Salus University Alumni Magazine Fall 2021

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2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2020-2021 ANNUAL REPORT

Summer Enrichment Program Returns IN THIS ISSUE

Inside Cover Dr. Mittelman’s Message

8 Introducing Orthotics and Prosthetics

16 Alumni, Faculty Help Pave the Way for Future Generations

6 Rebecca Delia is the New Chair of the Board of Trustees

12 Simmerman Family Legacy: Eyewitness to The Evolution of Optometry

18 Presidential Medal of Honor Awardees

7 Jo Surpin Steps Down as Board of Trustees Chair

14 Summer Enrichment Starts Diverse Undergrads on Path to PCO Success

27 New Members Join DEI Committee

From President Mittelman After navigating the challenges of the last year and a half, Salus University’s staff, faculty, and students have demonstrated innovation, adaptability, and forward thinking that allowed us to not only survive, but thrive. I’m very happy to share a few exciting areas of growth and good news with you!

After several years of research, planning, and development, we are ready to launch our new Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) Program within the College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation. Chad Duncan, PhD, CRC, CPO will serve as the director of the program. Dr. Duncan joined the Salus team earlier this fall after a successful tenure at Northwestern University’s P&O program — the longest-standing O&P program in the nation. Along with James Konopack, PhD, dean of CHER, Dr. Duncan has been spearheading efforts to develop an innovative curriculum, interview and attract world-class faculty, recruit motivated students, and forge campus and community relationships that will make our program one of the best in the nation.

Salus’ Board of Directors honors Jo Surpin’s 20+ years of service on our Board, including 14 years as Board Chair.

Jo’s visionary leadership has helped Salus to navigate countless hills and valleys, and her unwavering dedication to our mission has been nothing short of inspirational. Jo will remain on the Board, but the position of Chair will now be filled by Rebecca Delia, Senior Vice President of FSL Public Finance. Rebecca is a staunch advocate for women’s leadership and diversity, and brings energy, expertise, and experience to the position

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that will further advance our mission.

This fall, we honored our 2021 Presidential Medal of Honor Awardees and Alumni Association Awardees at our Annual Recognition Reception.

Our 2021 Presidential Medal of Honor Awardees are: • Sarah Appel, OD ’79, Resident ’81 • Reade Fahs, MBA • John J. Fitzgerald, III, DO, FACOG • Girija Sundar, PhD Our 2021 Alumni Association Awardees are: • Physician Assistant Alumnus of the Year: Scott Geller, MS, MMS ’16, PA-C • Albert Fitch Memorial Alumnus of the Year: Mitchell J. Fink, OD ’69, FAAO • Blindness and Low Vision Studies Alumna of the Year: Jule Ann Lieberman, MS ’13

improve the matriculation, attrition, and graduation rates of over 700 people of color (Black/African American, Indigenous, and other non-white ethnicities) during its run from 1976 to 2015. This program has demonstrated tremendous benefits to the University, the field of healthcare practitioners, and the larger community, and we are very glad to reinstate it this year. This summer, we welcomed our newest cohort of students of color who received over 100 hours of educational content, peer and faculty mentoring, and skill-building seminars to prepare them for the rigors of optometry school.

As we continue to navigate the ever-changing pandemic, we continue to put our people — our staff, faculty, students, and especially you, our dedicated and inspiring alumni — first. Thank you for everything you do to support our mission and our community. Together, we can continue to grow even stronger!

• Audiology Alumna of the Year: Jonette Owen, MS, AuD ’03 • Public Service Award: Lisa R. Stottlemyer, OD ’98, FAA0 • Special Recognition Award: Elizabeth Tonkery, OD, MPH ’13, Resident ’09 Importantly, we are especially excited to revive the Robert E. Horne Summer Enrichment Program, which worked to

Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE

In this issue

INSIDE COVER

From President Mittelman

FEATURES

6 Rebecca Delia is the New Chair of the Board of Trustees 7 Jo Surpin Steps Down as Board of Trustees Chair

14 The Return of SEP The Summer Enrichment Program’s recruitment efforts have placed a special emphasis on Black and African American students who are historically underrepresented in health sciences.

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8 Introducing Orthotics and Prosthetics 12 Simmerman Family Legacy: Eyewitness to The Evolution of Optometry 14 Summer Enrichment Starts Diverse Undergrads on Path to PCO Success 16 Alumni, Faculty Help Pave the Way for Future Generations

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18 Presidential Medal of Honor Awardees

DEPARTMENTS

20 University News 27 New Members Join DEI Committee 28 Alumni News 33 In Memoriam

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“And, here I am as a Black female optometrist who now practices in community health, again, because of the recruitment and the friendships and the networks and the connections.”

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It was a banner year for the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University at this year’s Optometry’s Meeting. PCO/Salus achieved two National Optometry Hall of Fame inductions, a student quiz bowl championship and a 5K victory.

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Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE President Jacqueline Patterson, MPA Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Community Relations A film crew from The College Tour spent a week at the University’s Elkins Park, Pennsylvania campus in early March to give viewers a look at what it’s like to be a student at Salus.

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Salus University Board of Trustees STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT:

Derrick Artis, OD ’89; Kate Kinslow, CRNA, EdD, MBA; Terri Albertson, MS; Craig Cassey, OD ’86; Michael Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE; Daniel Abramowicz, PhD; Carolyn Forcina, BS; Keith Ignotz, MBA; James Brand, ’22AUD, student representative; Shannon Tornoe, BS. SIT TING, LEFT TO RIGHT:

Reade Fahs, MBA; Chris Dezzi, MBA; Sarah Mitchell, JD; Rebecca Delia, MS, chair; Jo Surpin, MA, immediate past chair; Joyce Koh, JD; Emily Turner, BS, CFA; Jamie Neiman, OD ’01, Resident ’02, faculty representative.

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Rebecca Delia is the New Chair of the Board of Trustees R ebecca Delia, senior vice president at FSL Public Finance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was appointed chair of the Salus University Board of Trustees, effective July 2021.

