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IN MEMORIAM Brown University Sports Foundation
Frank Pizzitola ’49, P’81, GP’03, ’06 (third from right) in 1989 at the groundbreaking of the Pizzitola Sports Center named for his late son Paul with (L to R) then President Howard Swearer, Kip Cohen ’50, P’86, Art Joukowsky ’55, P’87, GP’13, GP’14, Frank , the late Dave Zucconi ’55 and then Athletic Director John Parry ’65, P’91.
Remembrance - Frank Pizzitola ’49, P’81, GP’03, GP’06 August 21, 1973 - December 17, 2012
Frank Pizzitola ’49 and the “Right Hand Column” by Kip Cohen ’50, P’86
When I renewed my friendship in New York City with Frank after graduating from Brown, I told Frank about the new Brown Football Association designed to help Brown win. Frank, a very successful investment banker at Lazard Freres, said he was tired of looking at the Right Hand Column (where losers are found) and said he would help.
One son that I knew and two of his grandchildren have graduated from Brown. Frank was a true Brown Man, through and through. The “Pizzitola”, home of winners, is a grand tribute to my friend, Frank Pizzitola. May all Brown Grads be in the “Left Column of Life.” Go Bruno!
Frank Pizzitola, University benefactor, sport enthusiast, Brown alum, parent and grandparent, passed away in December 2012. Frank had an impact at Brown for many years after his graduation, including the Pizzitola Sports Center, which he helped bring to fruition. Kip Cohen, Class of 1950, and longtime treasurer of the BUSF, provided his perspective on Frank’s unrelenting passion for Brown Athletics.
PHOTO COURTESY: PETER MACKIE ’59
That began a new friendship with Frank that resulted in the Pizzitola Sports Center and many other gifts to the Brown Sports Foundation, all designed to put Brown athletic teams in the Left Hand Column.
In Remembrance