Dr. Clarizio with the Angio Catheter machine in Arcadia Methodist Hospital’s new Cardio Catheterization Laboratory.
Tony Exposito ’74 with Dino during a Gifts from the Heart event.
LA SALLE teams as “good times with friends.” He also recalls two DR. DINO CLARIZIO, MD ’75 P’06 faculty members, English Varsity Soccer, Track Varsity Club teacher Martin Hogue and National Honor Society senior project moderator Rocket Club Larry Bolton, with whom he made movies, one of PERSONAL which was named “The Godson,” a take-off from Resides in Arcadia with his “The Godfather.“ He said wife, Hope. these films are still shown at Children: Daughter, Jenna get-togethers and reunions. graduate of Southern “We wanted to stretch the New Hampshire University 2015 and son, Christopher ’06 boundaries.” graduate of Azusa Pacific The part about soccer University 2013 would also not surprise anyone who knows him. UNIVERSITY Clarizio has long been involved the sport, playing University of Southern at La Salle (where he was California – Bachelor of Science, named to the Hall of Fame Biology Universidad Autónoma de twice), coaching AYSO Guadalajara – Doctor of Medicine and then coaching club (MD) – 1982 soccer. He said club soccer allowed for recruiting CAREER players from a wide area, including disadvantaged Mount Sinai School of Medicine neighborhoods. “I was in New York 1983 able to take the team to King Drew Medical Center 1984 compete in tournaments in Private Practice, Internal Medicine, Dallas, Florida, New York, Arcadia Methodist Hospital 1987 Italy, Spain and eventually Chief of Staff 2014* Pasadena Magazine, Top Doctor to the Gothia World Youth 2009 - 2014 Cup in Sweden. The team was nationally ranked for a number of years. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for some of the players to see many parts of the US and then to see parts of Europe as well. Interacting with players from other states and nations gave the players a chance to have an international view of things.” Clarizio, however, did not stop with the sport. Taking a personal interest in his athletes, he soon was assisting them with schoolwork, even to the point of bringing some of them into his home when they needed more help. The demands of a busy medical practice and some 80 soccer games a year have not kept Dino and Hope Clarizio from actively supporting La Salle, especially via the San Miguel Scholarship. ”Hope and I saw the need for financial support to less fortunate families when our son was at La Salle. We sought to make a bigger event with a wider scope of donors.” For the last eight years, the Clarizio family has hosted the annual Gifts from the Heart evening event, raising a substantial amount for the Scholarship. They were honored by the School as the Lasallian Volunteers for 2010. Clarizio’s advice to current Lancer students: “If you do well, you owe humanity to give back. Opportunity and success should always be paid forward into the community.” And Dino always shares his favorite quote from Winston Churchill. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” And, of course, we learn to see people in a special light. * Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia is ranked #18 in the US among 368 major hospitals for patient safety, quality and efficiency for 2014-2015. SPRING 2015
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