She replaced Jo Surpin, who served as chair for 14 years. Delia spent a year as a non-board member on the audit committee before becoming a full member

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in 2018, when she also served as chair of the finance committee.

“Jo Surpin has been a wonderful mentor and sounding board and has been very patient making it as smooth a transition as we possibly can,” said Delia. “I believe in the University and its mission. I think it’s a great organization.

It’s something that I think I can do and do well.”

Surpin, who will remain on the board in a non-chair capacity, believes the transition of Delia will be seamless. The two have worked together quite a bit since she joined the board.

“I think Becky will bring incredible expertise, energy and vision to the role,” said Surpin. “I think she’ll be able to take what we’ve done up to now and continue to move us forward. I am really excited as she takes over and I look forward to supporting her in her efforts.”

Like Surpin, she, too, has been an advocate for women in leadership roles and believes it is especially important to see women in leadership positions as an aspiration. Delia said it’s also important because women bring diversity to the table in their viewpoints, and both professional and life experiences.

“For instance I am a full-time working mother with a teenage son and I’m trying

to juggle that. We have non-traditional students who have the same issues,” she said. “Being sensitive to issues like that, and bringing a diverse viewpoint and life experiences makes us better as an organization. The more diverse you are, the more well-rounded you are.”

Among the University’s goals moving forward that Delia is excited about is the establishment and development of the Orthotics and Prosthetics program.

She supports initiatives and ideas for academic programs as well as the partnerships Salus forms with international universities.

“Salus is well-run, well-managed, well-governed. I’m not looking to make drastic changes, but I do plan to look at everything,” she said.

Salus president Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE is also looking forward to continuing to work with Delia.

“Becky will bring additional energy, expertise and experience to the chair position that will help to elevate us as an institution even more,” he said. “We are so very lucky to have such talented and dedicated individuals who volunteer their time, wisdom and resources to Salus. It’s what helps to differentiate us from others.”

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Jo Surpin Steps Down as Board of Trustees Chair Salus University Board of Trustees (BOT) chair for the past 14 years, Jo Surpin stepped down from that role effective July 1, 2021.

Rebecca Delia, who joined the board in 2018, stepped in as the new chair.

“Different circumstances always continued to extend my term,” said Surpin, president of Applied Medical Software in Collingswood, New Jersey. “But, I think as the board has evolved and with all the new board members who have been brought on over the past few years, it seemed this was as good a time as any to allow for a change in leadership.”

The change of board leadership at Salus has been a constant theme for Surpin, who first joined the board as a member in 1995. She saw — and helped promote — an evolution of leadership at the University over the years.

“I think one of the most significant things in my mind that I feel I had a lot of influence on is changing the nature of the board itself,” she said. “What’s evolved is that now we are more than 50 percent women on the board, we’re a diverse board in gender, ethnicity and race. I am extremely proud that the board is now looking more and more like the University itself, those that we represent.”

With the student population at Salus now more than 50 percent female, Surpin believes the faculty and administration have been sensitive to that

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aspect over the years, and what better way to start but at the top with board leadership.

Among her other accomplishments on the board while chair has been working with Melissa Vitek, OD ’95, FAAO, dean of International and Continuing Education and Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) assistant professor, to create a mentor group for academic leadership and board members. It was at first intended for women, but several men in academic leadership wanted to participate.

“And, their rationale for that was that they are teaching a lot of women and working with women in faculty positions,” she said. “So I believe we have opened up people’s eyes to the fact that there are differences. Not saying they are better or worse, but there are differences and you need to be sensitive to what those issues are.”

The pandemic was especially challenging for everyone, including the BOT. Surpin credits Salus president Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE, for leading the University through rough waters.

“With his public health background and his leadership in general, he really helped to guide the effort and kept the board fully apprised,” she said. “The board worked with him in terms of making sure that we handled things the best we could. This was new to every-

body. No one person could possibly do this, we needed a team to really think things through.”

Dr. Mittelman recounted the significant contributions Surpin made to the University over the years, first as a member of the board and then as chair.

“For me personally, it has been a pleasure to work closely with her as I began my tenure here at Salus and then as we worked together to continue to build on the wonderful legacy that was established before I got here,” he said.

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Introducing Orthotics and Prosthetics University Slated to Add New Program in Fall 2022

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he stars have aligned and Salus University is at the forefront of growth and advancement in the health sciences with the addition of an Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) program, which is slated to have its first cohort of students in Fall 2022.

The University’s newest of 18 programs will fall under the auspices of the College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER).

“The development of this program has been something that the University leadership has been exploring for quite some time,” said James Konopack, PhD, dean of CHER. “We’re going to have students who come in under the guidance of a leader in the field, in a brand new facility, and in a market that demands these services. And, in a place where students can’t get this type of graduate education within the region.”

Orthotics involves precision and creativity in the design and fabrication of external braces (orthoses) as part of a patient’s treatment process. The orthosis acts to control weakened or deformed regions of the body of a physically challenged person. Prosthetics involves the use of artificial limbs (prostheses) to enhance the function and lifestyle of persons with limb loss. The prosthesis must be a unique combination of appropriate materials, alignment, design, and construction to match the functional needs of the individual.

It has indeed been a long planning process to bring O&P to Salus. University officials looked at several different areas of potential growth and found only 13 O&P programs nationwide. In addition, a majority of the people now in the O&P profession are nearing retirement.

“The one thing we paid particular attention to, though, was the future demand for orthotics and prosthetics,” said Salus president Dr. Michael H. Mittelman. “Unfortunately, because of the epidemic we have in this country of obesity and subsequent diabetes, we also know that the number of amputees in the country has been going up and

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Introducing Orthotics and Prosthetics is projected to go up even more. That obviously creates a need for people to have prosthetics, which drove us to the conclusion this would be a skill set to which people will need to be trained.”

ARCHITECT’S RENDERINGS (ABOVE AND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE) OF ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS L ABS AFTER RENOVATIONS TO THE SPACE AT THE ELKINS PARK CAMPUS.

When the Salus O&P program starts, it will become the 15th nationwide Master of Science program. East Tennessee State University plans to open an O&P program in the Spring of 2022, which would be the nation’s 14th program. But outside of O&P programs at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the University of Hartford, Connecticut, there isn’t any other competition for O&P training in the Northeast.

An important fact is that the O&P program will complement some of the existing programs Salus already offers. “Our optometry model and our audiology model — particularly clinically — really works well,” said Dr. Mittelman.

“We think applying our model to this kind of program will not only differentiate us, but will also enable us to develop providers that will be well-positioned to practice this profession well into the future, which is what is going to be needed.”

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Dr. Konopack agreed. “Certainly this is part of the growth of our recently combined college (CHER) at the University. But it’s also not so different from what we’ve already been doing. We have experts in fields like rehabilitation and occupational therapy that really lend themselves to some synergy with an O&P,” he said. “We have Occupational Therapy (OT) faculty who are experts in hand function. So someone in the field of prosthetics might work very closely with an OT in that sense.”

But there is still a lot to be done to get the program ready for students at the start of the next academic year. Work has begun on renovating facilities at the University’s Elkins Park, Pennsylvania campus, funded by a $750,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant with matching funds from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; student and faculty recruitment is already under way; and the curriculum is under development.

A lot of that work has fallen to the new director of the O&P program, Chad Duncan, PhD, CRC, CPO. Dr. Duncan arrived on campus in September after serving as the director for the past three

years of the prosthetics and orthotics (P&O) program at Northwestern University, which boasts the longest-standing P&O program in the nation.

Among all the “first things” he’s trying to do is getting to know the community and the region, something he considers a big piece to the success of the program.

Other “big pieces” alongside the establishment of the curriculum is the creation of an interdisciplinary model within the University and hoping to get to an initial class size goal of 24.

“Even the Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program is pulling from those educators and the collaboration between faculty and students is really important,” said Dr. Duncan.”That will allow our students to be better clinicians when

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“We think applying our model to this kind of program will not only differentiate us, but will also enable us to develop providers that will be well-positioned to practice this profession well into the future, which is what is going to be needed.”

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they go out into the field, to have more confidence and interact with people in other allied health professions.”

Although it’s a lot of work, building a new program from the ground up is an attractive addition to the University’s diverse health science program offerings.

“Taking off my administrator hat, one of the things as a scientist and a scholar, it’s cool to learn all about this field as we are recruiting and building and growing the interest and support for the program,” said Dr. Konopack. “It’s really exciting from an administrative perspective because here’s an opportunity for us to bring more and diverse services into our fold and increase the portfolio of programs that we offer.”

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Simmerman Family Legacy: Eyewitness to The Evolution of Optometry IT WAS THE ROARING TWENTIES of the last century and Harold Simmerman, OD ’30, FAAO, was taking the train from his home in New Jersey to College Park, Maryland, and the University of Maryland, to study biology.

When the train stopped in Delaware to pick up more passengers, Sydney Smith, OD ’30, got on, also on his way to the University of Maryland. The two struck up a conversation, discovered they were both attending the same college, and became friends.

During one of those subsequent train rides to Maryland, Dr. Smith told Dr. Simmerman there was a new profes-

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sion emerging called optometry, and students could be trained at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry (PSCO) in Philadelphia.

That conversation became the initial seed for what would become three generations of the Simmerman family of optometrists trained at PSCO, later renamed the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), that spanned nearly the entire evolution of the profession of optometry.

The lifelong friends would go on to PCO under the tutelage of the school’s founder, Dr. Albert Fitch.

After graduating from PSCO, Dr.

Simmerman opened a private practice in New Jersey. To supplement his income while his practice was growing, he accepted an offer from Dr. Fitch to teach ocular pathology, which he would do for the next 38 years, finishing out his tenure as acting dean of PCO from 1969-1970.

Dr. Simmerman, known as “Simmy” by colleagues and friends, loved teaching, and his interest in education expanded beyond PCO. He was elected to his local school board in New Jersey and served in that capacity for nearly 40 years, at one time the longest-serving school board member in the state.

Between his private practice and his teaching, Dr. Simmerman was quite busy. He’d teach during the day, have office hours three nights a week and sometimes make house calls on the weekend. He even found time to play golf, do some stargazing and be involved in the Rotary Club.

Dr. Simmerman’s two sons, H. Martin “Marty” Simmerman, OD ’62, FAAO, and Steven Simmerman, OD ’65, FAAO, would follow him not only to PCO but also into the family business.

When Steven Simmerman was a boy, he recalls some of the house calls his father would make, adjusting glasses for those who couldn’t make it into

Dr. Harold Simmerman, left, his son Dr. Steven Simmerman, and his granddaughter, Dr. Lorna Simmerman

Dr. Harold Simmerman

the office. Dr. Simmerman would stop by the office to pick up his sand bath — a rectangular device filled with sand optometrists used in those days. It had a heating element that would heat the sand, into which the optometrist would dip the plastic or metal frames to soften them up so they could be adjusted into the right shape to fit the patient.

The elder Dr. Simmerman would also bring his son into the office and perform refractions on him, and while there, Steven became fascinated with the equipment the optometrists used.

“Between going on those house calls and into the office with him, as well as having a good relationship with my dad, that’s what prompted me to go into optometry,” said Dr. Steven Simmerman.

His brother, Dr. Marty Simmerman preceded Dr. Steven Simmerman as the the first to join the family business.

While at PCO, Steven first lived with five other students in Crozier Hall, which in the early 1960s was ruled by Ethel Crozier, wife of John E. Crozier, OD, FAAO, who was a member of the PSCO Board of Trustees from 1930 to 1939.

“Mrs. would go shopping for us and we would cook our own meals. And, she had no reservations about telling us we weren’t cleaning up properly,” said Dr. Steven Simmerman.

Dr. Simmerman also participated in intramural sports and proudly recalls being on the undefeated football team during his four years at PCO. He also became good friends with Donald Fitch, OD ’65, son of then-PCO president Lawrence Fitch, OD ’36, and grandson of the school’s founder.

It was during those school years that Dr. Simmerman met Janet Hall, whom he married in 1963. Three children followed — Laura, Steven Jr. and Lorna.

