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+category: "PROMIS Scandal"
+created: 2024-04-25
+updated: 2026-05-01
 tags:
-  - promis
-  - inslaw
+  - Person
+  - PROMIS
+  - INSLAW
+  - Navy
+summary: "John L. Gizzarelli, Jr., was a Navy cryptologic officer who worked on the 1969 PROMIS design team under Charles R. Work, Joan E. Jacoby, and Bill Hamilton, subsequently attended Georgetown Law School, served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for DC, and served as general counsel at INSLAW in 1973."
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-John Laurence Gizzarelli, Jr., was born in Quincy, MA in 1938. He graduated from Quincy in High in '56, Boston University in '61. He married Ellen Grossman Gizzarelli who he met in college. They had two sons (Andrew J. Gissarelli, David A. Gizzarelli) and one daughter (Cara E. Downs)
+John Laurence Gizzarelli, Jr., was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1938. He graduated from Quincy High School in 1956 and from Boston University in 1961, and joined the Navy in November 1961. In 1962 he was a Lieutenant assigned to Cryptologic Warfare (MOS 1615 -- Information Warfare), stationed in Spain, Morocco, and Japan, and later was assigned to Naval Research. He remained in the Naval Reserve through at least 1977.[^1][^2]
 
-John joined the Navy (MOS 1615 - Information Warfare[^1]) in November 1961. In 1962 he was a LT SDO assigned to Cryptologic Warfare,[^1] and was stationed in Spain, Morocco, and Japan but eventually settled in Odenton, MD. He seems to have been assigned to Naval Research[^2] and was still active duty in 1970[^1] (and part of the Naval Reserve through at least 1977).
+Gizzarelli worked on the 1969 team assembled by U.S. Attorney [[Thomas A. Flannery]] to design the [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System]], under co-directors [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]] with project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]].
 
-John worked on the 1969 team that created [[PROMIS]] underneath [[Charles R. Work]], [[Joan E. Jacoby]], and project manager [[Bill Hamilton]].
+After the PROMIS project, Gizzarelli attended Georgetown University Law School, graduating in 1973. He subsequently worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. In 1973 he also served as general counsel at [[INSLAW]].[^3]
 
-Shortly after, he went to Georgetown University Law School and graduated in 1973. He worked as an assistant [[U.S. Attorney's office|U.S. Attorney]] for the District of Columbia, a federal prosecutor.
+John L. Gizzarelli, Jr., died February 18, 2021, at age 88, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Milton.[^4]
 
-In 1973 he was also general counsel at [[INSLAW]][^4].
+### Footnotes
 
-John passed away at age 88 on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Beth Israel Deaconess HospitalMilton.[^5]
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-#### Footnotes
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-[^1]:  [Letter from the Secretary of the Navy—Google Books](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Letter_from_the_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Tr/Hm0FbtVsGH8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Gizzarelli)
-[^2]: [Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers—Google Books](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Register_of_Commissioned_and_Warrant_Off/LjOCQkVxXIQC?hl=en&gbpv=0)
-[^4]: [Computerworld—Google Books](https://books.google.com/books?id=sWeKU3wFLREC&pg=PA18&dq=John+L.+Gizzarelli&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie4-aXsuaFAxUiHjQIHSX9BeU4FBDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=John%20L.%20Gizzarelli&f=false)
-[^5]: [John Gizarelli Obituary](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/southofboston-ledger/name/john-gizzarelli-obituary?id=7198270)
+[^1]: *Letter from the Secretary of the Navy.* U.S. Government, Congressional Record. (Google Books edition.)
+[^2]: *Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers.* U.S. Navy, 1970. (Google Books edition.)
+[^3]: *Computerworld*, 1973. (Google Books ID: sWeKU3wFLREC, p. 18.)
+[^4]: "John Gizzarelli Obituary." *South of Boston Ledger*, Legacy.com, February 2021.