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Fred Caruso

 
 

After graduation, I discovered the opening of Rockland Community College (RCC) in Suffern and became a part of the first graduating class, all 44 of us, in 1961. From there I joined the Army, became a paratrooper, and ended up in Germany for three years as an Army photographer and new reporter assigned to the paratroopers in Mainz. That was a direct result of my RCC experience as editor of the new literary magazine. After the Army I headed to the University of Montana, School of Journalism, also a direct result of my RCC experience and contacts made through teachers there.

I married a Montana ranch girl, also a journalism student, and started my family and career in public relations and association management in Helena, Montana. After a brief two year experience with a national manufacturers association in Washington, D.C., we moved back west to the Denver, Colorado metro area, where I have been working with non-profit associations ever since.

My wife started a small meeting and association management company in 1981. I joined her business in 1992. The business has grown and is now known as Caruso Group International. Our web site is http://www.carusogroup.com. We have two daughters who are both married and teach in Colorado. We have a home and electronic offices near the village of Glengarriff in West County Cork, Ireland, and spend quite a bit of time there. My wife and I both hold dual Irish and U.S. citizenship. 

Business address: 
Fred Caruso, Chief Executive Officer 
Caruso Group International / Association Insight
[email protected] ~ www.carusogroup.com 

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Fred also sends along this photo--and a thought on changing perspectives as we get older: "Some of the things I used to think were a pretty big deal in the past, don't sound especially exciting or interesting at this point in time." 

Me with a fish. I use it on my business cards
in Ireland. It means absolutely nothing, but it 
pretty well tells what I am like in Ireland. I get 
very laid back.

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