Stephen Salamone's Obituary
Stephen D. Salamone, a renown Greek scholar, died in St. Petersburg, Florida of complications of a chronic medical condition. He is survived by his wife Juliana Salamone. He was born at home in Buffalo, NY to Katherine Murphy and Stephen Salamone in 1948. Educated in Buffalo Public Schools, he was a 1966 graduate of Riverside High School. During his high school years, he was a champion amateur boxer who trained with the late Johnny Sudac, owner of Singer’s Gym in Buffalo, where some the city’s finest fighters were trained. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) on academic scholarships and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. He continued at UB where he earned his Master’s degree in American Studies and his Doctorate degree in History. He also earned a Masters of Social Work from Boston University in 1993. His unrelenting study of Greek culture and mythology led him into a life of scholarship at Boston University where he was a Professor and Director of Modern Greek Studies in the Department of Classical Studies. During his tenure at Boston University Dr. Salamone lectured widely, conducted extensive research and coordinated annual student study tours to Greece and its adjacent countries. These tours provided his students the opportunity to live and study the Eastern Mediterranean cultures of Greece, Crete and Turkey and be emerged in the Greek language. A consummate storyteller, Dr. Salamone was respected and revered by his students and colleagues who were held spellbound by his inexhaustible tales. Before his retirement from Boston University, Dr. Salamone published many academic articles on Greek history, economics and rural life in Greece. He was the author of “In the Shadow of the Holy Mountain,” a book about the study of refugee survival from the Great Catastrophe of 1922. He and his wife Juliana, were also owners of the Gloucester Cinemas, located near Boston on Cape Ann.
Dr. Salamone retired to St. Petersburg, Fl. where he lectured at the University of South Florida and provided counsel in the discipline of corporate psychology. He was also instrumental in forming a Carl Jung Society where he frequently presented scholarly papers and conducted spiritual and deeply analytical seminars contrasting the mysteries of Greek mythology and Jung philosophy. Many of his lectures have been recorded and can be accessed at Carmen’shome.org Dr. Salamone was a great inspiration to his many sisters and brothers and will be remembered as a warm, generous, jovial and dedicated scholar. In addition to his wife, Dr. Salamone is survived by four sisters, Jenny Bagen and Christine Salamone, both of Buffalo; and Louise Chillag and Rose Iannaccone, both of Phoenix, Ar.; three brothers, Dominic Salamone and Dr. Carmen Iannaccone of Buffalo and Dr. William Iannaccone, of Walnut Creek, Ca .and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Louise Salamone. Funeral services will be held in Florida and a Memorial Service will be held in Buffalo at a later date. A memorial service will be held at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Friday, March 29th 12pm with a reception to follow.
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