Carl R. Ajello

Carl R. Ajello (August 22, 1932 – June 1, 2025) was an American politician who was the 20th Attorney General of Connecticut, serving from 1975 to 1983.

Early life and career Ajello was born in Ansonia, Connecticut, on August 22, 1932, to Carl and Kathryn Flanagan Ajello. He attended public schools in Ansonia before graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut in 1953. He then went to graduate school, receiving a LL.B. and J.D.S. in law from New York University School of Law in 1956.

He later enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1957 to 1960. He was lieutenant when he first enlisted and honorably discharged as a captain.