Left to right, Dr. Harold Simmerman and his sons, Dr. Marty Simmerman and Dr. Steven Simmerman

After graduation, Dr. Simmerman went into business with his father and brother. And, it would be his youngest daughter, Lorna H. Simmerman, OD ’98, who would eventually pick up the baton and continue the family legacy at PCO. Her grandfather saw her graduate from PCO before his death later that year, and her father placed the colors on her at the ceremony.

“I always wanted to be able to be independent and be able to take care of myself. I was fortunate to be raised in a very comfortable family with my dad being an optometrist,” said Dr. Lorna Simmerman. “I always enjoyed the science side of things as well, so I asked my dad if I could come into work with him a couple of times during my high school years.” She then decided she wanted to be an optometrist. “You are helping people, it is interesting and everyone’s case is different,” she said. She also noted the flexible work-life balance. The tradition of carrying on the Simmerman name in optometry (her married name is Charnock) was also a strong enticement.

“I think I really have kept the values that my grandfather and my father had with optometry, part of the old-fashioned approach of really getting to know your patients over time and building a relationship with them,” she said.

“I was very happy that my grandfather was able to see me graduate. I think he would be amazed at all the things that I’m doing now, working with ophthalmology and all the ocular disease I see and treat as well and how much optometry has progressed.”

Dr. Lorna Simmerman joined the family business with her father and uncle, who passed away in April 2020.

Dr. Marty Simmerman developed a good patient following while in the family

Dr. Lorna Simmerman

business, and spent his leisure time as an avid outdoorsman and craftsman. Janet Simmerman also worked in the family office performing field tests on patients.

Dr. Lorna Simmerman now works at Delaware Eye Surgeons in Wilmington, Delaware, for a cornea and cataract specialist. The business was eventually sold to Richard Floyd, OD ’88, who while at PCO had an externship with the Simmerman practice.

Dr. Steven Simmerman, who would also eventually serve on the PCO Board of Trustees for a period during the tenure of president Melvin Wolfberg, OD ’51, FAAO (1979 to 1989), retired in 2015.

He had also followed in his father’s footsteps in the classroom, albeit in a different area. He was an instructor at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, for 25 years teaching Introduction to Astronomy.

“My dad also was a nature-lover, and he would photograph clouds.

Growing up, he bought me my first telescope. He had taken an astronomy course at the University of Maryland and he became a star-gazer,” said Dr. Steven Simmerman.

But Dr. Lorna Simmerman may be the last to continue the family’s legacy in optometry. At this point, none of the current generation is headed in that direction.

“It makes me sad that I think I’m the last generation of optometrists in the family. Patients are always very impressed when they see my bio and realize I’m third generation. It means a lot,” said Dr. Lorna Simmerman.

“That’s why I kept the name, as I’m proud that I’m a third generation Dr. Simmerman,” she said. “It was too hard to give that up.”

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Summer Enrichment Starts Diverse Undergrads on Path to PCO Success The Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University recently welcomed a cohort of 14 Doctor of Optometry applicants to its newly relaunched Summer Enrichment Program (SEP), renamed the Robert E. Horne SEP as a tribute to its founder, for high-achieving students of color.

This year, the program’s recruitment efforts placed a special emphasis on Black and African American students who are historically underrepresented in health science.

“I know it was just a fraction of what I’ll experience in the fall, but I still greatly appreciated it,” said Charlene Caldwell ’25OD, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio who earned her bachelor’s degree in public health. “I’m the daughter of a retired military officer. I learned adaptability and resilience, but I still appreciate that this program really gets you adjusted to the rigor and the higher level of thought and the deeper level of critical analysis that you’re going to need to become a doctor.”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, three of the five weeks students spent completing the program were held virtually followed by two weeks of in-person sessions at the University’s Elkins Park campus. The enrichment program, which offers participants coursework with current PCO/Salus faculty, peer mentors, and seminars on a variety of topics covering study skills, test taking, financial literacy and wellness, prepares students for the rigors of an optometry education.

A closing ceremony, which featured special guest and founder Dr. Robert

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E. Horne, wrapped up the events in mid-July. Horne, former vice president and dean of Student Affairs who retired from Salus in 2012 and received an honorary doctorate in 2021, originally established the program in 1977. Now renamed in Horne’s honor following a $300,000 donation from America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses to revive the program after a six-year hiatus, the original intent of SEP was to introduce disadvantaged students and underrepresented prospective students to the curriculum at PCO/Salus.

Since its reestablishment, goals include improving the matriculation, attrition and graduation rates of underrepresented applicants while fostering a safety net of support and mentorship to meet

the increasingly diverse nation’s optometric needs.

This year’s cohort was led by Ruth Shoge, OD ’06, Resident ’07, a previous SEP participant and former faculty member. Like Dr. Shoge, SEP is the reason aspiring optometry students choose PCO/Salus to pursue their doctorate degree.

Ijeoma Onyejiukwa ’25OD participated in SEP this year after learning about the program from a PCO/Salus alumni. As a non-traditional student, she felt confident choosing a school willing to invest in her from the start.

“I think it was really SEP that kind of helped me decide I want to go to PCO/Salus. If I’m going to be prepared in the summertime ahead of the actual fall semester, I want that kind of enrichment because I haven’t been in school in so long, taking a ton of science classes,” said Onyejiukwa. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in pre-health from Hunter College of the City University of New York in 2015 before earning her master’s degree from CUNY Graduate School of Public Health in 2019. “I felt like an institution that would provide that kind of resource for students, actually

investing in students in this way, from that, I just ranked PCO/Salus really high,” she said.

The enrichment program, along with dedicated staff members from the University’s Office of Admissions, also helped PCO/Salus earn recognition among peers this year. For its ongoing commitment to accept and enroll Black and students, PCO/Salus has been named the 2021 School of the Year by the National Optometric Association (NOA). Attracting a diverse student population has been a primary goal of SEP since its inception and, thanks to the program’s recruitment efforts, 13.8 percent of students currently enrolled at PCO/Salus are Black or African American.

