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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2005Cultural Committee UpdateGilda F. Capitano, ChairmanCultural LecturesDuring the month of January 2005, the Cultural Committee will host two lectures at The Italian Club “ConnieSpoto Walter Theatre”. Please remember that these lectures are “free” to attend and the lecturers volunteertheir time to come and speak with us. The first lecture will be held on January 9, 2005, at 3pm. The guestspeaker will be Phillip Sipiora from the University of South Florida. The second lecture will be held onJanuary 23, 2004, at 3pm. The guest speaker will be our very own Club member, Dr. Angelo P. Spoto Jr. Thefollowing are the lecturers’ bios:Dr. Angelo P. Spoto Jr.Born in Tampa, Florida,March 25, 1933, a 4thgeneration Floridian toAngelo and Zillah MariaSpoto. Delivered bycousin, Dr. Joe Spoto,one of Ybor City’s early Sicilian physicians.He worked from 1943-1950 in Dad’sbusiness, V&P Spoto Wholesale Grocery at1501 9th Ave., Ybor City. Attended RobertE. Lee, George Washington and HillsboroughHigh School and the University of Florida,where he received his Bachelor of Science inMedicine. Later, he received his Master’sDegree from Duke University. He trained inInternal Medicine and Allergy here, as wellas Lackland Air Force Base and the WalterReed Army Medical Center. He was anofficer in the USAir Force, and was a MajorIntenist/Allergist at the Watson Clinic wherehe also served on the executive committe andwas president of the Watson ClinicFoundation. He served as cahirman ofMedicine as well as secretary on theexecutive committee at theLakelandRegional Medical Center. Hefounded Lakeland Volunteer in Medicine(Free Clinic) where he served as CEO. Hewas a past president of the American MedicalPAGE 8Group Association and was a delegate to theAMA and the International Group PracticeAssociantion. He was also one of 9physicians invited to testify beforeRostenkowski’s House Ways and MeansCommittee of the Congress’s Health CareReform Hearings. Coach of LakelandMajors Baseball All Star. Member of Boardof Directors of the Lakeland Chamber ofCommerce. He is married to Carolyn andhas three children, Keith, Elizabeth Anneand Jacqueline. He is also the grandfatherof three grandchildren. He presently is aHealth Care Consultant volunteer.Phillip Sipiora, Ph.DPhillip Sipiora is Professorof English at the Universityof South Florida, where heteaches and writes aboutTwentieth-CenturyLiterature and Film. He isthe author or editor of three books, nearlytwo dozen scholarly articles, and haslectured internationally on literature andfilm. Professor Sipiora directed the USFProgram in Florence, Italy in the summer of2004 and he has been asked to direct theprogram this coming summer. Previously,he taught in Florence for Florida StateUniversity in the Fall of 1996.