BABY DRAGONS
Kimberlee Tomevi, MS special education ’12, and Justin Tomevi, JD law ’12, welcomed a son, Luke Alexander, in April 2015. 
1960s
Bruce Maryanoff, BS chemistry ’69, PhD ’72, and Cynthia Milewski Maryanoff, BS chemistry ’72, were honored with the 2015 Community
Commitment Award by the Hepatitis B Foundation on April 17, 2015.
Thomas Leonard, BS business administration ’68, was selected for inclusion in the 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in the area of business litigation.
Virginia Raynes Lund, BS physics ’69, received the Golden Violet Award from Sigma Sigma Sigma as a result of her 50 years of membership. She is treasurer of the Nashville alumnae chapter.
Stewart Weintraub, BS business administration ’68, was named a 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for the 12th year in a row.
1970s
Joanne Barone Dragun, BS home economics ’72, MD medicine ’88, was elected to the Board of Chancellors of the American College of Radiation Oncology.
Kim Holston, MS library science ’76, published the book,
“Navel Gazing: How Revealed Bellybuttons of the 1960s Signaled the End of Movie Clichés Involving Negligees, Men’s Hats and Freshwater Swim Scenes.”
Catherine Mercer Bing, BS education and sociology ’71, wrote the book “Many Cultures, One Team: Build Your Cultural Repertoire.”
Cynthia Mildwski Maryanoff, BS chemistry ’72, and Bruce Maryanoff, BS chemistry ’69, PhD ’72, were honored with the 2015 Community Commitment Award by the Hepatitis B Foundation on April 17, 2015.
1980s
Kirk Coughlin Simmet, BS finance ’84, was elected president of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Payroll Association for a second term.
Michael DellaVecchia, MS biomedical engineering and science, PhD ’84, was sworn in as the Philadelphia County Medical Society’s 154th president.
William Leonard, BS accounting ’81, was selected for inclusion in 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in the area of business litigation.
Margo Noyovitz Orlin, MPT physical therapy ’86, PhD ’03, received the American Physical Therapy Association’s Catherine Worthingham Fellow Award.
Balachandar Rajaraman, MS electrical engineering ’89, was given the distinction of IBM Fellow, the company’s most prestigious technical honor.
David Shulkin, MD medicine ’86, president of the Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey, was sworn in as the undersecretary of health of Veterans Affairs. Shulkin was nominated for the position by President Obama.
Catherine Swift Sennett, BS humanities and communications ’80, received the 2015 Philadelphia SmartCEO Brava! Award.
Drew Techner, BS humanities and communications ’89, was promoted to police captain in the Philadelphia Police Department. Techner was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award at the Philadelphia Chapter Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and was selected as Reserve Force Officer of the Year.
Natalie A. Webb, BS dietetics ’85, was recognized as a Fellow by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
1990s
Anne Bowen-Long, MBA business administration ’95, was elected secretary for Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta. 
Anthony Bracali, BA architecture ’99, appeared on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list for having created some of Philadelphia’s most popular places as owner of Friday Architects/Planners Inc.
Agnieszka Dusza Lapinski, BS architectural engineering ’95, BS civil engineering ’95, MS ’00, was named a senior associate of Gannett Fleming in the firm’s Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office.
Gina Furia Rubel, BS corporate communication ’91, received the Four Way Test Award in the business category from the Rotary Club of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Jason H. Gart, BS history and politics ’94, was appointed vice president and director of litigation research at History Associates Incorporated in Rockville, Maryland.
Lisa Gensemer Pflaumer, BS history and politics ’91, joined the Hill at Whitemarsh, a continuing- care retirement community in Philadelphia, as director of sales.
Paul K. Johnson, BS marketing ’92, MBA business administration ’02, received a 25-year coaching award from the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Jim Lanzalotto, MBA business administration ’93, is senior vice president of the Staffing & Health Care Vertical at Monster.
Ken Korber, BS physician assistant ’91, authored the children’s book series, “The Musical Adventures of Grace.” Korber also started the nonprofit, Health Education Group, in Illinois.
Glenn Stambo, MD medicine ’91, authored a chapter in the 2015 edition of the textbook “Urgent Interventional Therapies” titled, “Catheter Interventions in Acute Ischemia of Upper Extremities.”
Elayne Taylor Prechtel, BS international area studies ’94, authored her first book, “Sharing Our Life, Love and Food, Through the Life Stories, Photographs and Recipes of Elayne Prechtel.”
Todd Zino, BS computer science ’99, cofounder and former chief technology officer of Wallaby Financial Inc., sold his company to Bankrate Inc.
2000s
Daphne Brooks, BS behavioral health counseling ’09, published her first children’s book “Kennedy’s Big Visit.” 
Jason Burgess, BS history and politics ’02, participated in Race Across America, riding across country for RedRover, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to pet owners and animals in need.
Jessica Coughlin Sharp, BS communications ’02, founder of Maven Communications, joined Gift of Life Family House’s Advisory Board to support its mission of providing temporary and affordable housing to patients and their families who travel to Philadelphia to receive treatment.
Elizabeth Flanagan McNichol, MBA business administration ’06, was promoted to partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Philadelphia Metro market.
Roger Giles, BS electrical engineering ’06, was hired as manager of power services and lead electrical engineer for Gannett Fleming.
David B. Gornish, BS mechanical engineering ’01, joined the intellectual property law firm Caesar Rivise as partner.
Donald Gusic, BS civil engineering ’01, was named Transportation Engineer of the Year for 2015 by the Philadelphia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Charis Jones, BS psychology ’08, MPH public health ’10, left her position as a director of development in the Washington, D.C., area to pursue her singing career.
Sandra Oliver, MS science of instruction ’03, is principal at Mechanicsville Elementary School in Maryland.
Alexander Rice, BA architecture ’02, joined the architecture firm Archer & Buchanan. Rice was also named Citizen of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer for being a “unifying force” and an “inspiration for the City” as the coach and manager of the Taney Dragons little league team.
Stephanie Salerno, BS graphic design ’07, was the lead designer on the logo and website design for Thea’s Star of Hope.
2010s
Dayton (Charlie) Cooper IV, MS library and information science ’12, accepted a position at Cumberland County Library in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Peter D. Coyl, MS library and information science ’10, was promoted to district manager at the Dallas Public Library. Coyl also began his year term as chair of the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table.
Jesse Moore, MPH public health ’10, is Duke University’s swimming and diving assistant coach and director of recruiting and communication.
WEDDINGS
Michael Byzon, MPH ’11, and Jolene Nieves, MS public communication ’11, were married on March 28, 2015.
Farah Dailey, MS sport management ’10, and Lanette Reese-Jones, MS higher education ’10, were married on July 23, 2011.
George Daisey Jr., BS chemical engineering ’88, and Sherrie Lee Morris, AS nursing ’97, BS ’98, were married on Dec. 7, 2014.
Brent Schrader, BS civil engineering ’11, and Lydia Smith, BS interior design ’12 (pictured), were married on April 18, 2015.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2015-2017
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair, Anthony M. Noce, BS ’80
Past Chair, Ira M. Taffer, BS ’79, PhD ’83
Christopher J. D’Ascenzo, BS ’82, MS ’84
Jeffrey M. Lisinicchia, BS ’90
Richard D. Blumberg, BS ’84
Shawn M. Brown, MS ’09
Executive Director, Cynthia E.
Leesman, BS ’83, Associate
Vice President, Office of Alumni Relations
ELECTED DIRECTORS
Anthony Bracali, BArch ’99
Jacquelyn Bryant, MS ’95
Susan B. Daroff, BS ’70
James B. Dougherty Jr., BS ’78, MS ’81
Gregory M. Gaffney, BS ’00
Patricia McHugh Giordano, BS ’88
Paul C. Gondek, BS ’72
Paul K. Johnson, BS ’92, MBA ’07
David V. Kaganovsky, BS ’95
Fred M. Kaplan, MBA ’83
Meghan L. Klauder, BS ’03, MS ’03
Robert S. Lazzaro, BS ’82, MBA ’96
Lawrence P. Lehmann, BS ’72
Jeffrey T. Macaluso, BS ’82
Theodore P. Michaels, BS ’82
Dean P. O’Brien, MBA ’12
Kevin M. Turcotte, MBA ’08
Patrick J. Williams, BS ’04
Steven Wittenberg, BS ’98
GOVERNORS EMERITI
Maria Mascioli Charlton, MBA ’82
Joel B. Cohen, BS ’54
Frederick Crotchfelt III, BS ’65, MBA ’66
Nana Goldberg DeLia, BS ’78
D. Eugene Hamme, BS ’62, MBA ’70
Arnold H. Kaplan, BS ’62
Adelina G. Kieffer, BS ’77
Christopher Stratakis, BS ’51
Randolph H. Waterfield Jr., BS ’55
FRIENDS WE’LL MISS
1920s
Ann N. Moyer Zeitz, AS nursing ’29
1930s
Dorothy Darlington Mastriena, RN nursing ’31
Margaret Gawthrop Fagan, DC secretarial ’37
Mary Lawson Hardie, DC library science ’38
Robert Lazovitz, BS civil engineering ’34
Eunice Levy Magill, BS home economics ’36
A. Kathryn Oller, DC library science ’39
Jane Riley Sloan, DC secretarial ’36
1940s
Catherine Albrecht Lehman, BS home economics ’40
Grace R. Ashburn Grimme, RN nursing ’47
Marilyn Barr Ord, BS home economics ’45
Stella Y. Botelho, MD unknown ’49
Sol Cohen Rosenbaum, DC library science ’40
Eleanor Concerios Thomas, RN nursing ’45
Jean Day Bickley, BS home economics ’48
Donald W. DeVow, BS business administration ’46
Fitzhugh L. Duer, BS mechanical engineering ’44
Walter E. Eason, BS chemical engineering ’43
Hilda Felig Wentling, P-S Cert. nursing ’42
Eli S. Firth, DC mechanical engineering ’41
Douglas Frank, BS mechanical engineering ’49, MS ’53
Virginia H. Frost Scholes, RN nursing ’45, MS mental health technology ’78
Richard C. Goos, MD medicine ’48
Donald Richard Gross, MD medicine ’48
Elaine Harris Treuhaft, BS home economics ’44
Marlin L. Hauer, MD medicine ’49
Augusta Holmstock Kressler, MD unknown ’41
Catherine Huth Bohn, DC secretarial ’45
Dorothy K. Hutton Snowdon, BS secretarial ’41
John C. Instone, BS mechanical engineering ’47
Doros Jester Sellers, BS home economics ’48
John G. Kauffman, BS mechanical engineering ’48
Carolyn Keller Dreibelbis, BS home economics ’48
Elaine B. Kelly Naramore, BS business teacher education ’46
Neil S. Leibman, BS mechanical engineering ’48
Helen Lenhart Pell, RN nursing ’47
Donald Lennox, BS retail management ’48
Bernardine Mahowald, MD medicine ’40
Charlton P. McCormick, BS mechanical engineering ’43
Jean McKnight Kreuger, BS home economics ’49
Betty E. Miller Zaro, BS secretarial ’41
Joseph E. Minissale, BS business administration ’49
Harold Moorehead, BS mechanical engineering ’48
Norman S. Posner, MD medicine ’46
Howard M. Roseman, BS electrical engineering ’48
Rita Marie Rosini Silvestri, MD unknown ’45
James Saylor Royer, BS retail management ’49
Susanna Shapiro Harris, DC library science ’42
F. Thomas Snyder, BS mechanical engineering ’47
Meyer Sonis, MD medicine ’43
John H. Stamm, BS business administration ’48
Frieda Stone Ford, BS home economics ’46
Marion A. Thomas, BS civil engineering ’43
Anne E. Tumavich, RN nursing ’48
Fay Turovetsky Cooperhouse, BS home economics ’46, MS ’50
James H. Wallace, BS business administration ’49
Grace Ward Peterson, DC secretarial ’49
Catherine Elizabeth White Kudler, RN nursing ’46
Helen E. Wolfe Merrill, DC secretarial ’47
Sol Zechter, BS electrical engineering ’48
1950s
Virginia Ashworth Sternberg, DC library science ’50
John W. Beaston, BS business administration ’57,
MBA business administration ’69
Wesley C. Bisbing, BS mechanical engineering ’52
Elizabeth Brown O ’Brien, BS business administration ’50
Jean Bryson McCracken, BS home economics ’50
Edmund A. Carlson, DC commerce and engineering ’58
Roy Case, BS business administration ’50
