Class Notes: Summer 2013

1950s

Francis A. Bird, BS Business Administration ’59, published through Amazon, a book titled “Understanding Accounting Fundamentals: The Logic of Debit/Credit.”

1970s

Scott Bailey, MBA Business Administration ’72, wrote a book titled “Vacations and Libations: Enjoy France and Europe ‘Our Way’.”

Celeste Martins, BS Design ’74, wrote and published a management book titled “Be a Manager! 15 Simple Rules to Management Success.”

Norman R. Smith, BS Business Administration ’69, MBA ’71, president emeritus of Wagner College, was named president at Dowling College in Oakdale, N.Y..

Roseann B. Termini, BS Human Behavior and Development ’75, published a 12-volume series of Food and Drug Law e-Books, which emanate from the new print edition of “Federal Regulation of Drugs, Biologics, Medical Devices, Foods, Dietary Supplements, Cosmetics, Veterinary and Tobacco Products.”

1980s

Gary A. Burlingame, BS Environmental Engineering ’81, MS ’83, was appointed director of the Bureau of Laboratory Services for the Philadelphia Water Department.

Karen Jehanian, BS Civil Engineering ’82, MBA Business Administration ’00, participated in a panel discussion for Drexel’s College of Engineering’s Alumni Connections Program. She is president and owner of KMJ Consulting, Inc.

Michael J. Kline, BS Accounting ’86, a partner with the tax, accounting, and business consulting firm Citrin Cooperman, has been elected treasurer of the nonprofit organization Quilts for Kids.

David M. O’Malley, BS Economics ’87, was appointed chief operating officer to Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company’s Board of Trustees.

Richard F. Stipa, MBA Business Administration ’83, was appointed chief executive officer to TruMark Financial Credit Union’s Board of Directors.

1990s

Hugh Connelly, MS Finance ’94, published his first book on investments called “401K Tune-up: Do You Really Want to Work ‘til 80?”

Richard Liu, BS Corporate Communication ’94, joined Pharmacare Management, LLC as director of Viral Hepatitis and HIV Programs. He was also named to the Board of Directors of the American Liver Foundation (Mid-
Atlantic Divison).

Carol Schnell Gershon, BS Marketing ’92, joined the Blank Rome Firm as an associate
in the Real Estate Group based in the Philadelphia office.

Glenn Stambo, MD Medicine ’91, published an article titled “Flouroscopically-guided transheptatic puncture for difficult TIPS re-do procedures utilizing the En Snare retrieval device: A new approach to occluded TIPS in patients with recurrent ascites.”

Thomas G. Zink, BS Architectural Engineering ’90, BS Civil Engineering ’94, was named a stockholder of Gannett Fleming.

2000s

Rahat Babar, BS International Area Studies ’03, joined the Bayne Law Group LLC as an attorney with the firm’s litigation and commercial transactions practice areas. He was also elected President for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania for 2014 and was selected as a 2013 Diverse Attorney of the Year by the Legal Intelligencer.

Michael Kissinger, BS Civil Engineering ’02, was promoted to land development division manager in Pennoni Associates’ West Chester office

Crystal McGee, BS Computer Engineering ’03, received a Master of Science in Technology Management degree in 2008.

Charles Vincent O’Connor, BS Information Systems ’04, was honored with the Emerging Leadership Award at an Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association international conference held in San Diego last month.

Robert P. Raymond, BS Business Administration ’05, accepted a position at HUB International located in Blue Bell, PA as Assistant Vice President of Business Development.

Gregory T. Smith, MS Civil Engineering ’00, was promoted to Vice President and Regional Preconstruction Manager for the PA/NJ/MD region for Turner Construction Company.

Christopher M. Thompson, BS, Civil Engineering ’01, was named a senior associate with Gannett Fleming.

2010s

Alyssa Woodman, BS Design and Merchandising ’11, works as a Product Manager at CloudOn in Palo Alto, CA.

Melanie D. Zucker, MS Higher Education ’12, is the Gear Up director of the after-school program for Manchester Community College in correlation with East Hartford Middle School.

Roger Lee, MS Arts Administration ’12, owner and creative director of Roger Lee Dance, was featured as a special dance guest on 6 ABC’s “FYI Philly” with Melissa Magee.

