JOHN GUARNASCHELLI

GUARNASCHELLI--John

Stephen, known in the New York area for his leadership in "men's work," and for creating the men's group "On the Common Ground", passed away on July 7, 2018 from heart failure. Born July 17, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of Angela Castaldi and John Stephen Guarnaschelli. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts and received his PhD in history from Yale University in 1964. He taught history at Amherst College, Washington University in St. Louis and Queensborough Community College for over 30 years. He was also a certified psychotherapist and trained at TRISP, the institute for Training and Research in Intersubjective Psychology. John maintained a full private therapy practice for almost 20 years. While he spent the majority of his life healing in the company of men, his personal life was the opposite. He leaves behind his wife of 52 years, Maria D. Guarnaschelli, a book editor, who edited various lauded books including the 1997-revised Edition of The Joy of Cooking and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct. His only daughter, Alex Guarnaschelli, is the chef at the New York City restaurant "Butter" and a Food Network "Iron Chef" and "Chopped" judge.