Lou Parrotta joined the board of trustees of the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica in 2013 where he served as recording secretary. He is a history teacher at Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica and a public relations consultant for USC The Business College. He is a member of the Oneida County Historical Society's Board of Trustees, and has served as its chairman since 2011. In 2007, he was appointed the City of Utica historian by former Mayor Timothy J. Julian, and he serves as the secretary of the Oneida County Historians Association. Parrotta has been a commissioner on the Utica Municipal Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners for thepast seven years, is president of the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame, will become the president the Knights of St. John International St. Anthony of Padua Commandery No. 385 for a second time in January 2015, and sits on the board of directors of the Msgr. Carl. Denti Foundation for people with mental and physical handicaps. He served for five years as president of Utica Dollars for Scholars and several years as a member and chairman of the Advisory Board of the Utica Salvation Army. He has co-authored two books, Forest Hill Cemetery: The Stories Behind the Epitaphs and Gloves Along the Mohawk with Scott Fiesthumel, and is the author of several articles on local history, the publisher of an occasional newsletter called The Utica Times, and frequently speaks to local groups on Utica's long history.