Thomas A. Cetola, BS business administration ’56
Anthony A. Cetrone, BS chemical engineering ’52
Vincent E. Chiaverini, BS mechanical engineering ’57
John A. Ciarrocchi, BS electrical engineering ’55, MS ’64
Raymond Clark, MS electrical engineering ’56
John C. Clydesdale, BS metallurgical engineering ’56
Joanne Colt McGowan, BS home economics ’55
Robert M. Colton, DC electrical engineering ’59, BS ’61, MS ’61
Donald C. Craft, BS mechanical engineering ’56
James A. Daniels, BS electrical engineering ’57
Justin T. DiGirolamo, DC mechanical engineering ’55, BS ’55
Eugene T. Dotts, BS civil engineering ’50, MBA business administration ’56
Ralph W. Dreby, BS business administration ’50
Thomas W. Ellison, BS mechanical engineering ’59
Jeanne A. Epstein, MD unknown ’53
Robert I. Epstein, MS mechanical engineering ’59
Pasquale Falgie, DC electrical engineering ’58
Thomas P. Ferguson, BS business administration ’54
Vincent J. Filliben, BS commerce and engineering ’52
James H. Foard, DC civil engineering ’58
Walter W. Frederick, MD medicine ’58
Edward D. Frick, BS commerce and engineering ’53
Lewis J. Gerlach, BS metallurgical engineering ’52
Carolyn Guinn Greenstone, BS home economics ’52
William H. Hammer, DC mechanical engineering ’58
Richard E. Hannum, BS mechanical engineering ’50
James J. Hanratty, BS chemical engineering ’51
William D. Harris, MD medicine ’55
William H. Hitchens, BS business administration ’52
Hazel Irene Holst, MD unknown ’58
William H. Hulse, BS electrical engineering ’50
Edmond S. Ianni, DC civil engineering ’55
Albert Kalen, BS electrical engineering ’51
John L. Kehr, DC architecture ’52
Edwin B. Kelsey, BS business administration ’54
Richard A. Knerr, MD medicine ’55
Ralph M. Levy, DC mechanical engineering ’55
Nicholas J. Lombardo, DC architecture ’52
Forrest B. Mapp, DC electrical engineering ’59, BS ’61
Thomas Massey, DC electrical engineering ’54, BS ’55
Janet McAbee Ferry, BS fashion design ’54
Thomas J. McKnight, BS mechanical engineering ’55, MS engineering management ’71
Clara Monigle Truitt, BS home economics ’50
Alexander C. Montgomery, DC mechanical engineering ’57, BS ’59
Joseph P. Mooney, DC mechanical engineering ’55
John P. Motley, MD medicine ’55
Richard H. Mundy, BS business administration ’51
Gloria Nacchio Alter, BS home economics ’59
Warren D. Neal, BS mechanical engineering ’56
Wilbur W. Oaks, MD medicine ’55
Richard Payne Gosnell, BS business administration ’52
Howard M. Potter, BS business administration ’53
Jean M. Povoluski Masters, RN nursing ’53
Robert D. Rae, DC mechanical engineering ’54
Anthony F. Ramondo, DC civil engineering ’54
Robert R. Regl, BS civil engineering ’57
Peter N. Reuter, DC mechanical engineering ’53
John R. Roberts, BS chemical engineering ’52
Richard Robinson, BS business administration ’55
Richard R. Rowlands, BS chemical engineering ’51
Thomas Y. Sakaguchi, DC electrical engineering ’58, BS ’59
Raymond P. Schiwall, BS chemical engineering ’59
Marilyn M. Schmidt Maloney, RN nursing ’53
David J. Schwartz, MD medicine ’57
Marvin Shectman, BS electrical engineering ’57, MS ’61
Roberta M. Sherwin, MD unknown ’55
Jose M. Solis, DC civil engineering ’52
Donald G. Stewart, BS commerce and engineering ’53
Jack W. Streater, BS electrical engineering ’51, MBA business administration’56
James J. Swab, BS commerce and engineering ’55
Kenneth L. Swartz, DC mechanical engineering ’50, BS ’53
Chester J. Tadzynski, DC mechanical engineering ’55
Jeanne Tanguy Levergood, DC home economics ’54
Lina G. Vardaro, MD medicine ’50
Andrew G. Wagner, BS business administration ’53
Jacqueline J. Weckman Munch, BS home economics ’50
Joseph E. Williams, BS civil engineering ’53
Benjamin G. Wright, BS civil engineering ’59
Brian A. Wummer, MD medicine ’56
George P. Yost, BS electrical engineering ’51
Paul Zakarian, BS electrical engineering ’59
1960s
Lenore Alber Rudisill, DC home economics ’65
Glenn Y. Anders, BS chemical engineering ’66
