This is the story of a house never lived in, a house below a pine forest with knurled knees that anchors the rocky slope that would otherwise tumble to the village below. It is a story of that house’s three stories — each floor built for a son and his bride — and the civil war that kept them away, and the family that brought them together again. It is the story of Joseph Saliba, three-time graduate, professor-turned-provost, a boy from Lebanon, and his path to UD. We tell his story not because it is so remarkable, but because it is so familiar. There is a house, a search, a sense of belonging, and, in the end, a
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HOME BY MICHELLE TEDFORD PHOTOGRAPHY BY LARRY BURGESS
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE
AUTUMN 2009
AUTUMN 2009
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE