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1940s
Frances Magazu Greene, Nursing ’42, celebrated her 90th birthday with her family and friends on July 9, 2011. Her career includes teaching at Hahnemann School of Nursing, nursing at White Plains and St. Agnes Hospital in New York and a twenty-year career at the Brockton Hospital in Massachusetts.
N. Joseph Woodland, Mechanical Engineering ’47, Hon. ’98, and Bernard Silver, Mechanical Engineering ’47 (deceased), were inducted into the 2011 National Inventors Hall of Fame for inventing the first optically scanned barcode.
1950s
Carl A. Baumert, Jr., Civil Engineering ’51, was named 2011 Structural Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Robert A. Erb, MS Chemistry ’59, was presented with the Research Award at the annual conference of the International Anaplastology Association.
Herbert Kean, Medicine ’56, Former Resident, received the Award of Merit from Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals at the Jefferson 2010 Awards Gala.
Thomas A. Leonard, Business Administration ’68, and William J. Leonard, Accounting ’81, were named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list for 2011.
John Monsul, Retail Management ’53, celebrated the 600th broadcast of his television show Communicating Today on July 25, 2011. Communicating Today is seen on Channel 10, the Fairfax Public Access Cable T.V. station.
1970s
Anita J. Brandolini, Chemistry ’79, was named a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society, and recently won the E. Emmett Reid Award in Chemistry Teaching at Small Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region of the ACS.
Gloria Miglionico Krolak, Home Economics ’70, is the host of Good Vibes, a two-hour radio program the first Sunday of every month at WWFM, 89.1 HD2. Her show features the music and musicians of the jazz vibraphone.
Michael A. Levine, Medicine ’76, Director of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was elected to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.
Michaelene Loughlin, Urban Management ’74, departed for Mexico on March 16, 2011, to begin pre-service training as an English teacher Peace Corps volunteer.
Joseph P. McAtee, Civil Engineering ’76, was presented with the Drexel University Construction Management Advisory Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 3rd Annual CMAC Awards Reception.
Roseann B. Termini, Human Behavior and Development ’75, planned the Inaugural Conference in partnership with the Food and Drug Law Institute and the Widener University School of Law Food and Drug Law Association. She was also a featured speaker at the Direct to Consumer Promotion Conference sponsored by the American Conference Institute.
Constance Noll Wallgren, Business Administration ’76, MBA ’80, was promoted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to Vice President and Chief Examinations Officer in the bank’s Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department.
Larry A. Wittig, Business Administration ’72, MBA ’75, was named chairman of the State Board of Education by Governor Tom Corbett.
1980s
Sharon Baillie, MS Home Economics ’82, was named the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 2011 National Teacher of the Year.
Gary Beck, Marketing ’86, joined 3Delta Systems in Chantilly, Virginia as Senior Vice President.
Mark T. Celoni, Business Teachers Education ’88, MS Engineering Management ’93, was named the 2011 Person of the Year by Time for Teens, a not for profit organization for teenagers.
Lawrence D’Andrea, Accounting ’84, was named President of Alloy Surfaces, a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced air and naval countermeasures.
Joan Dawson McConnon, MS Taxation ’89, received the University of Notre Dame’s 2011 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. She co-founded Philadelphia’s Project H.O.M.E. (Housing, Opportunities for Employment, Medical Care and Education) in 1989.
George J. Dickson, Jr., Finance ’86, was named Executive Vice President at New York Private Bank & Trust in New York City. He manages Emigrant Bank’s $5 billion investment portfolio and recently began advising fixed income managed accounts for the private clients and family office affiliates of NYPB&T.
Stuart Green, Finance ’89, was named General Manager, National Offerings at IMS Health, the world’s largest information solutions provider to the Life Sciences industry.
Phillip S. Hillman, Electrical Engineering ’80, was highlighted in an article on the Boeing Company Web site about the multi-weapon Adaptive Force Protection Solutions system, a new variant of Boeing’s Avenger system.
Michael T. Imms, Mgmt. Comp. Info. Systems ’82, and his West Chester, PA law firm, Ryan, Morton & Imms, LLC, has celebrated more than 30 years of experience in business law, corporate law, civil litigation, estate planning, estate administration, personal injury, tax law and tax litigation.
Hope Krebs, Accounting ’84, was named president of the British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia and began serving a two-year term on July 1, 2011.
Michael P. McCurdy, MBA ’85, was promoted to the select group of International Directors who are recognized for delivering exceptional results for clients and driving growth at Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.
Ronald B. Morris, Accounting ’88, was named treasurer of the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Board of Directors.
