Weddings
John M. Morelli, BS film and video production ’06, and Kristen Przasnyski, BS film and video production ’06, were married on Oct. 19, 2013.
Baby Dragons
Elizabeth Ridgeway, MS teaching, learning and curriculum ’13, and Jesse Ridgeway had a daughter, Reagan Maybelle, on Sept. 19, 2013.
1960s
Eleanor Schlenker, MS home economics ’68, professor of human nutrition, foods and exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title of professor emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Stewart Weintraub, Esq., BS business administration ’68, of Chamberlain Hrdlicka, was named to the 2014 “Best Lawyers” list for the Philadelphia area.
1970s
Thomas Fee Jr., BS business administration ’74, president of Haefele Flanagan, was elected to the North America Board of Directors of CPA Associates International Inc., a leading association of accounting firms.
Roseann Termini, Esq., BS human behavior and development ’75, was the conference planner and speaker at the fourth annual Food and Drug Law Program held on March 26, 2014, at Widener School of Law. The seventh edition of her book “Food and Drug Law,” was published in print and eBook formats.
1980s
Cheryl Bartky, MCAT creative arts ’81, authored and published “Angelina’s Prayer,” a fiction chapter book for children 8 years old and up.
Kathleen Coon, MS library science ’82, director of the library services department of Montgomery McCracken, was appointed to serve as the Local Arrangements Committee co-chair for the American Association of Law Libraries’ 108th Annual Meeting.
Elaine Elbich, PE, BS civil engineering ’88, a design portfolio manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in its southeastern regional engineering district, was named the 2014 Engineer of the Year by the Delaware County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers.
David Lyon, BS mechanical engineering ’86, was selected as chief of the Protection Division, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, Army Research Laboratory.
Joseph Peters III, BS commerce and engineering ’85, CEO of Scientific Search, was inducted into the Philadelphia 100 Hall of Fame for Scientific Search having been one of Philadelphia’s 100 fastest-growing companies in five different years.
Marc Smith, NFO, BS accounting ’89, joined ParenteBeard, a Top 25 accounting firm, as principal in the Clark, N.J., office.
Diane Tungol Magram, Esq., BS marketing ’86, was elected president of the South Jersey Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
1990s
Christa Duelberg-Kraftician, AIA, LEED AP, BS architecture ’94, of Spillman Farmer Architects in Bethlehem, Pa., won the first AIA Pennsylvania Firm Award, which recognizes the most prominent and achieved architectural studios in the state.
Gina Furia Rubel, BS corporate communication ’91, president and CEO of Furia Rubel Communications, received the Maxine Elkin Award for Distinguished Service from the Public Relations Society of America’s Philadelphia Chapter. She was also reappointed by Chancellor William P. Fedullo as chair of the Bar-News Media Committee and co-chair of the Law Practice Management Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association for 2014.
Richard Liu, BS corporate communication ’94, joined Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. as global medical education project manager in their infectious disease division with a focus on HIV and Hepatitis C.
Sanjay Mathur, BS mechanical engineering ’95, is co-founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Data Science, a startup providing big data services to help customers with data-driven product development, data science and agile software engineering.
Robert McKinley, Esq., BS electrical engineering ’92, registered U.S. patent attorney and litigator, joined the firm Lauletta Birnbaum.
Teri Taylor, MS library and information science ’99, U.S. documents collections supervisor at the New Jersey State Library, was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Depository Library Council.
2000s
Randy Galiotto, LEED AP, BS architecture ’08, of Spillman Farmer Architects from Bethlehem, Pa., won the first AIA Pennsylvania Firm Award, which recognizes the most prominent and achieved architectural studios in the state.
Xiaodong Han, MBA business administration ’02, his wife Yonghui Huo (Clara), MBA business administration ’05, MS accounting ’05, and their daughter Carol traveled from their home in China to visit Drexel while in the United States to visit friends across the country.
John Henson, MS civil engineering ’03, joined Dewberry, a professional services firm, as the transportation department manager in the Mount Laurel, N.J., office.
Sarah McKinin, JD, BS economics ’07, joined the firm Tully Rinckey as an associate in its federal employment law practice group.
Michael Metzger, BS architecture ’00, of Spillman Farmer Architects from Bethlehem, Pa., won the first AIA Pennsylvania Firm Award, which recognizes the most prominent and achieved architectural studios in the state.
Aristotel Moumas, BS business administration ’07, BS economics ’07, JD law ’11, joined the Workers’ Compensation Department in Capehart Scatchard’s Mount Laurel, N.J., office.
Brett Rosen, BS chemistry ’07, MD medicine ’11, was one of the chief editors for the textbook “Rules of the Road for Medical Students in Emergency Medicine.”
Evan Solomon, BS business administration ’04, MS information systems ’05, was named a board member of the Foundation for Breast and Prostate Health, a nonprofit dedicated to raising funds for education, public awareness and programs for breast and prostate cancers.
Kate Warner, MPH public health ’08, was named the director of quality and education for the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council and its sister organization, the Rochester Regional Health Care Association.
2010s
Nancy Barker, MS nursing ’10, joined Immaculata University’s division of nursing as an instructor teaching classes in pharmacology and holistic nursing care.
Eric M. Colton, BS film and video production ’10, MS arts administration ’13, was hired as assistant business manager at the award-winning Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C.
David Gola, BS business administration ’10, was promoted to senior associate at ParenteBeard, a Top 25 accounting firm.
Eugene Grant, MS sport management ’12, of Southeast Guilford High School, was named the 2013 Teacher of the Year for Guilford County Schools in North Carolina.
Bridget O’Brien, MS interior architecture and design ’11, joined Archer & Buchanan Architecture Ltd. as an interior designer and director of marketing.
Friends We’ll Miss
1930s
James Chiappetta, medicine ’36
Charles Diehl, civil engineering ’39
Arthur Gauss, electrical engineering ’33
Edwin Jankiewicz, electrical engineering ’39
Christine Moore Morris, home economics ’38
Golda Nobel, (unknown) ’31
Anna Powell, nursing ’30
Harriett Rockefeller, secretarial ’34
Isabel Rodgers Eckardt, nursing ’34
J. Rodman, mechanical engineering ’30
Elizabeth Schick Dunn, secretarial ’39
Edward Schuenemann, business administration ’34
Evelyn Strauss Wasserstrom, home economics ’35
Richard Teich, electrical engineering ’37
George Wilson, mechanical engineering ’30
1940s
Lois Anthony Bollinger, nursing ’48
Charles Apprendi, business administration ’48
Robert Bacorn, medicine ’45
Selgene Balaban, electrical engineering ’49
David Bantle, mechanical engineering ’47
Jane Bass Kleinert, secretarial ’49
Eleanor Battafarano Fadeley, home economics ’46
Margaret Bernotas Miller, nursing ’40
Emily Berns Mozola, nursing ’44
Sherwood Berryann, chemical engineering ’45
Ervin Bickley, chemical engineering ’42
Arthur Bohlinger, mechanical engineering ’45
William Bonnet, chemical engineering ’47
Edmund Bossone, mechanical engineering ’48, ’53, HD ’07
Sophie Brenner, (unknown) ’45
Franklin Brown, business administration ’49
John Burrows, electrical engineering ’41
Samuel Cissel III, medicine ’47
George Cloud, business administration ’43
Morton Coane, medicine ’43
Tommie Lou De Holl Bohn, home economics ’48
Frank De Vaux, mechanical engineering ’47
Harry Dobbs, business administration ’41
Robert Dorwart, commerce and engineering ’48
Richard Dowd, mechanical engineering ’46
William Duck, chemical engineering ’45
Nell Durst Frank, home economics ’47, ’69
Morton Eisenberg, electrical engineering ’43, ’41
Regina Fitti, medicine ’49
Stanley Floersheim, mechanical engineering ’42
J. Glenn Freedy, chemical engineering ’47
Jean Gailey Rorke, secretarial ’45
