Joe C. Fiorentino, Deputy Sheriff, Cook County Sheriff's Office, Chicago, and martial arts champion,  will be among the Italian Americans who will be inducted in The Italian-American National Hall of Fame.   The 35th Annual Induction and Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.   In addition to Fiorentino, the following individuals will be inducted into the Italian-American National Hall of Fame: Roberta  A.Facchina, President and CEO Johanna Companies, Johanna Foods, Inc., Johanna Beverage Company, LLC, and Pantera Logistics, LLC, Flemington, NJ Pasquale F. Nestico, Cardiologist and Internist, Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, Rosemary C. Frascella, Medical Doctor, LifeCare Physicians of Bordentown, NJ.  To be presented with the Medal of Valor Posthumously Manuek “many” Rivera,  Firefighter, Trenton Fire Department Trenton, NJ.

Founded in 1975, the Italian-American National Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and perpetuating the memory of the consistently outstanding contributions by Italian-Americans to their communities, the country and the world. The founders, all Italian-American civic leaders in the New Jersey area believed then as they do now that positive identification and exposure of the contributions and accomplishments of Italians and Italian-Americans in the community life of the United States is their continuing responsibility.

Pictured above, Joe Fiorentino.