John Patrick Marinoni was born in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, on February 8, 1942.
Marinoni joined the United States Army Reserves after high school and then entered the University of Arkansas. He graduated with a business degree in 1964.
Marinoni moved to Oklahoma to work for Conoco Oil Company. He returned to Fayetteville in 1969 and continued his career with Brennan-Boyd Construction Company, Inc. Marinoni later bought the company, and it became Marinoni Construction Company. He retired in 2005.
Marinoni has been a member of the Fayetteville Jaycees. He has collected and archived Marinoni family history, including that of his grandmother, Arkansas poet laureate Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni.
#1: Composite image of early photo of John Marinoni and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: John Marinoni's grandfather, Antonio Marinoni, Yale University graduation picture, 1904
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#3: John Marinoni's father, Paul Albert Marinoni Sr., ca. 1920
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#4: John Marinoni's father, Paul Marinoni Sr., Hot Springs, Arkansas, ca. 1920
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#5: John Marinoni's father, Paul Albert Marinoni, ca. 1920
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#6: John Marinoni's father, Paul Albert Marinoni, Bologna, Italy, 1938
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#7: John Marinoni's father, Paul Marinoni; Camp Walter, Mineral Wells, Texas; November 22, 1942
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#8: John Marinoni's father, Lieutenant Paul Marinoni, ca. 1945
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#9: Funeral procession of John Marinoni's grandfather, Antonio Marinoni; Sirmione, Italy, 1946
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#10: John "Jay" Marinoni (right) with his brother, Paul Jr., and sister, Mary Sue; Marinoni farm, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1948
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#11: John "Jay" Marinoni (center) with his brother, Paul Jr., and sister, Mary (in truck); Marinoni farm, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1948
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#12: John "Jay" Marinoni (right) with his brother, Paul Jr.; Marinoni farm, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1948
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#13: John Marinoni with his sisters, Rosa and Mary Sue, and brother, Paul Jr.
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#14: John Marinoni, 7 years old, 1949
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#15: Marinoni farmhouse, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1950
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#16: Paul Marinoni Sr. on the Marinoni farm, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1950
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#17: John Marinoni on tractor; Marinoni farm, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1952
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#18: John Marinoni (3rd from left) with his family, grandmother, Mimi, Paul Jr., Sue, Rosa, Annie, and Paula, and his parents, Mary and Paul Sr.
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#19: John Marinoni, ca. mid 1950s
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#20: John Marinoni in a 7th-grade class photo, May, 1957
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#21: John Marinoni's brother, James, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1957
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#22: John Marinoni (center), with his brother, Paul Jr., father, Paul Sr., and brother James, Easter 1957
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#23: John Marinoni (left) with his brother, Paul Jr., and Ellen Coffey, San Antonio, Texas, ca. 1958
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#24: John Marinoni's brother, Paul Jr., in his high school graduation robe, 1959
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#25: John Marinoni (back row, left) with his family, Sue, Paul, Jr., Mary and Paul Sr. (front row), Annie, James "Buzz," Paula, Amy, and Rosa; Easter 1959
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#26: John Marinoni with his future wife, Betty Boyd, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1962
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#27: John Marinoni (top row left) with his brothers, Paul Jr. and James; (middle row) father, Paul Sr., mother, Mary, and sister, Sue; (front row) Amy, Annie, Rosa, and Paula; ca. 1978
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#28: John Marinoni (left) with Bill Clinton and Bob McKinney; Inscription reads, To my friend John Marinoni with Thanks for sharing This occasion with me - Bill Clinton 3/14/79
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#29: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with John Marinoni; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2017
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#30: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with John Marinoni; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2017
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#31: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with John Marinoni; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2017
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