Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was the mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.
Alioto was born in San Francisco. His father was a Sicilian immigrant who owned and operated several fish processing plants. His mother, Domenica Mae Lazio, was born in San Francisco in 1893. His parents met on a fishing boat while escaping the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Alioto graduated from St. Mary's College in Morag...
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was the mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.
Alioto was born in San Francisco. His father was a Sicilian immigrant who owned and operated several fish processing plants. His mother, Domenica Mae Lazio, was born in San Francisco in 1893. His parents met on a fishing boat while escaping the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Alioto graduated from St. Mary's College in Moraga, California in 1937 and from law school at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1940.
Alioto worked for the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and then for the Board of Economic Warfare. He returned to San Francisco after World War II and started an antitrust practice, representing Walt Disney and Samuel Goldwyn, among others, eventually becoming a millionaire. He argued the Radovich v. National Football League case before the Supreme Court, convincing the justices that professional football, unlike baseball,...
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