Jeanette Gernert Leuchak, home economics ’49
Richard Githens, chemical engineering ’43
Marian Hautz Smith, home economics ’46
Ward Heinrich, medicine ’41
Carl Hokholt, (unknown) ’43
Robert Hough, chemical engineering ’47
Bernard Husock, electrical engineering ’47
James Hutchinson, electrical engineering ’47
Ethel Joyce Rozanski, nursing ’48
Peter Kenmore, medicine ’47
Marianne Kirk House, secretarial ’43
Mary Kittelman Shelly, retail management ’46
Marydelle Kramer Frazier, home economics ’40
Carl Kuehfuss, chemical engineering ’40
Edna Larsen Raby, secretarial ’41
Cornelius Last, medicine ’47
Francis Logue, mechanical engineering ’43
Samuel Long, civil engineering ’48
Horace Marucci, medicine ’44
Edith Master, secretarial ’47
Alice Maven Forbes, chemical engineering ’47
Eugene McClain, business administration ’48
James McGoldrick, mechanical engineering ’40
Frances Merrell, home economics ’43
Daniel Meyer, mechanical engineering ’42
Richard Monheit, medicine ’43
George Mosch, medicine ’46
Robert Mutch, medicine ’47
Mary Oda, (unknown) ’46
Lena Onorato Korey, nursing ’43
Harry Parker, business administration ’47
Frances Peirce Smith, home economics ’43
Eleanor Pierce Bringhurst, retail management ’47
Lorna Pratt Grentzenberg, home economics ’47
Rolce Redard Payne, nursing ’44
Robert Rickards, mechanical engineering ’48
Marjorie Rude Kamtman, nursing ’49
Robert Ryall, electrical engineering ’48
Shirley Sannino Di Orio, secretarial ’46
Mary Shafer Mikels, home economics ’44, ’64
Norman Simon, civil engineering, ’47, ’65
Michael Sivulich, medicine ’46
Maye Snyder Keith, library science ’45
Sewell Starcke, medicine ’42
Jacob Stauffer, electrical engineering ’44
Peter Stavru, industrial administration ’41
Ruth Steiner, home economics ’49
Shirley Stephens Hardcastle, home economics ’49
George Swendiman, medicine ’46
Albert Szczepkowski, electrical engineering ’48, mechanical engineering ’49
Helen Trefz Foster, secretarial ’49
Franklin Van Horn, chemical engineering ’42
Frank Volz, mechanical engineering ’47
Ellen Vosburg Hardenbergh, business teacher education ’48
Joseph Walker, business administration ’49, ’67
Lillian Warnick, (unknown) ’47
William Watson, business administration ’47
John Wesper, business administration ’48
Edythe Wicker Brock, home economics ’41
William Wilson Powell, library science ’46
Bernard Wise, electrical engineering ’48
Vilma Wissler Geesey, nursing ’49
Elizabeth Wodilla Lipton, home economics, ’44, ’69
Charles Woods, mechanical engineering, ’49, ’61
Ruth Wong, (unknown) ’47
Bernard Yeager, business administration ’49
1950s
Evan Adams, general studies ’53
Augusta Alexander Clark, library science ’58, HD ’85
William Anderson, general studies ’53
Peter Ardizzi, electrical engineering, ’58, ’60
Henry Arost, electrical engineering ’56, ’57
Joseph Azorsky, medicine ’56
Lois Bacher Hespell, nursing ’54
Eva Bamberger Stahl, (unknown) ’58
Albert Bartosic, chemical engineering ’50
George Beck, chemical engineering ’59
Daniel Bell, mechanical engineering ’55, ’58
Martha Biemuller, (unknown) ’56
Morris Blaher, electrical engineering ’53
F. Lewis Bohn, chemical engineering ’51
Richard Breithaupt, business administration ’53
Marie Britto Sager, home economics ’52
Harry Broadley, civil engineering ’54
Judson Brooks, business administration ’56
Joan Browell Healy, secretarial ’50
William Brown, business administration ’53
Margarette Brown Rogler, (unknown) ’51
Arthur Byler, medicine ’55
Vincent Chiappardi, mechanical engineering ’58
Benjamin Cola, electrical engineering ’50
Frank Colborn, civil engineering ’54, construction management ’79
John Colgan, mechanical engineering ’58
Dorothy Conzelman Conzelman, (unknown) ’56
Garner Cotton, civil engineering ’51
Robert Cuddy, electrical engineering ’54, ’56