Stephen J. Scherf, MS Finance ’86, was elected president of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
1990s
Jeff Backal, MBA ’93, CEO & Co-Founder of Team Builders Plus, was named Delaware Valley HR Consultant of the Year.
Francisco Castro, Electrical Engineering ’92, MS ’94, McAndrews, Held & Malloy attorney, was named to the advisory board of Nanotechnology Law & Business Journal, a peer-reviewed publication devoted to the legal, business and policy aspects of small-scale technologies.
George P. Chambers, Jr., Medicine ’98, was listed as one of Las Vegas “Top Doctors” in the Spring 2011 issue of Las Vegas Life magazine. He was previously listed as a “Top Doctor” in 2006 and 2007.
Ann E. Cockey Norman, MS Library and Information Science ’98, received her Doctorate in Innovation and Organizational Leadership from Wilmington University as well as the University’s prestigious Audrey K. Doberstein Award for Leadership.
George Cressman, Civil Engineering ’90, MS ’92, was promoted to principal of the design firm Stantec Consulting Services Inc. and is practice leader for Urban Land Engineering Group. He is a LtCOL in the U.S. Army and an Iraqi War veteran.
Donn R. DeBoard, MS Technical and Science Communication ’91, earned the distinction of Associate Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication.
Christa Duelberg-Kraftician, Architecture ’94, was named a principal at Spillman Farmer Architects.
Bryan Fluke, Chemical Engineering ’99, joined RPA Engineering firm as Commissioning Manager.
Pamela Colburn Harland, MS Library and Information Science ’95, published a book on library management called The Learning Commons: Seven Simple Steps to Transform Your Library.
Kim Santivasi Huggins, Human Services Management ’90, recently presented “Communicating Across Generations” to more than 125 financial professionals at the 2011 Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Women’s Conference.
Peter E. Pisasale, Electrical Engineering ’99, was named the Rhode Island Young Engineer of the Year for 2011 by the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers.
Gina Furia Rubel, Corporate Communications ’91, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association, beginning on January 1, 2011. The Philadelphia Business Journal honored her public realtions firm, Furia Rubel, the Top In-Kind Donor Award, Top Volunteer Donor Award and Top Community Impact Award.
Jennifer J. Wabals, International Area Studies ’94, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army on May 1, 2011, and is currently deployed and serving in Operation New Dawn in Baghdad, Iraq.
Steven B. Wittenberg, Finance and Marketing ’98, joined the SEI Wealth Network located in Oaks, PA as the Director of Legacy Planning. He will focus on the areas of estate planning, wealth transfer, philanthropy and tax implications for ultra-high new worth and high net worth individuals and families.
2000s
Joanna K. Conmy, Law ’09, spoke at the seminar for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute “Family Law Institute–2011” regarding case law updates and recently enacted statutes.
Nancy Bishop Day, Nursing ’08, received the Award for Excellence in Nursing by the
Tennessee Public Health Association in September 2010.
Eric Dillalogue, MS Library and Information Science ’09, was promoted to Assistant Director, Learning Resource Center at Florida Keys Community College located in Key West, FL.
Nathan D. Fox, Law ’09, joined the firm Begley Carlin & Mandio, LLP, representing clients in civil litigation, municipal, school, zoning and business law matters.
Randy Gailotto, Architecture ’10, was named an associate at Spillman Farmer Architects.
Josh Lawler, Hotel and Restaurant Management ’02, and his wife, Colleen Kelly Lawler, Culinary Arts ’01, opened their restaurant, The Farm and Fisherman, in March 2011.
Christel G. Lee, Finance ’06, a Navy Seaman, completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD ’02, wrote the international bestseller A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness about how to have less stress and more happiness.
Michael J. Metzger, Architecture ’00, was named an associate at Spillman Farmer Architects.
Elizabeth Rapczynski Archer, Communications ’03, joined Anne Klein Communications Group as a senior account manager in March 2011.
Sorin Roibu, Business Administration ’03, was named global security analyst in the Growth Investments Team at Turner Investments, an employee-owned investment-management firm.
Bryan W. Schmidt, Computer Engineering ’10, a Navy Seaman, completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois.
Michael G. Wagner, MS Civil Engineering ’04, was named 2011 Philadelphia Young Civil Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Non-Alumni Trustees
Charles Pizzi, Trustee, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Allied Security Holdings LLC, the parent company of AlliedBarton Security Services, a provider of security personnel.
Honorary Degrees
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell, Hon. ’96, received Philadelphia VIP’s Pinnacle Award. The organization provides free legal services to low-income clients.
