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1950s
William H. Brady Jr., AS51, of Elkton, Md., was awarded the Purple Heart by U.S. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware for his service during the Korean War. Brady is the father of the Hon. Jane Brady, AS73, of Lewes, Del., a Delaware Superior Court judge.
Theodore C. Zutz, BE54, of Wilmington, Del., has retired after 59 years as a property and casualty insurance broker, working most recently as executive vice president of USI Insurance Services, LLC, in Wilmington.
1960s
Michael F. Ryan, AS65, of Bridgewater, N.J., was appointed by the National Board of
Medical Examiners to assist in
the development of its Clinical Research Professional Assessment. Ryan is founder and president of Medical/Marketing Decisions, a consulting firm that works with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to develop clinical research programs.
Michael S. Purzycki, AS67, of Wilmington, Del., has announced his candidacy for mayor of Wilmington. Purzycki, a Democrat, works as executive director
of the Wilmington Riverfront Development Corp.
Dr. Anthony F. Cutrona, AS69, EHD76M, of Youngstown, Ohio, was awarded the James S. Tan Laureate Award, which recognizes hospital administrative leaders. Cutrona is president of staff at
St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, Ohio, and professor of internal medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio.
Robert D. Fleck Jr., EG69, of New Castle, Del., has been awarded the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America Medal in recognition of his service to the organization.
1970s
Richard T. Stouffer, AS70, of Viewtown, Va., was honored on
his retirement from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after 36 years with the renaming of the Patent and Trademark Office Society’s Outstanding Service Award as the Richard T. Stouffer Outstanding Service Award.
Karen Jessee, AS73, of Wilmington, Del., has earned two first-place writing awards from
the National Association of Press Women for her historic fashion shows, “The Under-the-Skirt Tour of the Civil War” and “Bustles to Bras.”
Steven Leech, AS74, of Newark, Del., has published the book Valdemar’s Curse: The Legacy of
Delaware’s Literature (Pinhead Press).
Tom Sebok, AS74, EHD76M, of Broomfield, Colo., has retired as director of the Ombuds Office at the University of Colorado, where he worked for 25 years.
Richard A. O’Leary, AS76, EHD78M, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named vice president and chief human resources officer at Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation in Emporia, Kan.
Betsy O’Brien, HS77, 86M, of Audubon, N.J., has been chosen as the Leader of the Quarter by the senior administration of Inspira Medical Center Woodbury. O’Brien is the medical center’s maternal child health educator.
Rich Zawisha, BE78, has published the book Twisted under the pseudonym Linda Rich (FriesenPress).
David Raymond, HS79, of West Grove, Pa., the original Phillie Phanatic from 1978-1993, is now managing the Mascot Hall of Fame, opening in 2017 in Whiting, Ind. Raymond also coaches mascots and schools through his business, Raymond Entertainment Group.
Beverly Stewart, EHD79, 84M, of Avondale, Pa., was honored when the Delaware-based company
she founded—Basics Learning
Dynamics Inc.—was named to the prestigious Philadelphia 100, an annual list of the fastest growing, privately held entrepreneurial companies in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
1980s
Scott Klosterman, BE80, of Austin, Texas, has been elected to the Board of Trustees at Dynatronics Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of rehabilitation and physical therapy products.
David L. Warnock, AS80, of Baltimore, has announced he will run for Baltimore mayor this year. Warnock is a former executive vice president of T. Rowe Price and founder of Camden Partners, one of the city’s largest private equity firms.
Steven Mento, AS81, of
Ventnor City, N.J., has been commissioned by New Jersey’s Bay Atlantic Symphony to compose a symphonic piece called “Algonquian Dreamcatcher,” which tells the story of the Native American Lenni-Lenape people. The symphony made its world premiere in March 2016.
Steven Querner, BE82, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., has been named vice president of North America sales for Violin Memory, a company
that designs and manufactures computer data.
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