James Demott, business administration ’55
Owen Dervin, electrical engineering ’53, ’55
Alice Dimon Harris, library science ’56
Garrett Donnell, medicine ’56
Joseph Dougherty, electrical engineering ’53
John Downs, civil engineering ’51, ’75
Stanley Edelstein, medicine ’57
Thomas Edman, business administration ’59
David Emerich, mechanical engineering ’57
Charles Esola, chemical engineering ’55, ’57
Manuel Fuentevilla, chemical engineering ’54
Harry Gaither, mechanical engineering ’54
Bernard Gerberg, mechanical engineering ’59
James Gille, mechanical engineering ’52, ’58
Wayland Gillingham, mechanical engineering ’55
Willard Gillum, mechanical engineering, ’53, ’62
Leona Goldstrohm Rapach, retail management ’51
Bernard Gorowitz, chemistry ’58
Norman Grady, industrial administration ’58
Agnes Graf McAvinue, home economics ’50
Harold Gregg, mechanical engineering ’56, ’57
Stanley Grossel, chemical engineering ’57
Doris Grover Kolbeck, nursing ’54
Leonard Guss, business administration ’55
Janice Hamilton Fallows, interior design ’53
James Hazel, library science ’55
James Hendricks, electrical engineering ’52
Eugene Hille, mechanical engineering ’56
John Houser, business administration ’58
John Hughes, mechanical engineering ’52
Peter Huster, business administration ’51
Mary Jo Jacobs, (unknown) ’55
William Jann, physics and atmospheric science ’58
James Jewitt, mechanical engineering ’55
Helen Johnson, (unknown) ’56
Richard Johnson, business administration ’59
Phyllis Jones Silvis, home economics ’55
Frederick Jordan, civil engineering ’51
Richard Keephart, retail management ’56
Lillian Kenyon Heverly, nursing ’51
G. Kirchner, medicine ’59
Roman Kownacki, medicine ’53
Michael Kurowski, chemical engineering ’52, ’55
Lois Kushner, medicine ’56
Jean Kweder DeVine, medicine ’50
Charlotte Labludoff Mashbitz, home economics ’51
Charles Laible, mechanical engineering ’59
John Lepore, civil engineering ’57
Francis Leskauskas, electrical engineering ’56
Robert Linde, mechanical engineering ’51
Robert Lipschutz, mechanical engineering ’50
Walter Lomax, medicine ’57
Dorothy Luongo, nursing ’50
Ronald MacKenzie, architecture ’53
John MacLaren, general studies ’57
John Madill, mechanical engineering ’57
Leonard Marchinski, aerospace engineering ’59
William Marci, civil engineering ’58
Andrew Maruska, electrical engineering ’50
Raymond McCoach, civil engineering ’57, ’59
James McPhillips, civil engineering ’53, ’56
Carl Meyer, civil engineering ’59
James Miller, mechanical engineering ’50, ’54
George Miller, electrical engineering ’57
Muriel Miller Kolva, secretarial ’53
Charles Mohr, civil engineering ’53
Leonard Moskowitz, metallurgical engineering ’55
Mary Ann Mulligan McGinnis, home economics ’58
Marilyn Murray Pietrzak, secretarial ’56
Mildred Padaroff, nursing ’50
Robert Patton, electrical engineering ’50
Suzanne Porter McHale, home economics ’57
David Ramsden, mechanical engineering ’51
William Reese, mechanical engineering ’54, ’56
Nelson Rekos, mechanical engineering ’52
Elizabeth Riera Cohn, library science ’52
Gabriel Rubin, medicine ’50
Lester Sablosky, medicine ’50
Geraldine Schaeffer, unknown ’58
Clifford Schilling, mechanical engineering ’53
Anthony Schipsi, chemical engineering ’56
Joseph Schley, medicine ’53
Alan Schneider, chemistry ’53
Consalvo Sciubba, mechanical engineering ’56, ’59
Albert Skinner, architecture ’55
David Smith, electrical engineering ’54
Delbert Smyers, mechanical engineering ’55, ’57
Irvin Snyder, chemical engineering ’55, ’57
Carl Stabler, business administration ’54
Michael Stamatakos, medicine ’53
George Stoffers, general studies ’52
Barbara Strickland Wilson, nursing ’56
Molly Tan Hayden, unknown ’59
Richard Tatlow, general studies ’59
