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It is safe to say that at age 49 Gerard DiMarco is an unqualified success.
A practicing attorney since receiving his law degree from Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1971, he is a partner in Harris, Beach & Wilcox LLP. He owns a mortgage company. He has been married to the same woman for 26 years and has four children who are either successful or on their way to being successful. And he can run three miles without stopping.
In fact, there is only one more little job that DiMarco would like to finish before he's through: He would like to change the world.
He admits changing the whole world is a task as overwhelming as trying to paint it, but he seems convinced it can be done. That's why he won't stop--why he says he can't stop--doing whatever he can for humankind.
To that end, DiMarco is involved groups ranging from the Clinical Investigations Committee of Rochester General Hospital, the United Neighborhood Centers of Greater Rochester Foundation and Rochester's Child Foundation to the Memorial Art Gallery Corporate Council Advisory Committee, the Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce Inc., the National Italian-American Foundation and the Rochester Rotary Club.
And in his spare time, DiMarco, a registered Republican and a friend of Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, is dedicated to helping Sen. Robert Dole win the GOP presidential nomination.
DiMarco is national co-chairman of Dole's presidential campaign and a former regional director of D'Amato's election campaign. He also was treasurer of the Monroe County Republican Committee from 1988 to 1990 and served as Brighton Republican town leader from 1987 to 1990.
Dole was responsible for DiMarco being named by President Bill Clinton to the board of the Christopher Columbus Foundation.
"The Republican majority leader has two appointments to the board," DiMarco explains, "and Bob Dole asked the president to do this for me."
DiMarco is quick to underline his belief that party lines should not be barriers to progress.
"I tend to think in terms of...