Dominica Dzakah ’25OD emigrated from Ghana to the U.S. when she was a sophomore in high school. Prior to participating in SEP this year, she received her bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in sociology from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her father’s visual impairment of retinitis pigmentosa helped develop her interest in optometry.

“Going through this program has actually opened my eyes as to what to expect in the fall,” she said. “This experience has been so, so helpful.

The professors have been great, just dedicating their time to us and teaching us, taking time to help us understand what is going on. I feel a lot more prepared knowing what to do and what not to do.”

Students like Dzakah not only get introduced to the coursework while participating in SEP, but they also get acclimated to life in a new city, making a few new friends along the way.

“It has been really great, especially because of the other classmates we have met so far,” she said. “They have been so nice, helping us, answering our questions, and making us comfortable already in a city that most of us are not familiar with. So, right now, I already consider it my home because I already feel welcomed and loved here.”

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Alumni, Faculty Help Pave the Way for Future Generations

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here are many ways Salus students become successful, including hard work, determination, love for their professions and dedication to their

patients and clients. But an important part of the equation is help from those who paved the way, the alumni and faculty at the University who want to see future generations succeed. And, to that end, it’s the perfect opportunity for them to provide scholarships and other financial support to give Salus students an advantage when they enter the professional world.

These are some individuals who have generously chosen to support Salus University with contributions to future generations of students:

I. William Collins, OD ’47 After a long and successful career in optometry, I. William Collins, OD ’47, FAAO, wants to help ensure future optometrists trained at PCO/ Salus have a leg up as they pursue that same level of success.

Dr. Collins has established the I. William Collins, OD in Contact Lens Science Award, which will be given to two PCO/Salus students.

The award is designed for students who rotated through the Contact Lens track and showed exceptional case management skills, which includes clinical examination, design, fitting and troubleshooting of specialty contact lenses.

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“I’ve been very successful, not only in optometry but I had a side business that related to optometry. Because of that, I think it’s only right of me to share it a little bit.”

I. WILLIAM COLLINS, OD ’47

Alumni, Faculty Help Pave the Way for Future Generations

Kathy Foltner, AuD ’02 When Kathy Foltner, AuD ’02, was younger, she was fortunate enough to have four years of private high school and four years of college paid for by her mother.

When it came time to secure her master’s degree, her mother was supportive of the effort, but told Dr. Foltner “you need to figure out how to pay for it because I’m done paying for school.” Fortunately, Dr. Foltner was an exceptional student, and landed an academic scholarship to Michigan State University.

“I truly experienced the value of scholarships first-hand.”

KATHY FOLTNER, AUD ’02

Now, Dr. Foltner is ready to help ease that burden and pay it forward to help future audiologists through the formation of an endowed scholarship through a planned gift/living trust for students in the University’s Osborne College of Audiology (OCA).

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“Because of my mother and the fact that I got a scholarship and a stipend, I entered the workforce without any debt, which today is almost unheard of. Today, to be an audiologist and earn an AuD degree is so costly. It requires such a large financial commitment,” said Dr. Foltner.

Kenneth Newton, MS, CCC-SLP Kenneth Newton, MS, CCC-SLP, wanted to find a way to memorialize some of the people he loves in a unique way.

After a lot of thought, he decided the best way to do that was to give something back to the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program at Salus, in which he’s been an assistant professor for the past six years.

Newton made a financial contribution to the program for a state-of-the-art Swallowing Rehabilitation System. Called a Surface Electromyography — or surface EMG, EMG or sEMG — the device will give SLP students an opportunity to work with technology to further their education in swallowing disorders and help them be more competitive in externship rotations and in the competitive job market after they graduate.

“What I wanted to do was make a difference in people’s lives.”

KENNETH NEWTON, MS, CCC-SLP

Newton made the donation — the largest major financial gift in the SLP program’s history to this point according to Robert Serianni, MS, CCC-SLP, FNAP, chair and SLP program director — in the name of his mother and father, Jenny and Patrick Newton, Sr.; and his aunt, uncle and cousin, Margaret and Albert Newton and their son Raymond.

“I thought if I could donate some instrumentation for the Swallow Lab, this would place our students at an advantage in the job force and also it would help recruit students to the University,” said Newton.

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2021 Presidential Medal of Honor Awardees The Presidential Medal of Honor is bestowed upon those who have made significant contributions to their profession and for their service to Salus University.

Girija Sundar, PhD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

“There is no end point, and the fact that the University has acknowledged and applauds this process is both inspiring and challenging at the same time. Now, I have to find ways to live up to the spirit of this award.”

Since there was no medal ceremony in 2020 because of the pandemic, the Presidential Medal of Honor awardees from that year were recognized during the 2021 ceremony.

Pictured, left to right, are winners from both years and include, Giri Sundar (2021), Fern Silverman (2020), John Fitzgerald (2021), Neal Nyman (2020), president Michael Mittelman, Sarah Appel (2021), Reade Fahs (2021) and Victor Bray (2020).

Not present was 2020 medal winner Andrew Gurwood.

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Education: BA/MS William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, 1977.

MPhil/PhD, City University of New York, 2004; Role at Salus University: Director of Distance Education, Osborne College of Audiology (OCA); assistant professor, OCA. READ MORE AT SALUS.EDU/SUNDARMEDAL21

2021 Presidential Medal of Honor Awardees

Sarah Appel, OD, FAAO, ’79 PROFESSOR, PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

“As a faculty member of both of these illustrious institutions (PCO and Salus) and a member of the remarkable William Feinbloom Vision Rehabilitation Center staff, I have had the opportunity to positively impact on my patients’ health and welfare, teach and mentor wonderful students and residents and contribute to the field of low vision rehabilitation. For that, I will be forever grateful.”

Education: Douglass College of Rutgers University, BA 1975; Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), BS, OD, 1979; Residency in Low Vision Rehabilitation, PCO 1981.

Role at Salus University: Director of Pediatric Low Vision Services; co-director of the Special Populations Assessment and Rehabilitation Center.

Dr. John J. Fitzgerald III, DO, FACOG

Reade Fahs, MBA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

“I have loved my experience at Salus. I think it’s helped me understand the concerns, desires and empathy of not just optometrists, but all of the different types of medical professionals that we train at Salus.”

“I was overwhelmed a bit because I know some of the people who have gotten this award in the past. And, it’s rather an elite crowd, so I was happy to be part of it.”

Education: Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, four years, Temple University; Intern, JKF Memorial Hospital; DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; BA in Biology, Lasalle University.

Role at Salus University: Assistant director in the Physician Assistant Studies Program (PA); director of clinical education, PA program; medical director, PA program; associate professor, PA program.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL VISION INC., THE THIRD L ARGEST RETAILER IN THE U.S., SINCE 2003

Education: BA in English and American Literature from Harvard University.

Role at Salus University: A Salus University Board of Trustees member since 2017 who currently serves on the Institutional Advancement Committee and the Institutional Policy & Curriculum Committee.

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University News Welcome

New BOT Members and Designation

NEW FACULT Y AND STAFF James Kelly, MMS, PA-C, assistant professor, Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program Korey Patrizi, OD, Resident ’21, instructor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) Emma Ray, Coordinator, Office of Admissions, Database and Document Management Brunilda Bilalaj, Administrative Assistant, Office of Safety & Security Kathleen McMullen, Human Resources Coordinator Alexis Gates, Didactic Educational Program Assistant, PA program Brandi DeVeaux, MS, OTR/L, CLT, Instructor, College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER) Chad Duncan, PhD, Director of Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) program

Salus University’s Board of Trustees (BOT) kicked off the new year by adding three new members. Dr. Kate Kinslow, Shannon Tornoe and Emily Turner were named to the board at its January 2021 meeting.

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In other BOT news, for her 12 years of contributions, first as chair of the Finance Committee and most recently as chair of the Health Services Committee and Executive Committee, Jane Scaccetti was granted emeritus status by the board at its January 2021 meeting.

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Rebecca Heinz, Assistant Director of Admissions Bernadette McNulty, PhD, Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations Amanda Meltzer, Administrative Coordinator

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Black Student Union Building Bridges During the protests in response to the racial injustice events in the first part of 2020 that included the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and George Floyd in Minnesota, a group of Black Salus University students wanted their voices heard

more frequently on theissues of the day.

After a University-sponsored roundtable discussion in May 2020 which allowed Salus community members to air their views, the students decided to form the Black Student Union (BSU) in February 2021. Inaugural officers for the group included president Tavii El, MSOT ’21; vice president Brandon Garces ’23OD; secretary Johana Fortune, MSOT ’21; and treasurer Camille Menns, MSOT ’21.

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DEI Forum on Asian Hate As a member of the Board of Trustees, Joyce Koh, Esq., was asked and accepted an invitation to communicate with the University’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) population.

The University invited Koh, along with Salus partner Ken Wong and Chestnut Hill College professor and psychologist, Bindu Methikalam, PhD, to serve as panelists for a virtual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) panel discussion titled “Perspectives of Racism and Hate for Asian Americans” March 24, 2021.

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University News

A Series of Firsts for DICE For the first time, the University utilized a hybrid online and face-to-face delivery model for the MSc in Clinical Optometry with an Advanced Studies certificate degree program. Salus has been working with the students since the summer of 2020 by conducting online informational webinars that then expanded into online coursework beginning in January 2021.

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New Muslim Student Group Formed The Salam Salus Muslim Student Association group had its first event April 30, 2021, and it came with some distinction — it was the first on-campus event held since the beginning of the pandemic.

(LOFK) charity fundraiser May 1, 2021.

This year’s event was a combination livestream and virtual event, with a specific focus on the University’s Mobile Healthcare Unit, affectionately known as the “Big Red Bus” (BRB).

Additionally, in honor of her family’s more than 100 years of combined service to the optometric profession, to patient care and professional education, and after seeing first-hand the benefit of providing early vision care to students at their schools, Cathie Muhr has donated $100,000 toward a new mobile unit, so the Looking Out for Kids program may continue in a more suitable environment.

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2021 Salus Medal Awarded Brooke Kruemmling, PhD, COMS, associate provost, was presented with the Salus coin on June 2 in recognition of her leadership on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

The College Tour Launch Party

Drive-Thru Ceremony Unique and Special

The group was started because students wanted an inclusive platform for Muslims and an increased awareness of the Muslim culture and traditions on campus.

A film crew from The College Tour spent a week at the University’s Elkins Park, Pennsylvania campus in early March to capture its specialness. Each segment of The College Tour, which streams on both Amazon Prime and Roku, is student-and faculty-driven to give viewers a look at what it’s like to be a student at Salus and what makes Salus unique. A launch party was held in June to view the finished product.

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LOFK Event Comes Up Large for BRB

The 122nd commencement ceremony was unique in that it offered both a virtual and an in-person option for graduates and their families.

The relationship between Salus and TD Bank is still going strong as TD Bank was named the Lighthouse Award winner at the 14th Annual Looking Out for Kids

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University News

Dr. Vitek Named Dean of DICE

Fond Farewells

Melissa Vitek, OD ’95, FAAO, director of the Department of International and Continuing Education (DICE) and PCO assistant professor, has been named dean of DICE. Dr. Vitek has provided her department with excellent leadership, playing a crucial role in the success and progression of international and continuing education students at Salus.

MARGARET MULLIGAN

CFO of the Year

Margaret Mulligan, MD, is “ready to roll” with her second retirement after 10 years as an associate professor in the University’s PA program.

PCO World

She came to academia later in her career after being in private practice for 33 years as a family physician. Someone she knew asked her if she had ever considered teaching. Dr. Mulligan considered the suggestion and decided that yes, she would be interested in sharing her knowledge and experience with students learning to be physician assistants.

The Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University has named new deans. They include: Elizabeth Tonkery, OD, MPH ’13, associate dean of Curriculum and Assessment; Bhawan Minhas, OD, Resident ’14, FAAO, associate dean of the Accelerated Scholars Program; and Bisant Labib, OD ’14, Resident ’15, FAAO, associate dean of Optometric Special Programs.