Francis Taylor, electrical engineering ’54
John Teel, mechanical engineering ’51
Merrell Thallinger, medicine ’58
Bill Tilden, civil engineering ’58, mechanical engineering ’62
Benjamin Tom, medicine ’55
Walter Topham, mechanical engineering ’53
F. Urwiler, civil engineering ’57
Edward Vollrath, electrical engineering ’54
Mary Vonglahn Jamison, home economics ’52
F. Walton, mechanical engineering ’56
George Way, medicine ’54
Raymond Wedler, mechanical engineering ’58
Joel Whitcomb, business administration ’55
Richard Wiker, electrical engineering ’59
Alexander Wilson, electrical engineering ’51
Walter Winterbottom, metallurgical engineering ’58
Gilbert Wolf, mechanical engineering ’53, ’59
John Wright, mechanical engineering ’56
Eugene Wyso, medicine ’52
Sylvia Zaladonis, unknown ’59
1960s
Patricia Aikin, library science ’66
Ann Amon Barr, business administration ’60
Robert Baggs, library science ’64
David Bogan, civil engineering ’65
Marjorie Bolter Covey, home economics ’60
Gary Briggs, physics and atmospheric science ’61
Donna Brooks, (unknown) ’65
Charles Browning, electrical engineering ’61
Edward Buckalew, business administration ’67
John Buzzy, civil engineering ’61
Vincent Canney, electrical engineering ’65
Robert Clothier, business administration ’69
Charles Colver, general studies ’67
Barbara Cope Lesley, library science ’67
Thomas Cowen, mechanical engineering ’61
Kenneth Day, chemical engineering ’63, engineering management ’70
Michael Denofa, mechanical engineering ’62
Samuel Dickinson, mechanical engineering ’60
Donato D’Intino, electrical engineering ’60, ’67
Bernard Dlutowski, medicine ’61
Eleanor Doney O’Donnell, civil engineering ’61
Albert Dorsey, electrical engineering ’68
Alan Dortort, electrical engineering ’64
Charles Drazdauskas, electrical engineering ’63
Arthur Dvinoff, civil engineering ’66
Howard Edels, electrical engineering ’67
Johanna Ezell, library science ’66
Marie Faraci, (unknown) ’65
Eileen Farrell Rutgers, nursing ’63
Martin Feldman, mechanical engineering ’61
James Finnegan, medicine ’64
Calvin Fisher, business administration ’65
Arthur Flach, mechanical engineering ’53, ’60
Boris Frenkiel, electrical engineering ’63
Marilyn Geffert Nelson, biological science ’69
William Gerson, chemical engineering ’64
Karl Giulian, medicine ’62
William Graff, electrical engineering ’62
Charles Graham, electrical engineering ’61
Fred Haffelfinger, business administration ’69, ’70
Patricia Hagendorn, (unknown) ’60
Stanley Hall, electrical engineering ’63
Francis Hamlin, business administration ’69
Barrie Heilveil, mechanical engineering ’67
Ann Hertzler, home economics ’60
Raymond Hibbs, electrical engineering ’62
Arnold Hirshey, general studies ’64
Thomas Hoover, general studies ’68
Forrest Hunsberger, industrial administration ’62
Judith Joseph, library science ’68
Susan Kallenbach, library science ’67
Maria Karpchuk Camaratta, home economics ’68
Patricia Kemetz, nursing ’64
George Kerns, metallurgical engineering ’67
Martin Kleppe, business administration ’60
George Krywusha, metallurgical engineering ’60
William Kuhn, physics and atmospheric science ’61
John Kulsik, civil engineering ’65
Victor Lindquist, (unknown) ’67
Roland Linin, industrial administration ’62
Alfred Lisiewski, business administration ’68
Kenneth Long, electrical engineering ’60
William Lynch, biological science ’62
Robert Madden, medicine ’64
Robert Manley, business administration ’65
John March, mechanical engineering ’62
Lucia Marino, library science ’67
Bruce Mathis, physics and atmospheric science ’68
Francis McCabe, mechanical engineering ’61
Thomas McCloskey, mechanical engineering ’69
Thomas McKee, business administration ’69
Trevor McKissick, medicine ’62
Daniel McNerney, electrical engineering ’61
