I would see Carey, and his huge family clan in tow, at Sunday Mass out east each summer.

We should all be proud.

R.I.P.
 
Cuomo was a great, great son of St John's regardless of his politics or your own.

I remember him coming to our Brooklyn Center Law Club Speaker meeting, before he was famous. He was a great orator and likely, one of the brightest politicians ever. He could explain things in a simple way,even the most complicated issues. And, unlike our current POTUS, knew how to compromise and negotiate his way through difficult issues.

In many ways, he was the stereotypical St John's student/grad of that era. Son of Immigrants who worked hard to get him a education. His passing takes a great Alum of the University off our Honor Roll and puts him in a higher place.
 
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