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AMY LUSTIG

Donald Kates, CPA, vice president of Finance, was named CFO of the Year

by Philadelphia Business Journal in June 2021. These awards are presented annually to financial professionals for outstanding performance in their roles as corporate financial stewards.

Program Updates

Amy Lustig, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP, assistant professor in the SLP program, accepted a position in August 2021 at a specialty ALS clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Lustig has been an integral part of the SLP program since its launch, advising graduate students, mentoring the development of capstone projects, and providing supervision and client care in the Speech-Language Institute since its inception.

Pennsylvania College of Optometry PCO PROMOTIONS

In addition, Chad Killen, OD ’19, Resident ’20, has been named the director of the On-Campus Residency Program.

THE EXCITEMENT AND ANXIET Y OF MATCH DAY Residency Match Day is when all residency programs and applicants receive their results on where they ultimately are matched after a season of residency interviews which begins in October and closes at the end of February every year. Optometry residents go through a selection process that includes applying to programs, interviewing, and submitting ranks into a computer algorithm that formulates results which are released on Match Day. READ MORE AT SALUS.EDU/MATCHDAY2021

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DONOR SUPPORT OPENS MORE DOORS One thing the COVID-19 pandemic did not spoil is charitable giving, including new philanthropic partnerships. In fact, the University’s most recent donation of $7,500 came from a new donor, Keplr Vision. The Illinois-based company immediately recognized an opportunity to help students through the Optometry Learning Experience (OLE), a program established 40 years ago by PCO. In addition, MacuLogix, a company that equips eye care professionals with devices and training needed to effectively diagnose age-related macular degeneration (AMD), has established a $25,000 MacuLogix AMD Advocacy endowed award at PCO/Salus to be presented annually to a graduating optometrist who’s demonstrated a commitment to managing patients with ADM. PCO/Salus was selected for the award to honor two of its graduates for their practical commitment to AMD diagnosis — Glenn Corbin, OD ’82, of Wyomissing Optometric Center and Gary Kirman, OD ’86, of Kirman Eye. The company is also donating an AdaptDx Pro, used for dark adaptation testing, to The Eye Institute at Chestnut Hill.

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DR. VERMA HONORED

BY POA Satya Verma, OD ’75, FAAO, DPNAP, Diplomate, director of externship programs at PCO, was honored in April 2021 with the Pennsylvania Optometric Association’s 2021 H. Ward Ewalt, OD, Meritorious Service Award.

This award recognizes a POA member

or an individual who has long-term dedication/service to the POA and/or optometry; whose life-long dedication and commitment to the profession is exemplary.

DR. CASSER RECIPIENT OF OPTOMETRIC EDUCATION AWARD Linda Casser, OD, FAAO, FNAP, PCO professor, was named recipient of the 2021 Dr. Jack Bennett Innovation in Optometric Education Award in May 2021. This award was established in March 2000 to recognize an ASCO volunteer for outstanding innovation to optometric education.

DR. SILBERT HONORED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Joel Silbert, OD ’73, FAAO, former director of the Contact Lens Program and former chief of the Cornea and Specialty Contact Lens Service at The Eye Institute (TEI), was honored in June 2021 with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Optometric Contact Lens Educators (AOCLE).

NEW L ASER L AB Although they don’t yet have individual names, Alissa Coyne, OD ’10, Resident ’11, FAAO, coordinator for the Ophthalmic Lasers and Minor Surgical Procedures course and PCO assistant professor calls them “the twins” because they were purchased at the same time.

She’s referring to two new lasers — both

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Nidek YC-200 S Plus — now featured in what is the new Laser Suite on the University’s Elkins Park campus.

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THE AURICLE Osborne College of Audiology ENHANCED ROLES FOR TWO FACULT Y MEMBERS

Two internal appointments and changes in title have been announced in the University’s Osborne College of Audiology (OCA).

Bre Myers, AuD ’06, PhD, CH-AP, three-year track program coordinator and associate professor, has been named assistant dean of the College’s Foundation and Assessment of Audiologic Medicine; and Jonette Owen, AuD ’03, MS, assistant dean for Clinical Education and assistant professor, has been promoted to associate dean for Clinical Education.

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THE PULSE College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation

PA STUDENTS HAVE FUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE

BRIANNA BRIM NAMED DIRECTOR OF OTI

BLVS CANADIAN COHORT EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT In the Spring of 2019, the Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) welcomed its first international cohort of students from Canada, who enrolled in the Vision Rehabilitation Therapy program at Salus.

While the Canadian students have seen their graduation date impacted

by COVID-19, three of the 11 students successfully completed their program in December 2020, with all others completing their program in May 2021.

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OT INSTITUTE OPENS The Occupational Therapy Institute (OTI) at Salus, the clinical facility for the Department of Occupational Therapy, opened for patient care in March 2021.

Located in West Oak Lane within TEI, OTI is the University’s newest clinical facility, joining TEI, the Pennsylvania Ear Institute (PEI) and the Speech-Language Institute (SLI).

OTI will serve as the clinical training site for OT students at Salus, offering diverse clinical experiences that emphasize various specializations including vision rehabilitation, emerging practice and community-based settings, and traditional placements.

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Salus students joined other Physician Assistant (PA) Studies students from Arcadia University, DeSales University, Drexel University, Jefferson University, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) and Temple University to participate in “The Amazing Race,” April 10, 2021, in Philadelphia.

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OT ARTICUL ATION DEAL WITH MANHAT TAN COLLEGE Salus recently signed an articulation agreement with Manhattan College to create a pathway for Manhattan College students to earn their master’s degrees in occupational therapy. Under the agreement, Salus will offer reserved seats to eligible Manhattan College students who successfully complete either a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in pre-occupational therapy and meet admissions criteria for the Salus Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program.

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Brianna Brim, MOT, OTR/L, CPAM, CLIPP, Assistant Professor, OT, has been appointed as director of OTI, the clinical facility for the Department of Occupational Therapy which recently opened for client care.

