60s
David Bell, BS commerce and engineering ’69, was named Volunteer of the Year by the city of Riverside, California, for his work with the Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team. He is also a volunteer for the Red Cross and several emergency amateur radio groups. He is retired and lives with his wife, two children and three grandchildren in Riverside, California.
Kenneth C. Springirth, BS mechanical engineering ’62, authored his 30th book, “Philadelphia Electrified Rail Lines,” which covers Philadelphia’s streetcars, suburban Philadelphia trolleys including the Norristown High Speed Line, Broad Street Subway, Market-Frankford Subway Elevated, Lehigh Valley Transit, Lindenwold Line, Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Company.
Stewart M. Weintraub, BS business administration ’68, attorney at the national law firm Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, was named a 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. He co-presented a program as part of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ 2016 Conference on Pennsylvania taxes.
70s
Lee Billingsley, BS civil engineering ’70, was elected to his seventh consecutive two-year term as chair of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
David Fleisher, MS civil engineering ’75, was named 2016 Philadelphia Civil Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Gary Knappick Sr., BS civil engineering ’74, was named the 2016 Government Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Joseph McAtee, BS civil engineering ’76, senior consultant for Urban Engineers Inc., received the March of Dimes Lifetime Achievement Award.
Merle J. Slyhoff, MS library science ’77, collection development librarian at the University of Pennsylvania’s Biddle Law Library in Philadelphia, was named one of the American Association of Law Libraries’ 2016 Hall of Fame Award winners.
Roseann B. Termini, BS human behavior and development ’75, served as the conference director for the All Matters FDA program at the sixth Annual Food and Drug Law CLE where she presented “FDA Year in Review and Looking Ahead.” She is the author of the resource book “Food and Drug Law: Federal Regulation of Drugs, Biologics, Medical Devices, Foods, Dietary Supplements, Personal Care, Veterinary and Tobacco Products.”
80s
Martin G. Belisario, BS mechanical engineering ’85, attorney at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, was named to the 2016 Super Lawyers list. He was also ranked among the top attorneys in the practice of intellectual property law by Chambers USA, a leading legal ranking guide.
Joseph Callahan, BS commerce and engineering ’87, CEO of the Ciright Companies, was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Philadelphia.
Michael J. Keenan, MBA business administration ’82, joined the investment management group Alvin Clay Financial Advisors as a senior advisor.
Brian Kroker, BS accounting ’80, joined Metropolitan Management Corp. as chief operating officer in Narberth, Pennsylvania.
Edward Marciano, BS electrical engineering ’83, received the Secretary’s Team Award from the Department of Transportation for performing an unmanned aircraft system simulation of the Grand Forks, North Dakota, military base for the Department of Defense. This award is one of the highest honors a Federal Aviation Association (FAA) employee can receive. He has been working for the FAA since 1979.
90s
Robert E. Caulfield, BS accounting ’90, president and CEO of Jefferson’s Ferry Lifecare Retirement Community, was recognized as a Top CEO of the Year by Long Island Business News.
Anne Cockey Norman, MS library and information science ’98, state librarian, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in March 2016. She gave a talk, “Libraries and the American Dream,” at a 2015 TEDx event in Wilmington, Delaware.
Margaret Cunningham Gabell, BS finance and marketing ’90, was appointed an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration.
Lawrence D. Dodds, PhD law psychology ’98, partner with Wisler Pearlstine LLP, presented “Divorced Parents and the IDEA — from Evaluations and IEPs to Field Trips and School Events” at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Snapshots of Special Education program.
Kenneth R. Fulmer, BS architectural engineering/civil engineering ’92, MS engineering management ’00, is president and CEO of Urban Engineers.
Gina Furia Rubel, BS corporate communication ’91, presented “Social Media for Lawyers” at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s inaugural basic training for lawyers at the CLE Conference Center in Philadelphia.
Glen R. Golish, BS economics ’90, was recognized as the No. 1 producer in 2015 by MassMutual Financial Group, a life insurance and financial services company.
Alexia Gordon, MD medicine ’95, is the chief medical officer at the El Paso Military Entrance Processing Station and was awarded an Army Achievement Award for Civilian Service. She authored her first novel, “Murder in G Major.”
Scott Grenoble, BS commerce and engineering ’91, was elected president of the Lebanon County Bar Association. He is a partner with the Buzgon Davis Law Offices in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, specializing in complex litigation.
Elizabeth Harkey Campbell, PhD clinical psychology ’97, a self-employed clinical psychologist who practices in hospitals and rehabilitation centers, received the 2016 Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy from the American Psychological Association. She is president of the central Orlando chapter of the Florida Psychological Association.
Matthew Hilbush, BS civil engineering ’97, was inducted as a member of the Carpenter’s Company of Philadelphia’s Carpenter Hall.
James Maccariella, BS architectural engineering/civil engineering ’92, MS civil engineering ’96, was named a 2015 Darden College of Education Fellow at Old Dominion University and is the principal investigator for a $600,000 S-STEM grant, funded by the National Science Foundation.