Orrin Anderson, BS electrical engineering ’68
Raphael F. Armento, BS electrical engineering ’61
Paul R. Benner, BS mechanical engineering ’64
William P. Bergin, BS electrical engineering ’66
Irving B. Berman, BS electrical engineering ’61
Elliott Michael Black, BS electrical engineering ’61
David Bock, MS electrical engineering ’60
Donald J. Brown, MD medicine ’60
Mark Canty, BS mechanical engineering ’62, MS engineering management ’70
John J. Cotter, BS electrical engineering ’67, MBA business administration ’76
Frank L. Craymer, BS business administration ’62
Vincent F. Cutilli, DC mechanical engineering ’60
Roman W. Cyhan, MS mechanical engineering ’67
Dennis C. Dobie, BS mechanical engineering ’69
Andrew W. Dower, BS electrical engineering ’66
Paul L. Fasig, BS mechanical/industrial engineering ’63
Horace Walker Feaster, BS business administration ’66
Cynthia F. Fulchiero Baute, RN nursing ’63
Thomas B. Gain, MD medicine ’67
Robert A. Gardenghi, BS electrical engineering ’60
Robert C. Geick, BS mechanical engineering ’69
Jay N. Gerfin, BS electrical engineering ’67
John A. Grant, BS mechanical engineering ’68
Raymond H. Griffin, BS electrical engineering ’68
Louis M. Gugliotti, MS electrical engineering ’62
Robert W. Harris, DC electrical engineering ’60
James T. Hartman, BS electrical engineering ’68, MS ’70, PhD ’73
Henry H. Haven, MD medicine ’61
Allen M. Hein, BS mechanical engineering ’60
Sylvan D. Hersh, BS chemistry ’62
Joseph M. James, BS electrical engineering ’63
Richard A. Jeryan, BS mechanical engineering ’67
Henry F. Joerg, BS business administration ’64
Arthur W. John, MBA business administration ’62
Edgar A. Keyser, BS mechanical engineering ’62, MBA business administration ’66
Thomas G. Kilroy, BS mechanical engineering ’63
Mary M. Klingelhoeffer, MS ’62
Robert J. Kuhar, BS electrical engineering ’66
Bruce J. Leson, BS business administration ’65
Gunter M. Lewin, MBA business administration ’61
David R. McIlvain, BS mathematics ’69
Ronald P. Milovcich, DC unknown ’68
Walter D. Modern, BS electrical engineering ’63
Stanley A. Moore, MS mechanical engineering ’62
James N. Morgan, BS mechanical engineering ’62
Robert L. Nay, MS library science ’68
Joseph F. Noll, BS metallurgical engineering ’62
Louis Petruzzelli, BS electrical engineering ’61
Edward F. Pfister, BS business administration ’60
Michael J. Quinn, BS business administration ’67
Charles J. Riebel, BS electrical engineering ’69
Frank J. Roggio, BS mechanical engineering ’65, MS aerospace engineering ’70
John D. Rowell, BS electrical engineering ’68
William G. Saddington, BS chemical engineering ’62
Henry A. Samsel, BS industrial administration ’64
Harold L. Schwartz, MS electrical engineering ’65, MS biomedical
engineering and science ’74, PhD ’82
Gerald E. Seaburn, BS civil engineering ’64
Paul V. Shaver, BS mechanical engineering ’60
Patricia A. Smith, MS library science ’65
Douglas N. Starich, MS electrical engineering ’61
Barbara Stark Commisso, BS retail management ’61
Murray E. Wolf, BS mechanical engineering ’61
Jon F. Wolfe, BS commerce and engineering ’68
1970s
Steve E. Bowser, MS mathematics ’73
Fredric S. Brandt, MD medicine ’75
Thomas J. Burns, MBA business administration ’75
Mary E. Conroy, BS home economics ’73
Allen L. Davidson, MS electrical engineering ’70
Joseph J. Deal, BS commerce and engineering ’73
Betty Emley Clark, MS library science ’72
Robert J. Goldberg, PhD microbiology and immunology ’70
Alan R. Hagerty, BS general studies ’77
Stephen F. Henner, MS library science ’76
Arnold Komisar, MD medicine ’75
Gerard L. Lafond, BS mechanical engineering ’70
Nicholas L. Lebra, MBA business administration ’75
William H. McDermott, MS library science ’77
John C. McGraw, BS metallurgical engineering ’71
Philip A. Palmer, MS environmental engineering ’72
Marcia L. Pawlina, MS library science ’74
Lloyd W. Rankin, BS electrical engineering ’72, MS ’79
Elmer G. Reiter, MBA business administration ’70
