Offstage Husband

She gets upset when people call me Mr. Ferraro," says Gerry's husband John Zaccaro, 51, "but I get a kick out of it." That reaction is in character. After 24 years of marriage, the Brooklyn-born Zaccaro has adapted to a self-effacing role as the proud and supportive husband of a very modern woman.

An ex-Marine with a boyish face and the beginning of a paunch, Zaccaro quit Fordham Law School before gaining a degree to enter his father's successful real estate business, Paul Zaccaro Co., Inc. Acting on behalf of a wealthy client, the...

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