Alfonso Pasquale DeIuliis (Diulus) was for much of his life an entrepreneur and one who had no problem struggling to learn and earn working long hours as a common laborer in order to underwrite and set out on his own path. He remains today the quintessential everyman/everywoman who passed through Ellis Island in the late 19th Century.

Alfonso was the quintessential new arrival to Ameria. He was hardworking, ambitious, and a risk taker -The very attributes that define America's national psyche' and entrepreneurial spirit. 

Arriving in New York in the 1890's, Alfonso was a man of drive, determination and vision. Like the many that came before and after him, he possessed a burning desire that his children and his children's children would have every education advantage both life and freedom in America could possibly provide.

Alfonso DeIuliis came in search of a dream. Eventually, he changed the spelling of his name to make it easier to assimulate and make it easier to do business in his new homeland.  As a student of life, he summed up education this way:   

It means: Lighting the Lamp of Knowledge

The DiUlus Institute stands in memory of Alfonso and all hard working people worldwide. His name represents the common bond of immigrant American families who helped build America into the great nation it has become. These courageous, selfless men and women empower us to shine the light of knowledge for all who would follow their example.