Weddings

Melanie D. Zucker, MS Higher Education ’12,
and Peter Schauster were married on
September 15, 2012.

Baby Dragons

Danielle Jones-Kresge, BS Nutrution and Food Science ’98, and her husband, Christopher, welcomed their daughter, Maci Rose Kresge,
on May 12, 2011.

Kevin Turcotte, MBA Business Administration ’08, his wife and Andriana Katherine Turcotte, MS Educational Administration ’12, had a daughter, Katherine Elizabeth, on March 27, 2013.

Friends We’ll Miss

1930s

Lillian Bareford Simmons ’36
Eleanor Bucher Hutton ’39
Vera Byrne ’38
George Fischer ’36
Ann Florek Reinhart ’34
Anna Kobilnyk Stern ’38
Charlotte Lewis Carter ’34
Aaron Manove ’37
Gerald Mcclurg Marley ’35
Jean Mckay LaWall ’36
Sylvia Reiter Freedland ’39
Kathryn Schweitzer Ulmer ’38
Elsie Watterson ’34
Harold Williams ’36
Katherine Wood Kneas ’38

1940s

Sidney Abrams ’48
John Alker ’41
Christine Apgar Coburn ’49
Ruth Appler Bressi ’42
Willard Arentzen ’46
Elizabeth Aretz ’41
Suzanne Austin Ott ’47
Dorothy Barnes Pruitt ’47
Robert Brearly ’44
Robert Bond ’40
Kathryn Bowman Reinert ’46
Hubert Carroll ’48
Raymond Considine ’44
Kenneth Cooper ’48
Carlo DeAntonio ’44
Harry Derbyshire ’48
Helen Early Capritti ’47
Robert Cragg ’47
Isabel Elcock Martin ’46
John Flanigan ’41
Charles Furey ’42
Robert Gresh ’49
Ivan Gural ’49
Francis Halas ’43
Frank Hastings ’48
Thomas Heselbarth ’47
Ivan Hess ’43
Joseph Holdcraft ’43
William Huska ’43
Robert Hutcheson ’47
Margaret Johnson Bartlett ’45
Walter Kepler ’48
David Kistler ’47
Jacob Klotz ’45
June Kostyk ’49
Audrey Krebs Grove ’42
Jane Kuhn Smith ’43
Richard Kuhn ’46
Edith Kuhns Prendergast ’42
Anne Lingle Frost ’43
Alyce Macdonald Kelley ’42
Elaine Macdonald Dewees ’42
Oscar Markowitz ’49
Mary Metz Edwards ’48
Eduardo Mirabal-Font ’49
Nancy Nichols Lathlaen ’46
Alexander Niemiera ’44
Rosemary Patterson Liggins ’47
Paul Pennypacker ’46
Elsie Penton Gibson ’42
Theodore Podkul ’45
Rita Ranere ’47
Mary Rishel Huttinger ’43
Robert Ritter ’43
John Root ’47
Charles Royce ’48
Rebecca Schlam Lutto ’49
Elmer Scull ’41
Boris Smarkola ’49
Raymond Tatlow ’49
Kathryn Tighe Wersler ’40
Luis Torres-Oliver ’44
Lillie Wood ’47
Robert Wool ’48
Lavenia Wright White ’47
Samuel Young ’44

1950s

John Arnaiz ’52
Harry Bader ’51
Richard Betts ’51
Daniel Borowsky ’56
Edward Bradley ’56
Alice Callaway Plotkin ’50
Chiuling Chai ’57
O. Chesney ’53
Marilyn Creasy Ivins ’52
Peter Corey ’55
Joseph Cosentino ’54
Barry Croll ’53
William Duff ’57
Jean Egolf Kohl ’54
John Eidenberg ’59
John Erickson ’51
A. Etter ’51
Henry Ewald ’53
Werner Fehlauer ’56
Robert Fell ’58
Grace Fraser Wilens ’53
Gene Fries ’55
Alysane Gallagher Bauhaus ’59
James Gildea ’59
Joseph Gilles ’51
Harry Ginsberg ’52
George Glenn ’53
George Glicker ’52
Donald Haines ’54
William Heffner ’53
R. Virginia Kauffman ’52
Eleanor Kohn ’55
Peter Koros ’54
Frank LaVerghetta ’55
Charles Lindemuth ’56
Cisley Lindholm Fletcher ’53
Beverly Little ’53
Francis Mallee ’56
Peter Marcolina ’57
Pierre Marcolina ’52
Louis Marloe ’52
Margaret Mcgeehan Bauer ’59
Thomas McKinley ’50
Merton McLean ’55
John Mentzell ’54
Claude Nickerson ’53
Carol Orluske Hager ’56
Thomas Papavero ’53
Grace Passerp Sefing ’57
Peter Pripeton ’57
Gregory Sarmousakis ’55
Ralph Skowron ’56
James Smith ’55
Frances Sochor Norris ’58
Charles Stein ’59
Herbert Stein ’58
Paul Stevens ’58
John Traub ’53
Richard Warren ’52
George Weidenhammer ’56
Lenore William Ewald ’51
Anna Winger ’54
Joseph Wiseman ’51

