Late veteran’s advocate honored with street co-naming
Assemblyman Gjonaj, along with family and friends of Golluscio, hold up the street sign for “Sergeant Major Doc Paul Golluscio Way.”
Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj’s offi ce
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BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
A street naming was recently
held to honor a veteran
advocate who served both his
community and his country.
On Saturday, August 3,
Councilman Mark Gjonaj,
along with family and friends
of the late Paul Golluscio,
gathered at Wellman Avenue
and Ericson Place the ‘Sergeant
Major Doc Paul Golluscio
Way’ street co-naming to
honor the beloved veteran who
passed away last year.
Golluscio was born in 1938
and attended P.S. 21, DeWitt
Clinton High School and Long
Island University-Brooklyn,
before earning his Doctor of
Chiropractic degree from the
Chiropractic Institute of New
York in 1959.
The very next year, he
opened his own chiropractic
offi ce on Middletown Road,
running his practice for over
four decades before retiring
in 2004.
He ended up meeting his
future wife Marion in 1964,
when they moved into the
same building in Wakefi eld,
and married about a decade
later, although he spent much
of his life in Throggs Neck be-
fore moving to Scarsdale in
the early 2000s.
Golluscio was a veteran
in the Army Reserves for 27
years, eventually raising to a
sergeant major rank. He also
served at the Samuel H. Young
American Legion Post 620 for
29 years as the secretary and
executive committee senior
member. dedicating his time
and effort towards various
causes involving veterans.
‘Doc’ was also a weekly
contributor to the Bronx
Times, with his columns sharing
news for veterans as well
as his Trivia Time section,
which included important historical
anniversaries for that
particular week.
Councilman Gjonaj posted
on his Facebook account, “I’m
glad to honor ‘Doc’ Paul Golluscio
with a street co-naming
ceremony - he never stopped
giving back to the community.
May his deeds and memories
be eternal!”
“He was always there for
everyone and he brought people
together through his humor
and knowledge,” said Joe
Mondello, veterans advocate
and fi rst district commander
of American Legion Post 620,
who knew Golluscio for 20
years.
“Doc was a good man - and
losing him created a major
void in the American Legion
because he played a big part in
keeping this organization going,”
Mondello added.
Golluscio passed away on
September 10, 2018 at the age
of 80, after multiple battles
with cancer.
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