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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Portrait: Stephanie Caronna

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Stephanie Caronna MBA ’19

Stephanie Caronna MBA ’19 is a recipient of the 2020 Daily Record Excellence in Real Estate Rising Star Award. Caronna is a leasing representative at St. John Properties.

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Michael Tangrea Ph.D. ’02

Michael Tangrea Ph.D. ’02 was named an endowed professor in innovation at Loyola University. He will expand research in biohealth and promote economic and entrepreneurial success in the state of Maryland. The endowed professorship was funded in part by…

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Benjamin Gottlieb ’05

Benjamin Gottlieb ’05, a wealth management financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, was named to the 2020 Financial Times “401 Top Retirement Advisers” list.

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James Melonas ’99

James Melonas ’99 was named head of the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina, which consists of 1.25 million acres of land. He oversees 200 employees in the new role. Melonas previously served as the forest supervisor for the Santa Fe National Forest in…

Passings

Eugene “Gene” L. Kibbe Jr. ’56

Eugene “Gene” L. Kibbe Jr. ’56 died in Towson, Md., Nov. 9 at age 87. Born in Philadelphia to Mary and Eugene L. Kibbe Sr., he attended Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Towson High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration…

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Gabriel Escobar ’83

Gabriel Escobar ’83 was named top editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is responsible for the news operation as it chronicles life across one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas during a period of historic disruption and profound change.

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David A. Daniels ’66

David A. Daniels ’66 of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., died Sept. 10. Born Nov. 16, 1933, to Nancy Corliss Daniels and Richard James Daniels in Franconia, N.H. He graduated from Red Bank High School and Rutgers University. He authored 19 patents during his time as…

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Carmala Garzione ’94

Carmala Garzione ’94, an associate provost for faculty affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology, received the 2020 William R. Dickinson Medal from the Society of Sedimentary Geology, in recognition of her contributions to orogenic history and…