Ambrogio Muscatelli, who has died aged 83, was a shipping manager who helped to establish one of Glasgow's major shipping management businesses in the 1970s.
Born in Mola di Bari, in Puglia, southern Italy, his father was a manual labourer who had spent most of his working life in the United States. The young Muscatelli attended nautical college until 1947 and gained admission to university but was unable to continue his studies because of his parents' modest means.
Captain Ambrogio Muscatelli
Shipping manager;
Born: September 10, 1928; Died: January 25, 2012.
Ambrogio Muscatelli, who has died aged 83, was a shipping manager who helped to establish one of Glasgow's major shipping management businesses in the 1970s.
Born in Mola di Bari, in Puglia, southern Italy, his father was a manual labourer who had spent most of his working life in the United States. The young Muscatelli attended nautical college until 1947 and gained admission to university but was unable to continue his studies because of his parents' modest means.
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