ELIO GRANDI BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Elio Grandi has been a Notary Public for several decades, serving both Italoamericans and Italians. He has spent most of his life being of service to fellow Italoamericans, first as an Escort Officer for the Department of State, then as an insurance broker, and as a securities representative.

Grandi was born in Boston, MA butgrew up in Italy from age 9 to 27. He is justas at home in Rome as at his present address in Virgina. He was educated in Italy and received his doctorate from Padua University. He is married to Elena Jovacchini, the father of three grown children and grand father of 10.

For many years Dr. Grandi was President of his own firm, Grandi Associates International Ltd. As a Notary Public, he has helped many Italoamericans in connection with inheritances in Italy and has met Notaries all over the Peninsula. He has served Italian manufacturers and investors with their dealings in the United States.

Dr. Grandi is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Friendship Heights, Maryland and a Paul Harris Fellow.

Active in Italian-American affairs for many years, He has been honored for his work three times by the Italian government and in 1980, President Sandro Pertini, by motu proprio, bestowed on Grandi the rank of Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy.