Class Notes: Winter/Spring 2013

1960s

Juel Pate Borders-Benson, MD’60, Medicine, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Black Health Magazine at the National Black Women’s Health Awards Banquet.

Eugene J. Boyle, Jr., BS’60, Electrical Engineering, authored the book, “Within Earshot of Freedom’s Ring,” under the penname Finley St. George.

Wilma Bulkin-Siegel, MD’62, Medicine, Hon’06, was named president of the Board of the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine, an internationally recognized organization whose mission is to promote the history of women in medicine and the medical sciences on a national and international level.

Donna H. Mansfield Mueller, BS’65, Dietetics, MS’70, and Suzanne H. Michel, BS’72 Home Economics, authored the article Nutrition for Pregnant Women Who Have Cystic Fibrosis which was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

H. Theresa Selena Wright, BS’68 Home Economics, MS’80, co-wrote the chapter From the Front Lines: The Impact of Refined Food Addiction on Well-Being in the book “Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook.”

Edward N. Zissman, MD’69, Medicine, was awarded the Charles “Buzzy” Vanchiere Award which recognizes outstanding contributions toward the education of pediatricians in administration, practice management and payment.

1970s

Richard J. Cohen, PhD’78, Biomedical Graduate Studies, was one of the recipients of the 2012 MANNA Nourish Awards which recognized him for his more than 30 years of innovative leadership in the public health management arena.

Samuel P. DeBow, Jr., BS’76, Commerce and Engineering, was elected to the board of directors of the Military Officers Association of America, the nation’s largest and most influential officers’ association.

Keith H. Fleury, BS’79, Accounting, will serve as co-president of the Delaware Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Jonathan A. Liss, BS’79, Accounting, is an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.

George R. Mills, BS’78, Mechanical Engineering, was a 2012 recipient of the Chime Bell Award which is awarded annually to a foreigner who has made outstanding contributions to the social and economic growth of Central China.

Matthew E. Naythons, MD’72, Medicine, an award-winning TIME Magazine photojournalist, had his archives acquired by The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

John J. Peirce, Jr., BS’73, Civil Engineering, MS ’78, updated chapter 7 of Robert T. Ratay’s book titled “Temporary Structures in Construction, Third Edition.” Peirce Engineering, Inc., the company that he owns with his daughter, Jennifer L. Peirce Brandt, BS’95, Architectural Engineering, BS’95, Civil Engineering, and son, John J. Peirce, III, BS’11, Civil Engineering, celebrated its 20th year in business in 2012.

Beth M. Piraino Holley, MD’77, Medicine, was appointed president of the National Kidney Foundation.

Dennis F. Saver, MD’77, Medicine, was one of 82 physicians invited to the White House in June to be recognized as a leader in health information technology and to attend two national Information Technology events, the HealthIT Vanguard Conference and the White House Health IT Town Hall, hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

C. Richard Schott, MD’70, Medicine, was installed as the 163rd president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Roseann B. Termini, BS’75, Human Behavior and Development, presented a program to food professionals from Latin America focusing on United States federal food laws including the Food Safety Modernization Act. She also presented on food law issues in Widener University’s program, Food Day.

Kyle B. Wescoat, BS’74, Finance, was the recipient of the Hoag Hospital Foundation Peter Siracusa Award for outstanding contribution for developing and chairing the Hoag Hospital Foundation Forum on Healthcare. He was also named senior vice president and CFO of Skullcandy.

Robert J. Wicks, PSYD’77, Clinical Psychology, authored the book “Riding the Dragon—10 Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times.”

1980s

Stephen A. Chidyllo, MD’87, Medicine, was chosen for Top Doctors by US News and World Report, Castle Connolly Top Doctors of New York Metropolitan Area, and New Jersey Top Docs. He is a member of the faculty of AO North American, Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, and a member of Voluntary Editorial Staff: Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction.

Frank M. Chmielewski, BSBA’81, Marketing, wrote Reserving 101: An Introduction for Defense Attorneys and Adjusters for the August 2012 issue of Counter Point, the official publication of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.

Nasirali A. Emadi, ME’88, Mechanical Engineering, purchased Harrisburg Scuba Center in Harrisburg, Pa., and is a founding partner of Harrisburg’s West Shore Scuba in Summerdale, Pa.

Roger D. Gibboni, BS’81, Electrical Engineering, MS’83, formed Rogers High Fidelity in 2009, which designs and builds Home Entertainment music amplifiers. Rogers High Fidelity was reviewed in the November issue of Stereophile Magazine and received a “highly recommended” result.

Dawn M. Grasso, AS’88, Nursing, BS’93, was named the new chief nursing officer at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital.

Rebecca Jaffe, MD’80, Medicine, Executive MPH’10, was elected to the Board of Directors of The American Academy of Family Physicians.

Michael J. Kline, BS’86, Accounting, with Citrin Cooperman in Philadelphia, was named among the region’s top practitioners by readers of the business magazine SmartCEO.

Beth R. Nalitt, MD’85, Medicine, was elected to serve as governor-elect designee of the New Jersey Northern Chapter of the American College of Physicians.

Richard D. Roberts, BS’84, Civil Engineering, was appointed as a member of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council by Governor Tom Corbett. He serves as vice president and chief engineer for structural at Pennoni Associates.

Leslie A. Roesler, BS’81, Human Behavior and Development, MS’88, Human Services Management, was presented with the MELC Impact Award at the inaugural fundraising benefit at the Please Touch Museum.

Alan I. Rosenblatt, MD’84, Medicine, specialist in neurodevelopmental pediatrics, co-wrote and co-edited “Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Every Parent Needs to Know.”

Bryan K. Sherman, BS’86, Management Information Systems, joined UMT Consulting Group as vice president, consulting in their mid-Atlantic region.

Thomas M. Sibson, BS’89, Business Administration, received the New Jersey Chief Financial Officer of the Year Award from NJBiz for his work at BAYADA Home Health.

Kirk W. Simmet, BS’84, Finance, was elected president of the Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter of the American Payroll Association.

Nora Soyferman Maidansky, BS’84, Electrical Engineering, founded The Human Aspect, LLC, an organizational consulting firm specializing in leadership development, coaching, and organizational consulting based in Wyomissing, Pa.

Douglas E. Steele, BA’85, Architecture, principal of the design firm H2L2 Architects/Planners, designed Global Commons for The Hun School of Princeton. He also presented his work on the topic Liquid Schools: Pools of Creativity at the annual conference of The Association of Boarding Schools in Washington D.C.

1990s

Syed R. Ashraf, MS’94, Electrical Engineering, joined Gannett Fleming’s Mt. Laurel, N.J. office as the director of power services.

Gina Furia Rubel, BS’91, Corporate Communications, president of Furia Rubel Communications, was placed #1 on The Legal Intelligencer’s Best of Survey for the second consecutive year.

Robyn M. Gershenoff Judelsohn, BS’93, History and Politics, joined BBYO International as senior director of Immersive Experiences with oversight of its entire camp and leadership programs.

Laura A. Grubb Baldwin, BS’91, Graphic Design, was appointed to the position of chief marketing and communications officer at Arcadia University.

Nicholas J. Intintolo, BS’90, Information Systems, serves as IBM’s national criminal justice specialist. He devised and launched IBM’s Juvenile Delinquency Assessment Framework to help the public sector identify cost-effective, successful outcome paths for kids. He also serves on the Advisory Board at LPS Associates, a video communications company.

Alexander C. Lawrence, Jr., BS’92, Electrical Engineering, was promoted to assistant dean, director of MBA admissions at UCLA Anderson in Los Angeles, CA.

Sonia D. McKelvy Trivic, BS’93, Chemical Engineering, was appointed to the position of associate director of regulatory affairs at McNeil Consumer Healthcare.

Rajendra A. Morey, MD’97, Medicine, and his colleagues had their research on combat veterans diagnosed with PTSD published in the Nov. 5 edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

John Natsis, BA’96, Architecture, was promoted to associate principal of Johnsrud Architects, an award-winning laboratory design firm in Bucks County.

Christopher P. Pinto, BS’98, Architectural Engineering, BS’98, Civil Engineering, MS’98, was promoted to vice president in the Philadelphia office of the international engineering firm, Thornton Tomasetti.

Peter E. Pisasale, BS’99, Electrical Engineering, was named the 2012 Young Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers at the 2012 Annual Meeting in San Diego.

John D. Rink, BS’92, Architectural Engineering, was promoted to general manager at PATCO.

S. Joshua Szabo, MD’98, Medicine, of Tri Rivers Surgical Associates, was recently honored by the Arthroscopy Association of North America with the Stephen J. Snyder Excellence in Teaching Award.

2000s

Sally M. Andersen, BA’06, Communications, was announced as one of the Top 16 Health Heroes for the City of Philadelphia by UHC, Philadelphia Magazine and Be Well Philly, for her commitment to motivating and inspiring Philadelphians to lead healthier, more active lifestyles.

Thomas F. Backof, BS’08, Environmental Science, received the Young Adult Fight Award from the Ulman Cancer Fund.

Nicole C. Dirato Engard, MS’07, Library and Information Science, co-authored the book “The Accidental Systems Librarian, Second Edition” with Rachel Singer Gordon, MS’11, Library and Information Science.

Timothy J. Ericson, BS’09, Business Administration, chief executive officer and co-founder of Zagster, Inc., wrote the article Entrepreneurs Need to Go Back to High School, which was published on the website bostinno.com.

Alberto Garibi-Cabral, MS’05, Environmental Engineering, was hired at FMC Environmental Solutions for the position of director of wastewater treatment, exploration and production.

Elizabeth S. Glines, BS’04, Dramatic Writing, authored the children’s book “Jasmin’s Summer Wish.”

Matthew D. Malkie, BS’01, Mechanical Engineering, was presented with the 40 Under 40 Award by Central Penn Business Journal.

Charles M. Reynolds, MD’08, Medicine, graduated from Denver Health Residency in emergency medicine and is currently practicing emergency medicine in Santa Fe, NM.

Lara Rhodes, BS’09, Business Administration, joined the national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP as an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group.

Natasha A. Sandy, MD’05, Medicine, was recognized by The Network Journal as one of its annual 40 Under 40 honorees.

2010s

John E. Frick, EDD’12, Education Leadership and Management, accepted a position at Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT, as evaluator-research in education, curriculum.

Robert C. Masters, MS’10, Library and Information Science, was named the library director for The Bermuda College Library.

Baby Dragons

Andrew C. Brandt, BS’93, Marketing, and his wife, Jennifer L. Peirce Brandt, BS Architectural Engineering ‘95, BS Civil Engineering ‘95, had daughter Ava Elizabeth on April 28, 2012.

Jamie A. Calverley Carroll, BS‘06, Biomedical Engineering, and her husband, Stephen Carroll, BS‘06, Electrical Engineering, had son Lucas Patrick on March 20, 2012.

Christopher R. Garchinsky, PhD‘09, Educational Leadership and Learning Technology, and his wife, Janet, had son Charlton James on August 23, 2012. He joins his sisters, Caroline Vail and Maria Christine.

Mark C. Schneider, BS‘02, Information Systems, and his wife, Casey Schneider, had twins Alex and Emily on August 3, 2012.

Friends We’ll Miss

1930s

Elizabeth Adams Ward ’37
Winifred Lacy Foltz ’35
Fredrick Lamb ’39
A. Perry Mackee Evans ’33
Frances Sellers Gable ’38
Theodore Shmanda ’39
Peter Short ’37
Marjorie Stickler Reeves ’33

1940s

Archangelo Acierno ’48
Nancy Balderston Conrad ’49
Virginia Bearinger Swartz ’45
Edward Beck ’46
Elmer Becky ’48
Marguerite Bitzer ’42
Wilma Blaetz Russell ’43
Pamela Boring Lyons ’43
Irene Campbell Moulder ’47
Joan Carnes Nahrgang ’49
Mary Lou Davies ’45
Demitra Davis Stevens ’45
Clare Deakyne Higginson ’44
Albert DiFelice ’43
John Donahoe ’46
Ralph Eberly ’42
Robert Evans ’48
Elaine Farmakis ’46
Joseph Foremny ’45
Richard Gordon ’48
Wendell Gulick ’45
Carrol Guth ’48
Elinor Haigh Snyder ’40
Pauline Hays Taliaferro ’46
Marylizbeth Heagey Grefe ’45
Gerard Hofstaedter ’47
David Hughes ’42
Ruby Inouye Shu ’48
Edward Kraus ’42
Eugene Labowskie ’45
John Leonard ’47
Norman Lewis ’49
Elizabeth Lippincott Dyas ’49
George Lorenz ’42
Jay Lord ’48
Elaine Lotman Weiner ’48
Thomas MacWilliams ’48
Virginia Mallen ’49
Thomas Martino ’48
John Mellinger Burnett ’49
DeForest Metcalf ’45
Walter Mitchell ’49
Theodore Munkacsy ’42
Richard Nelson ’45
C. David Saulsbury Perry ’40
Doris Sayre Sollami ’41
George Schneider ’42
Frank Serena ’40
Arthur Silk ’47
Christian Snavely ’49
Henry Steinmann ’40
Herbert Tindall ’42
Teofila Tokarczyk Krzywicki ’43
Miriam Vreeland Michaels ’47
Roy Waxler ’48
Emma Weissinger Slotterback’46
Thelma Wilson Kephart ’42
Norman Woodland ’47
Philip Zink ’41

1950s

William Altmann ’59
Alexander Amadio ’54
Janet Belzer Fairo ’57
Carol Berk ’55
Allen Braid ’59
Morton Braun ’50
George Brooke ’51
Ruth Brown Carson ’54
Judith Carroll Kallas ’59
David Cohn ’58
Donald Coover ’56
Thomas Cowgill ’50
Barbara Daebeler ’57
Lewis Daniels ’50
Reimar Duerr ’59
Donald Eddy ’55
Sidney Elgart ’51
Frank Fiorilla ’52
Frank Gastner ’53
Joy Grawemeyer ’55
Pamela Haviland Haskell ’55
Elizabeth Hayman Jacobs ’53
George Heimberger ’51
Donald Hofmann ’50
Paula Holmes Watts ’54
Alva Hom ’57
Russell Houston ’54
Robert Jenkins ’52
Robert Jenkins ’59
Werner Kirmse ’55
Forrest Kramer ’53
William Kruckenberger ’59
Gloria Laino ’52
Arlene Laubach ’50
Paul Lehnig ’57
Florence Lewis ’50
Raymond Lindquist ’53
Dorothea Lockard ’54
Laurence Lundy ’54
Patricia Lutz ’55
Martin Madden ’53
Irwin Marill ’54
William Martin ’52
Arthur Maynard ’58
Daniel Miller ’54
Dorson Mills ’54
Virginia Morgenroth Knecht ’58
David Norris ’58
J. Norris ’56
Deon Patten Patten ’52
James Peteritas ’58
George Ream ’52
George Reynolds ’52
Derle Riordan ’56
Charles Rumsey ’57
Charles Santaguida ’59
Joseph Savastio ’59
William Schisler ’59
Colleen Seabright Irvin ’51
John Segletes ’57
Gordon Sevold ’58
James Shaver ’59
Joan Snyder Strickler ’56
Paul Stempko ’50
George Sykes ’55
Rudolph Szabo ’54
Francis Thomas ’54
Miriam Thomas Noussair ’52
Armond Tomassetti ’57
George Tootelian ’55
Charles Tyler ’54
Elizabeth Wagner Chase ’50
Edward Webb ’58
Charles Wert ’52
Marie Wolf Tursi ’59
John Yorganjian ’58
Stanley Zocholl ’58