1960s

F. Alexander ’64
Joseph Anastasi ’65
Edita Baradi ’67
Carlene Bennett Gibbons ’66
Bryce Blair ’66
William Blank ’64
Patricia Borgman Keeley ’60
William Brand ’64
George Carl ’63
William Connors ’67
Rollin Cowperthwaite ’65
Betty Crocker Smith ’61
Thomas Dabney ’68
Daniel Dansak ’66
Richard De Francesco ’66
Sally Dym Solomon ’63
Henry Edmunds ’63
Allan Engle ’62
William Francis ’64
Dorothy Fry ’67
Robert Gallagher ’63
James Gatley ’61
Louise Gettlin Fradkin ’66
Alan Gibstein ’60
Edward Glembocki ’66
John Grabowski ’69
Gerald Grant ’60
Herman Greenberg ’63
Solis James ’63
Linda Johnson Sipowicz ’63
Herman Kaplan ’62
Herman Kaufhold ’67
Gary Kemp ’68
Harry Kenworthy ’61
Jerome Kraft ’60
Danny Lesnick ’69
Lawrence Luterman ’63
Sylvia Mandel Karet ’60
Harry May ’62
Francis McAleer ’63
Michael Meall ’65
Robert Moesker ’68
Leonidas Nascimento ’63
Donald Nicholas ’62
Gerald Noel ’61
Paul Parchinski ’67
Walter Pearson ’67
Anita Poole Miller ’63
Russell Purvis ’63
Harry Riblett ’60
Marilyn Rowe Drinker ’66
Llona Rubert Baxter ’61
Edmund Russek ’64
Bruce Smith ’60
Richard Spayd ’61
Deborah Tubis Sapot ’61
George Vlatas ’60
John Windle ’66
Sidney Wolan ’61
Raymond Zanoff ’68

1970s

Margaret Alburn ’70
Janet Amico ’75
Margaret Barker ’73
Henry Breslin ’78
Robert Bunch ’70
Michael Caviston ’73
Dennis Conway ’70
Jacqueline Cooper Mancall ’70
Russell Even ’72
Thomas Henley ’73
Virginia Hetman King ’77
Edward Leonard ’74
Thomas MacKay ’77
Thomas McCue ’71
Jacqueline McDade Cohen ’76
Dennis McGinley ’70
Walter McGugan ’73
Jessie Milberg Richard ’70
Michael Miles ’71
Elizabeth Moses Thomas ’76
Patrick O’Donnell ’72
John O’Rangers ’72
Stephen Patternac ’77
Madeline Pearson ’72
Frederick Price ’75
Nancy Pringle ’71
George Uhll ’75
Stanley Szkil ’76
John Weiman ’79
Michael Wheelock ’70
Robert Zickwolf ’71

1980s

Susan Boudwin-Pitcher ’81
Janet Brunson Thompson ’86
Michael Eisenberg ’81
Peter Kiliani ’87
Lawrence Kowal ’80
Mary Quinlan Lombard ’83
Lester Ray ’84
Avis Taylor ’80
Denise Venanzi ’88

1990s

Shaykhia Abdul Aziz ’94
Deborah Appleton ’98
Jacqueline Cohen ’95
Bonnie Davis ’96
Weiji Huang ’97
Denise Major ’97
Steven Malone ’91
Merinda Pietrafitta Thompson ’95
Ruth Savitz ’97
Phuoc Tran ’91

2000s

Hal Mueller ’05
Julene Ricks-Ngwayah ’00
David Taundi ’08