Gentile, Paul L.

Paul L. Gentile was born in Aliquippa, a steel town in southwestern Pennsylvania. During college he worked in the steel mill, and after graduating from California University of Pennsylvania began a thirty-two year career in education. He has an M.A. degree from Duquesne University and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. He contributes as a guest columnist to the local newspaper, writing on economic and workplace issues. He is the author of the travel memoir Dolce Far Niente: Sweet Doing Nothing. He and his wife live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in Hilton Head, South Carolina.