Leon A. Rennebaum, BS mechanical engineering ’72
Robert E. Schmukler, BS chemistry ’72, MS biomedical engineering and science ’76
Harry F. Schumacher, BS commerce and engineering ’70
William N. Schwarze, BS business administration ’73
Paul J. Sestak, BS architecture ’79
Isabella K. Sharpe, MD medicine ’73
Daniel J. Signore, BS general business ’76
Robert G. Slebodnick, BS mechanical engineering ’71
Douglas E. Spotts, MBA business administration ’71
Richard D. Styer, BS mechanical engineering ’73
Hope Teller Schwab, BS business administration ’72
Ronald C. Tobin, BS mechanical engineering ’70
Eleanor B. Toewe, BS business administration ’71, MBA ’79
Robert W. White, BS business administration ’70, MBA ’79
Daniel R. Windheim, MBA business administration ’71
1980s
Bernice Alper, BS mental health technology ’82
Jean Ann Bialas, MD unknown ’85
William D. Bell, MBA business administration ’80
Jacob Palmer Boyce, BS electrical engineering ’83
Kevin D. Brady, MD medicine ’80
Mary Elizabeth Fritz, BS accounting ’88
Akiko Fukumoto Balchiunas, BS electrical engineering ’86
Frank Michael Jenis, BS mechanical engineering ’89
Heather Lynn Hammond, MLS library and information science ’84
Gary F. Kapalka, BS business administration ’84
Anne Leinbach Avery, MLS library and information science ’80
Maureen Martin Thompson, MD unknown ’81
Liseth Merz, PhD clinical psychology ’83
John H. Sykes, BS commerce and engineering industrial relations ’82
Malcolm Widmann, BS mechanical engineering ’87
1990s
Dorothy K. Anderson, BA architecture ’96
Patricia Bell Cuddy, MBA business administration ’90
Michelle Rose Brame, BS engineering management ’96
Lynda M. Brown, BS nursing ’93
Tasha Marie Gibson, BS international area studies ’92, MS science of instruction ’97
Dennis Grayson Morgan, BS computer science ’90
Timothy Dennis Reeves, BS materials engineering ’95, MBA business administration ’04
Joel N. Schmidt, AS nursing ’91
Michael Cletus Trois, BS mechanical engineering ’96
2000s
Lisa M. Grandinetti, MS medical science ’00, MD medicine ’04
Robert Charles Kalbfell, BS general studies ’06
John Mark Madsen, MPH public health ’09
Paul Montesano, BS business administration ’09
Alexander S. Niles, BS business administration ’06
David Anthony Senno, BS behavior and addiction counseling ’06, P-M Cert. couples and family therapy ’11
2010s
Justin L. Giani, BS business administration ’12
Manuel S. Hakimian, BS computing and security technology ’14
Emily E. Selke, BS music industry ’14
CORRECTION
In the previous issue of the Drexel Magazine, Ellen Thompson Hanna, RN nursing ’63, was inaccurately listed in Friends We’ll Miss.
Dr. Richard L. Coren
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel from 1965 to 2000
“Members of the faculty and the ECE staff who knew Dr. Coren remember a person who commanded a wide scope of interests. He had wide and deep knowledge in his areas of professional expertise, but also in politics, economics, history and philosophy. He was broad-minded and well read, and possessed a commitment to social action and a strong sense of justice. His dedication to the establishment of a shared governance structure at Drexel was a cause to which he devoted years of his life, and which required leadership abilities, significant persuasion and negotiation talents, great patience, and superb writing and oral communication skills. Dr. Coren’s availability, care, kindness and humanity, especially when it came to his role as departmental graduate adviser, were critical to the education and development of numerous graduate students in all areas, students whom he guided and advised to graduation. He was also blessed with a sense of perceptiveness and the ability to pour wit and dry humor at the right times into the most serious and complicated discussions.”
— The above is a portion of a message from Moshe Kam, former head of Drexel’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, on Dr. Coren’s June 2014 passing.