Sister Mary Scullion, R.S.M., Hon. ’93, received the University of Notre Dame’s 2011 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. She co-founded Philadelphia’s Project H.O.M.E. (Housing, Opportunities for Employment, Medical Care and Education) in 1989.
John C. Bogle, Hon. ’03, was honored by the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia at its annual benefit luncheon in May 2011.
LaVerne Council, Hon. ’10, was elected chair of the March of Dimes national Board of Trustees.
John Rowe, Hon. ’03, was interviewed in the New York Times in an article, “A Sitting Duck Can’t Catch a Moving Turkey.”
John Brennan, Hon. ’09, was elected to the Board of Directors of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.
M. Walter D’Alessio, Hon. ’07, was appointed to the Board of the YMCA of Philadelphia
and Vicinity.
Weddings
Cindy Cisyk, Human Resources Management ’85, to Stephen Leesman, on May 21, 2011.
Cara Doherty, Nutrition and Food Science ’05, to Matthew Dolin, Mechanical Engineering ’07, on May 21, 2011.
Matthew Geragi, MBA ’09, to Lara Cressman, on June 24, 2011.
Kristine Plourde, Communications ’05, to Thomas Golden, Chemical Engineering ’05, on February 14, 2011. Their wedding ceremony took place aboard a SEPTA Regional Rail “Love Train.”
Baby Dragons
Izabelle Silva Gomes, International Area Studies ’04, and her husband Ani Gomes had a daughter, Valeria Beatriz, on March 7, 2011.
Nicole Ziman Ilg, Mechanical Engineering ’03, and her husband Mark Dean Ilg, Electrical Engineering ’03, MS Mechanical Engineering ’05, PhD ’08, had a son, Micah Nicholas, on February 23, 2011.
Jacquelyn Lannutti Mariani, Business Administration ’08 and her husband Glen Mariani, Business Administration ’08, had a son, Anthony Joseph, on September 18, 2010.
Ryan Mouncey, Film and Video Production ’01, and his wife Sarah Mouncey had a son, Theodore Robert, on September 9, 2010.
Anthony Pingicer, Digital Media ’03, and his wife Diana had a son, Liam Robert on March 3, 2011.
Kate Messersmith Tshudy, MS Library and Information Science ’99, and her husband David had a daughter, Fiona Elaine, on October 15, 2010.
Suzann Carabello Zappolo, Design and Merchandising ’91, and her husband Len Zappolo had a son, Christian Matthew, on August 30, 2010.
Friends We’ll Miss
1930s
Nancy Harp Brant ’32
Katherine Colegrove Butters ’38
Eleanor Matthews Cobb ’36
Pasquale Dante ’38
Geraldine Werkheiser Dixon ’37
Barbara Kreamer ’38
Joseph Lambert ’39
Robert Lore ’36
Michael Meholick ’36
Daniel Miner ’39
1940s
Albert Bagian ’43, ’54
Paul Baran ’49, ’97
Ivan Barclay ’48
Marvin Barnett ’47
Paul Beckert ’44
Albert Boyden ’49
Charles Briggs ’41
Bettie Brooks ’47
Minerva Smith Buerk ’46
Walter Dearolf ’49, ’57
Barbara Morgart Desmond ’48
Martin Donze ’41
Elizabeth Weiss Gelber ’47
Edward Gillespie ’40
Dorothy Mather Glasebrook ’43
William Glover ’42
Alfred Gres ’47
Dorothy Scheller Guccini ’43
Donald Wolford Hartling ’43
Doris Bachman Hastings ’42
Eugene Hindin ’47, ’54
Ruth Trautwein Katz ’48
Amelia Tesla Kersting ’45
E. Kiehl ’43
Leonard Kownurko ’47, ’54
W. Leech ’46
Hilton Kuljian Levonian ’49
Alfred Liberi ’41
Marian Struse Louderback ’40
Marion Mader ’42, ’59
John Magera ’44
M. Mancinelli ’43
Sara Wiltse Munson ’42
Esther Seaman Murphy ’45