John Meehan, civil engineering ’63
Keith Miller, mechanical engineering ’62
Victor Nicoladse, electrical engineering ’66
Sidney Numerof, electrical engineering ’62
John Paul, business administration ’62
William Peterson, library science ’63
E. Vincent Pierdomenico, industrial administration ’64
Casimir Piotrowski, electrical engineering ’60
Joan Plante Weil, home economics ’66
George Podraza, electrical engineering ’61
Josef Pollich, mechanical engineering ’68
Elizabeth Pope, library science ’66
Robert Quindlen, business administration ’63
Richard Rebecca, library science ’68
John Renz, electrical engineering ’66
Lawrence Rieg, business administration ’61
Richard Rodia, civil engineering ’65
John Ruchalski, general studies ’66
Barbara Russell King, library science ’67
Edward Sammler, general studies ’67
Maryanne Sauers Lee, business administration ’69
Frederick Schmitt, civil engineering ’65, ’67, applied mathematics ’71
Harold Schnabel, business administration ’60
Lorraine Shotz Lanes, nursing ’67
John Skibiak, chemical engineering ’63
John Skilling, medicine ’61
Victor Slotnick, microbiology and immunology ’60
Walter Smith, electrical engineering ’62
Robert Smith, electrical engineering ’69
Clayton Stahl, mechanical engineering ’68
Barry Stavrou, electrical engineering ’68
Max Stein, mechanical engineering ’69
LeRoy Steinbrecher, medicine ’62
Jeffrey Stoner, civil engineering ’65
Walter Suszczynski, electrical engineering ’63
Kenneth Thomulka, pharmacology ’67, ’70
R. Frank Trout, electrical engineering ’62
David Vaders, mechanical engineering ’66
George Vogt, mechanical engineering ’65
John Walch, medicine ’67
Rodger Waldman, engineering management ’67
James Warner, general studies ’69
Randolph Waterfield Jr., business administration ’55, former trustee
James Wiland, mechanical engineering ’64
Hannah Williams, library science ’69
Richard Witzig, medicine ’62
Robert Woods, mechanical engineering ’64
Robert Wright, electrical engineering ’61
Joseph Zagone, civil engineering ’68
Ihor Zajac, microbiology and immunology ’64
1970s
Lisa Axner DeGraffenreid, retail management ’79
Joseph Barr, metallurgical engineering ’72
Mark Bedard, accounting ’79
William Brader, mechanical engineering ’70, environmental engineering ’74
John Brinsko, (unknown) ’77
Linda Brodsky, (unknown) ’79
Pauline Brown Ximenes, environmental engineering ’75
Brian Cooper, chemical engineering ’72
James Coyle, chemical engineering ’79
Lorraine Denicola Marano, library science ’70
Marianna Ducker, home economics ’72
Robert Edmands, business administration ’72
Richard Edsell, environmental engineering ’71, ’73
Sydney Fluck, electrical engineering ’73
Joseph Foy, electrical engineering ’77
John Gastaldo, medicine ’72
James Gaul, business administration ’73
Carole Gladfelter, library science ’72
Ruth Grayson Silverman, nutrition and food science ’74
Francis Greene, business administration ’73
Charles Harris, business administration ’71
Margery Hawe Connor, library science ’72
Donald Headley, math ’75
Wen-Ying Hsiang, home economics ’73
Mary Hudak, (unknown) ’78
Brad Hunter, humanities and communication ’76
Nicholas Itri, business administration ’72
John Kane, mechanical engineering ’76
Brenda Keller, home economics ’72
Mary Beth Lamplugh Kraft, business administration ’74
William Leetch, business administration ’74
Jean Paul LeSaint, general studies ’70
James Long, business administration ’72
Robert Marshall, business administration ’72
Sandra McGruder, (unknown) ’77
Robert Miller, business administration ’77
Susan Nickleach Cooperstein, library science ’70
John Quinn, mechanical engineering ’70
Paul Roda, medicine ’76
John Sawicki, electrical engineering ’70
Roberta Shelling Taber, biological science ’75