1960s

Raymond Arner ’60
Laurance Baccini ’68
Suzanne Bender Trifiletti ’68
Mary Blake ’62
Everett Cahall ’67
Herman Chmel ’68
John Clune ’68
Douglas Culpon ’62
Ronald Daniele ’68
A. Debus ’61
Siegfried Dierk ’62
Grace Fischer ’64
Robert Fister ’64
Daniel Frank ’63
Robert Forsten ’64
Clifford Ingram ’63
John Krauss ’61
Walter Kunkel ’61
Chester Leonowich ’63
Rosalie Levin ’66
Alan Levine ’69
William Logan ’63
James Malloy ’60
Frieda Menzer Quinlan ’66
Gordon Mitchell ’68
Thomas Niciforo ’62
Peyton Peebles ’63
Wayne Perry ’66
William Pfaff ’61
Patricia Raub Carey ’68
Michael Reed ’63
Ann Rehmeyer Kietzman ’69
Steven Richardson Mead ’67
John Robinson ’63
George Rodgers ’60
Jeanne Schwam Mazur ’66
Joseph Schwartz ’67
G. Alan Shoemaker ’65
Donald Stouffer ’61
Wilbur Trautman ’69
John Walsh ’60
Joseph Young ’60

1970s

Steven Altman ’76
Paul Blaetz ’70
Grace Bohr ’79
Frederick Braithwood ’77
Frederick Brown ’79
Debbie Chesen ’78
John Cleaveland ’70
William Craig ’70
John Degnan ’73
Charles Delp ’71
William Denny ’75
Raymond Endreny ’73
Cherie Evans ’72
William Garber ’76
Earl Gillman ’71
Leopold Graupera ’78
Victor Golowash ’71
Susan Harris Wilbur ’76
Stephen Hirsch ’74
Melvin Jackson ’76
William Jester ’70
Samuel Kades ’72
Lee Kleinfelter ’78
Glenn Lau ’73
Charles Lomax ’77
Sandra Loperfido Lepo ’70
Wilford McNeill ’73
Carol Patterson Patterson ’71
Charles Porter ’71
Barbara Robinson Stevens ’73
Marguerite Ryan ’78
Robert Rybicki ’71
Milo Schaefer ’71
Pearl Sommers Woodnick ’70
Sturks Taylor ’72
James Thomas ’79

1980s

Joseph Anderson ’88
Gregory Bauer ’89
Lionel Barnes ’80
William Breece ’85
Christopher Conners ’85
William Hatch ’86
Phyllis Hefner ’87
George Kocyan ’84
Anthony Nottingham ’82
Stella Peterson ’82
David Roller ’80
Otto Weiss ’81

1990s

Thomas Duggan ’92
Karen Johnson ’92
Antony Joseph ’90
Alexander Kolibabek ’98
Charles Litty ’90
Peter Mayer ’93
Courtney Reed ’91
Anthony Stein ’92

2000s

Danny Angeline ’07
Anne-Michele Bivona-Gossett ’08
Jessica Bongiovanni ’09
Akili Gordon ’05
Colleen Kenney ’03
Alexander Rand ’09

CORRECTION: In the fall 2012 issue of the Drexel Magazine, Winifred Susan Foltz Pruitt ’71 was incorrectly listed in the Friends We’ll Miss section. Instead it was her mother, Winifred Lacy Foltz ’35, who passed away.