James Nannos ’47
Florence Luce Neimeyer ’46
Joanna Pecman Pecman ’40
A. Perlsweig ’41
Domenic Piccone ’48, ’52
Anne Pike ’46
Willie Hathaway Rautenberg ’43
John Rumpf ’43
Kathleen Sacket ’47
R. Neavitt Schick ’48
Dorothy Speacht Schultz ’41
Jane McGrath Shinn ’45
Helen Birkinbine Spencer ’41
Earl Stiner ’45
Joan Brennan Stitz ’44
John Sweigert ’49
John Talbot ’48, ’55
Herbert Toor ’48
Werner Uebersax ’43
Jane Wood ’41
Clayton Zahn ’41
1950s
Anna-Jane Bucur Albertson ’51
Charles Bayer ’55
Walter Binasiewicz ’58
Erwin Breithaupt ’52
Philip Buxton ’59, ’77
George Carey ’58
Raymond Cash ’59
William Clear ’56
Joseph Crown ’51
Verlin Christ Curtis ’57
Charles Davey ’56
Casimir De Cwikiel ’52, ’55
Robert Decker ’55
Albert Ernst ’56
William Franck ’54
Ernest Galbreath ’52
Mary Cavanaugh Gilles ’52
John Glancey ’52
Julius Goldhirsh ’58
William Hagerty ’57
Dale Hawk ’51
Shirley King Hespell ’54
Vincent Kaitz ’51
William Kelley ’52
J. Kiefer ’50
Joseph Klein ’51
Craig Koch ’53
Sylvia Grosch Kuch ’50
James McClung ’53
William McGrath ’54
Lowell Mercer ’52
William Moni ’51
Alice Whitaker Moore ’51
Erma Munson ’52
Ross Nicholas ’59
C. Owen ’56
Janet Parker Parker-Popky ’58
William Porter ’55
John Purcell ’54, ’55
F. Quay ’55
Herbert Rogers ’57, ’64
James Roney ’55
Sidney Rosenbaum ’50
George Ross ’55, ’99
Michael Saccone ’52
George Sanderson ’59
Charles Satterthwaite ’51, ’56
Barbara Dorman Scarmuzzi ’50
John Sewak ’50
Edgar Shultz ’55
James Sleeper ’59
Theodore Smith ’58
John Steer ’52
Lester Steinbrecher ’57
William Stewart ’53, ’50
William Stiefel ’54
John Stigile ’52
Andrew String ’59, ’60
Nancy Stubbe ’58
Richard Teti ’59
Nancy Adams Thomas ’56
Francis Vassalluzzo ’56
C. Edmund Whelpley ’53
Norman Yerusalim ’58
Theodore Ziaylek ’58
1960s
William McClay ’62
Frederick McEliece ’66
George Melvin ’64
Charles Nocifore ’64, ’70
Allan Norton ’69
Jeanne Pamilla ’68
Emily Ritzman ’68
Robert Rozanski ’63
Arlene Greenberg Sherer ’66
Mary Shrimpton ’64
William Silbert ’60
Daniel Simpson ’64
Aavo Soobert ’63
Janis Sube ’60
James Thompson ’64
Stanford Torchon ’64
Michael Wallace ’67
Frank Winton ’67
1970s
Khalil Abdul-Hadi ’77
Frank Barclay ’77
Leo Barthold ’70
Frank Becker ’70
Paulette Nannos Bradley ’74, ’83
Thomas Bulatewicz ’74
Robert Dahl ’79
Raymond Davis ’74
Robert Derr ’72
Henry Fallstick ’77
Cheryl Farina-Grubb ’72
Thomas Keyser ’70
Charles Knickerbocker ’75
Francis Kurdziel ’70
Thomas Leidigh ’74
James McLaughlin ’78
Mary Meritz ’76
Robert Moore ’73
M. Murphy ’71
Lorene Backlund Sagotsky ’72
Charles Spacek ’74
David Stirling ’74
Kenneth Weller ’75
1980s
Peter Bockno ’85
Valerie Conroy ’86
Evion Council ’80
Patricia Middleton Daily ’80
Virginia Dick ’83
Jacqueline Dugan ’87
Andrea Gottfried ’80, ’95
Andrew Grey ’85
Christopher Hammell ’88
Joy Janice ’84
Joseph Litchman ’80
William Lowis ’83
Claire McGrorey ’85
Douglas McLeod ’81, ’83, ’90
Charles Neal ’81
Sandra Rattray-Hahn ’80
David Rozinski ’87
Amy Schlenker ’82
Joseph Smith ’84
David Steele ’88
Janine LeBlanc Zekonis ’88
1990s
Phillip Zinno ’83, ’92
Joseph Caltabiano ’98
Christian Flynn ’95
Sam Gully ’92
Margaret Hughes ’97
Douglas McCune ’95
Sharon McLarney ’97
Anthony Panichella ’96
Maryellen Reilly ’91
2000s
Heather Groce ’08
Hector Rodriguez ’07, ’07
John Saviello ’01