Michael Simon, metallurgical engineering ’71, business administration ’76
William Stahl, mechanical engineering ’72, ’76
William Steckiel, general studies ’72
Howard Steelman, environmental engineering ’79
William Swanseen, electrical engineering ’70
Mark Thallmayer, commerce and engineering ’79, business administration ’82
Fredlyn Toltzis, library science ’70
Peter Vico, accounting ’75, business administration ’77
James Wilson, business administration ’70
1980s
John Aubin, electrical engineering ’88
William Beatty, retail management ’85
Linda Bingaman Napieralski, nursing ’81
Denis Carlson, business administration ’84
Joanna Cooley Bikle, home economics ’80
Kathleen Delaney, business administration ’85
Theresa Dirkes Fredericks, electrical engineering ’85
Sandra Fox O’Hara, group process and group psychology ’86
Edward Fuller, library science ’80
Mary Gilligan, electrical engineering ’87
Lionel Gillston, engineering management ’83
Craig Gleason, chemical engineering ’81
Marc Goshko, environmental engineering ’80
Dale Haupt, business administration ’83
David Hepner, mechanical engineering ’84
John Hohenstein, business administration ’82,
electrical engineering ’99, information science and technology ’06
Brian Humbert, computer science ’85
Robert Kuniega, chemical engineering ’82
Paul Lackro, general studies ’80
Andrew Lengel, business administration ’80
Michael Lesavage, electrical engineering ’88
Raymond Leva, retail management ’83
Edward Lewis, accounting ’89
Maryann Malone Ellis, nursing ’88
James Marinelli, mechanical engineering ’81
James McMahon, accounting ’88
M. Morgan, operations management ’82
Mark Neary, electrical engineering ’83
Michael Panella, (unknown) ’89
Joseph Smith, business administration ’80
Joseph Spinner, retail management ’89
Dawn Tidball, mental health technology ’87
David Toy, mechanical engineering ’81
Andrey Tverdokhlebov, mechanical engineering ’89
Geoffrey Zola, accounting ’84
1990s
Lisa Bollenbacher, family therapy ’94
Angela Botta, finance ’90
Forrest Burnham, electrical engineering ’93
Gloria Cesarano Cunningham, management information systems ’93
Andra Cyronak, medicine ’94
Lori Diorio, accounting ’98
John Hoffman, chemical engineering ’96
Annette Kaiser Voorhees, creative arts ’90
Patrick Kane, architectural engineering ’91
Robert Kayros, electrical engineering ’92, engineering management ’92
Stephen Latta, business administration ’90, ’07
Marcella Macguire, electrical engineering ’92
Peter Pacenta, nursing ’94
Deborah Preusch Madden, physician assistant ’92
Donna Pride Scott, (unknown) ’90
Daniel Rettberg, library science ’90
David Reynolds, electrical engineering ’90
Eric Zempol, graphic design ’93
Allan Ziegler, accounting ’91
2000s
Kamran Arshad, business administration ’09
Badia Bentley, health systems and technology ’03
Chad Cripe, nursing anesthesia ’00, medicine ’04
Dorothy Gray, physician assistant ’08
Michael Heberlein, emergency medical services ’01, ’05
Nicholas Lamberson, business administration ’06
Tanya Mazakas, nutrition and food science ’06
Jennifer Nonas, creative arts ’09
Kevin Seybold, emergency medical services ’01
James Warrick, behavior and addiction counseling ’07
2010s
Grace Ahmed, psychology ’11
Stephanie Morin, library and information science ’14
John Treston, general studies ’10
Do You Want to Be an Alumni Ambassador?
The Alumni Ambassador program, a partnership between the Drexel University Alumni Association and the Office of Enrollment Management, was created in 1996 with a specific purpose: To connect alumni with prospective students. When these meaningful connections are made, alumni become valuable resources, sharing their own Drexel experiences, answering questions and helping students decide if Drexel is right for them.
