Some fine pitchers in the Fazio family

John Fazio has pitching in his genes. He got that from his late father, John Fazio, a lanky pitcher for Monongah High.

In John the son’s case his pitch has been accepted for presentation at the 2016 Midwest Academy of Management Conference.

Marietta's John Fazio

It’s not the first time. Previous papers have been presented at the Southeastern InfORMS Annual Conference, the MBAA International Conference and in the Journal of the North American Management Society.

Dr. Fazio is on Marietta’s Nonprofits Advisory Council. 

The title of his paper is “The Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Emotional Intelligence on Job Satisfaction and Intention to Quit.”

As I understand it, it means that if you think the boss has your back you’re not likely to leave the company. I’m sure John explained it much better and in more detail.

John also left some impressive footprints during his Concord College faculty days in Athens, West Virginia, commuting, I think, from his Charleston home.

John the father came from the large Fazio family in Monongah that included Renzy Fazio, who ran Fazio Grocery on Jackson Street with his wife, Frances Olesky Fazio; Jeanette Fazio DiBiase; Albert Fazio of New York; Mary Virginia Fazio Pasquale and husband Joseph of Fairmont; the late Nick, James, Joseph and Michael; Edith Fazio DeCarlo, Elizabeth Fazio Domico, Angeline Fazio Prozzillo and Carmella Fazio DePond. 

As many of you know, Frances Olesky Fazio was the sister of Helen Olesky Kerekes, who married Steve Kerekes, and John W. Olesky, Sr., father of Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955, who lives in Rivesville, and me – John Olesky, Jr., Class of 1950, who lives in Tallmadge, Ohio and The Villages, Florida, depending on the weather and WVU football games.

John Fazio the father’s widow is Dolores Stancheck.