Michael Moulton, BS information systems ’91, is the educational technology director at the William Penn Charter School.
Linda Rowan, MS library and information science ’98, was honored in the YWCA Bucks County Salute to Women Who Make a Difference for her 17 years of service as chairperson of the Founders’ Campership Fund, which raised $10,000 to assist 111 girls in attending Girl Scout camp. She is a reference librarian at the Free Library of Northampton Township in Richboro, Pennsylvania.
Lourdes Mary Santoni, RN nursing ’98, MS ’97, works as an administrative neuroscience nurse practitioner at Princeton Brain and Spine in Princeton, New Jersey.
Shawn T. Southard, MBA business administration ’93, was a member of the inaugural class to earn the Investor Relations Charter (IRC) designation awarded by the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) by successfully completing the first IRC examination offered worldwide. He has served 11 years on the board of the Philadelphia chapter of NIRI, including two terms as chapter president.
John D. Simmons, BS electrical engineering ’92, attorney at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, LLP, was named among Pennsylvania’s 2016 Rising Stars.
00s
Christopher K. Bourland, JD law ’09, was awarded the Appraisal Institute’s most prestigious designation, MAI. He is an appraiser with Mid-Atlantic Valuation Group Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Elaine L. Bukowski, PhD physical therapy ’06, retired from Stockton University after 29 years of teaching in the physical therapy program. She was named professor emerita of physical therapy at her retirement and was awarded the Stockton University Distinguished Service Award at the May graduate commencement ceremony at which she was the keynote speaker.
Yanatha Desouvre, BS business administration ’01, authored his first novel, “To Whom Much is Given — A Grayson Goodman Novel.”
Lawrence James, BS information systems ’03, president and CEO of Connexus Technology based in Philadelphia, was one of 15 candidates competing in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s 2016 Man and Woman of the Year fundraising competition. He competed in memory of his father who passed away from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma when James was 3 years old.
Stephen Kasprzyk, BS chemical engineering ’05, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games with the U.S. men’s eight.
Rachel Mednick, BS design and merchandising ’09, owner of Lucy & Leo, appeared on Oxygen’s series “Quit Your Day Job” on Mar. 30, 2016.
Gregory Meyer, BS architectural engineering ’04, joined Wohlsen Construction Company in Baltimore as a senior project manager.
Bijal Shah-Creamer, BS chemical engineering ’03, attorney at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, was named among Pennsylvania’s 2016 Rising Stars.
Sara Turley, BS business administration ’02, and Nathanael DiGiorgio, BS computer science ’05, were married on Nov. 28, 2015, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
10s
Justin Burkholder, BS business administration ’10, worked as a trauma surgeon, treating players on the field, during the 2016 Olympic Games.
Giovanni DiGabriele, BS accounting ’16, was hired as a performance intern at Maine State Music Theatre for the 2016 summer season.
William Hitchcock, MS environmental engineering ’13, joined the environmental, energy, land use law and litigation firm Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox as technical consultant.
Valeria Khmelnitsky, MBA business administration ’10, was elected to the Young Friends Board of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.
Nicholas Pashos, BS biomedical engineering ’11, leads BioAesthetics, a startup developing a nipple and areola skin graft for cancer survivors and others undergoing breast reconstruction.
Audrey Ryan, BS architectural engineering ’15, MS civil engineering ’15, received a Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Foundation 2015 Structural Engineering Travel Fellowship.
Stephen B. Washkalavitch, MBA business administration ’15, joined the Graham Company in Philadelphia as a commercial insurance broker and risk management consultant.
Jason R. Woloski, MD medicine ’14, was elected to the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors. He is a chief family medicine resident physician at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey and will join Geisinger Wyoming Valley in 2017.
Snapped Dragons
Baby Dragons
Glenn Conner, BS business administration ’10, and Michelle Conner had a son, Logan Michael, on Dec. 11, 2015.
Lisa DiRisio, BS human resources management ’97; and Timothy Annett, BS finance ’94, MBA business administration ’05, had a son, Nolan Robert, on Mar. 11, 2016.
Stephanie Friedman Bright, BS nutrition and food science ’06; and Jim Bright, BS commerce and engineering ’06, had a daughter, Jolene Adeline, on July 9, 2016.
Mikala Ryan, BS business administration ’08; and Stefan Ryan, BS entrepreneurship ’07, had a daughter, Zara Brielle, on June 29, 2015.
Jessica Jackson, MS leadership in health systems administration ’15; and Derrick Jacobus, BS emergency medical services ’06, had a daughter, Giavanna Jean, on Nov. 9, 2015.
Sulyn Kulick, BS business administration ’06; and Mark Kulick, BS business administration ’05, had a son, Remy, on Mar. 22, 2016.
Emily Messner Riley, BS chemistry ’08; and Zachary Riley, BS architectural engineering ’08, had a son, Cameron Dean, on April 17, 2016.
Brian Seigfried, BS business administration ’06, and Kelly Scott had a son, Foster Michael, on May 18, 2016.
Weddings
