Oscar M. Wells, GWSB MS ’67

Oscar M. Wells, GWSB MS ’67, a former a mathematician and scientific adviser in the Army Department, died on March 22 at age 84. Wells was born in Huntington, W.Va., and joined the Army Department in the early 1950s. He went on to serve on the presidential commission to reorganize the armed forces during the […]

Robert Keating, ESIA MS ’65

Robert Keating, ESIA MS ’65, who was the U.S. executive director of the World Bank from 1986-1989, died on March 4 at age 87. Born in Medford, Mass., to Irish immigrants, Keating graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander in the Korean War. He then went to work […]

Erica Sommers Gero, CCAS BA ’68

Erica Sommers Gero, CCAS BA ’68, died Feb. 1. Gero co-founded SK Advertising L.L.C., a firm that published legal notices in newspapers. She also wrote a column, interviewing chefs, for the Main Line Times newspaper. Gero retired in 2005 after being diagnosed with Leiomyosacroma (LMS), and spent her final years volunteering at Pennsylvania Hospital working […]

William D. Houser, ESIA MS ’68

William D. Houser, ESIA MS ’68, Navy vice admiral, veteran of three wars and telecommunications industry executive, died on Feb. 5 at age 90. Houser was a native of Atlanta. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in December of 1941 and served in the Pacific during WWII. He also served as a […]

Nikolaos Stavrou, ESIA MA ’65, CCAS PhD ’70

Nikolaos Stavrou, ESIA MA ’65, CCAS PhD ’70, a professor at Howard University and editor of the journal Mediterranean Quarterly, died Dec. 29, 2011 at 76. Stavrou was born in the Albanian village of Griazdani and escaped with his family to Greece during WWII. After coming to the United States in 1956, he attended Hunter […]

Nan Ruben, CCAS BA ’68, MA ’71

Nan Ruben, CCAS BA ’68 MA ’71, was named to the Board of Overseers for the Horizons at Sacred Heart University program, which aims to provide summer educational opportunities to low-income students entering first through fifth grade. Ruben will serve as the Greens Farms Academy liaison. Ruben is also the chair of the Educational Programs […]