“Drexel is a unique school and who better to convey what makes Drexel unique than its alumni,” says Matthew Hagerty, assistant director of recruitment outreach in Drexel’s Office of Enrollment Management. “To students, the alumni voice is authentic, and that authenticity is really important.”
Alumni Ambassadors can volunteer with the program in a number of ways. They can visit campus for open houses to meet and speak with prospective students and families, or they can represent Drexel at college fairs held in their local community.
Marc Blumberg ’04 has been volunteering as an Alumni Ambassador since 2008. “I feel like I owe much of my success to Drexel and the co-op experiences that I had,” he says. “I thought that serving as an Alumni Ambassador would be a great way to get the word out about the co-op program.”
Blumberg explained that he tries to attend as many college fairs as he can, and he also comes to campus for Accepted Students Day and open houses.
Alumni Ambassadors can also volunteer for the Ask a Dragon program, which is facilitated entirely online. Alumni provide their name, class year, major, city in which they live and contact information (email address and/or phone number) to be posted on the Ask a Dragon page of the Undergraduate Admissions website. From there, prospective students are encouraged to contact these alumni to ask whatever questions they may have about life at Drexel.
“The contact is initiated by the students and it allows them to get a Drexel perspective no matter where they live,” says Hagerty. He noted that in the last year there were 236 inquiries to alumni through the Ask a Dragon webpage from prospective students.
While many Alumni Ambassadors are recent graduates, others have been involved with the program for several years. Bill Schwarze ’73 has been connecting with students as an Alumni Ambassador for nearly a decade. “I wanted to give back to Drexel in a way that I think is just as important as financial support,” he said. “I also feel more connected to Drexel through my involvement.”
“I became part of the program because I wanted to stay involved at Drexel,” says Caitlin Meehan ’12, who decided upon graduation to become an Alumni Ambassador. “I had a great experience at Drexel and I love being able to share my story with prospective students.”
Tom McGrew ’12 echoed Meehan’s sentiments, saying that his primary motivation for volunteering as an Alumni Ambassador was to share his enthusiasm and experiences as a Drexel student. “I have found that students and parents are most receptive to an honest approach from a former student,” he says.
McGrew recalled a particular student whom he met at a college fair two years ago who initially had no interest in applying to Drexel. “When I began talking about Drexel and the co-op program, the student began asking questions and wanted to learn more. By the end, she told me that she appreciated my honesty and she was going to apply. She even reached out to me about a week later with additional questions about my experience at Drexel.”
“Alumni see the program as a unique way to give back to the University because they are able to give their time to directly help students,” says Hagerty. “They help us recruit talented students, which in turn helps to ensure Drexel’s long-term success. They are definitely considered part of our recruitment team.”
Five hundred and seventeen students who met an Alumni Ambassador at college fairs applied to Drexel for the incoming fall 2014 class, and just under 90 percent of those students were accepted, which speaks to the quality of the students recruited by Alumni Ambassadors.
Recognizing the valuable role that alumni play in helping prospective students learn more about Drexel, the University offers the Dragon Alumni Scholarship, which is a $4,000 scholarship awarded to full-time undergraduate students who have been recommended by a Drexel graduate.
Blumberg adds, “It brings me great pleasure to write recommendations for the Dragon Alumni Scholarship. In 2008 I wrote a recommendation for a student from central New Jersey who very much wanted to be accepted into our BS/MD program. He was admitted and he wrote me a great email thanking me for all of my help. It made me feel very good to have helped him in his journey to become a doctor.”
In past years, the deadline for the scholarship has been mid-January. However, to allow for more incoming students to apply, the deadline has been extended to later in the spring beginning in 2015. Scholarship details are available at drexel.edu/alumni/grants_scholarships.asp.
Alumni of all class years, in all locations worldwide are welcome to volunteer as Alumni Ambassadors.
“The main requirement is a willingness to speak honestly and enthusiastically about the University with incoming students and families,” says Hagerty.
While alumni of all majors are welcome to volunteer for the program, there is a particular need for graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, and the College of Nursing and Health Professions.
To learn about the Alumni Ambassador program, visit drexel.edu/alumni/ambassadors.asp or contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@drexel.edu or 1.888.DU.GRADS.