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POST-BACC PROGRAM ADDS SLP TRACK Students applying to the University’s Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program have required specific prerequisite courses since the program’s inception.

But as of fall 2021, this has changed.

Prospective students will be able to get that coursework through the SLP track in the University’s Post-baccalaureate program. And, what will set the program apart from others is prospective SLP students will now receive hands-on, patient-interaction experiences in the Post-bacc program, which will give them the best chance to get into a graduate program, either at Salus or someplace else.

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OT DEPARTMENT HAS FIRST DIPLOMA DAY

STUDENTS UNWIND AT PA FORMAL

year for PCO. Culminating in some truly memorable moments, by the conclusion of the event, PCO achieved two National Optometry Hall of Fame inductions, a student quiz bowl championship, and a 5K victory.

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AAPA CHALLENGE BOWL WINNING TEAM

The OT Class of 2021 had been thrown a lot of curveballs along the pandemic journey, adjusting to virtual learning and fieldwork. Some sort of face-to-face would allow students the opportunity to see each other, socialize and celebrate their accomplishments.

So, the OT department held its first-ever OT Diploma Day July 14, 2021, at the Hafter Student Community Center. More than half the graduating Class of 2021 attended the event.

After having more than a year of pandemic-related issues added to their already challenging graduate school workload, the University’s PA students were ready to blow off some steam.

The Salus PA student team placed fourth in the virtual American Academy of PAs (AAPA) conference Challenge Bowl competition on April 18, 2021.

The PA formal in July 2021 offered a festive atmosphere which included getting dressed up, dancing and socializing face-to-face for the first time in quite a while for the students, about 60 of whom attended.

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LVR PROGRAM FIRST TO BE ACCREDITED The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) has been accrediting Orientation and Mobility (O&M), Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) and Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVI) programs for a while now.

But the organization did not previously accredit Low Vision Rehabilitation (LVR) programs... until now. And, Salus University’s LVR program, in the Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS), is the first program to achieve this accreditation.

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Conference Updates BANNER YEAR FOR PCO/ SALUS

Highlights from Optometry’s Meeting® 2021, the annual meeting of the American Optometric Association (AOA) and American Optometric Student Association (AOSA), prove it was a banner

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Salus University is dedicated to promoting the values of DEI: respect, equity, dignity and equal opportunities for the University community and beyond.

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University News

New Members Join DEI Committee Dr. Juliana Mosley-Williams

AS DEI STRATEGIST ARTHUR CHAN says: “Diversity is a fact, equity is a choice, inclusion is an action, belonging is an outcome.” Thus, the goal of belonging is dependent upon our choosing to be equitable and being actively inclusive of the diversity present within our community.

This effort cannot be the responsibility of one person, nor achieved in a silo, but should be the work of the people. That’s why, as we returned to campus this fall, I’m proud to announce the newest members of our DEI Committee.

While the idea of a DEI Committee is not new to the Salus community, this renewed Committee is an extension of my role as Special Assistant to the President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

It takes the diverse backgrounds, voices, and perspectives of many representative matters. The Committee is charged with sharing this idea, providing awareness, and promoting the values of DEI: respect, equity, dignity, and equal opportunities for the Salus community and beyond. As students, faculty, and staff, they are expected to be active and engaged members of our community, in order to offer perspective that will inform and advise the Office of the President in maintaining an inclusive and diverse University community.

It was important to ensure that the tentacles of the committee were as broad and far-reaching as possible.

Thus, the University community was provided the opportunity to apply for committee membership, where they were asked to share their thoughts on diversity, equity and inclusion, and per-

sonal contributions to the committee.

As outlined in its charter, each of Salus’ three Colleges will have a student and faculty participate as members, with the remaining seats reserved for staff and/ or additional students and faculty. Each faculty and staff committee member will serve a two-year term, while students will serve a one-year term; each committee member, however, can serve for an additional term.

The Committee has decided to form four subcommittees that will address specific DEI issues and topics, such as disparities in disability and accessibility, sexuality and gender, race and ethnicity, and health equity. The subcommittees will offer another opportunity for the campus community to engage with the DEI Committee and may welcome additional members to participate.

With several meetings underway, I am already excited by the energy and ideas shared, and looking forward to the work and activity that will come out of this Committee. The experiences and insights of the members are invaluable and will provide a platform for other voices in the Salus community to be amplified. They have committed to joining me and sharing the responsibility for ensuring respect, equity and dignity are paramount on campus.

But, as I mentioned before, our work cannot be done alone. Email diversity@salus.edu to share any ideas and feedback to help us achieve our DEI goals. You can also visit salus.edu/DEI-events for information on upcoming and past events.

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COMMIT TEE MEMBERS Sampson Abu ’25OD Rasheeda Barlow, Patient Access Coordinator Chaitali Baviskar, Assistant Vice President of Clinical Operations Taylor Foley ’23SLP Julie Jimenez ’23AUD James Konopack, PhD, Dean, College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER), Deans Council Representative Lisa Lonie, MS, Executive Assistant to the President - Committee Secretary Michael H. Mittelman, OD, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE, President, Ex-Officio Juliana Mosley-Williams, PhD, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Committee Chair Adaeze Nnabue ’24OD, Cultural Affinity Organization Representative, White Coats for Black Live (WC4BL) Jacqueline Patterson, MPA, Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Community Relations Carlos Rodriguez, Director, Safety & Security Monica Scirrotto, MS, Director of Admissions Brandy Scombordi-Raghu, OD ’98, Resident ’99, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, PCO Faculty Representative Margie Singer, Academic Coordinator, Department of International and Continuing Education Lachelle Smith, MS, CVRT, Assistant Professor, Blindness and Low Vision Studies, CHER Faculty Representative Amanda Thomason-Ayars, AuD, Osborne College of Audiology (OCA) Faculty Representative

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Alumni News ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Alumni and Friends, After these many months of experiencing the pandemic that few of us have ever experienced, we have started to venture out in public and interact with one another face-to-face. The Salus community has remained strong through the pandemic and worked together to maintain our high level of professionalism and partnership.

I am proud and honored to introduce myself as the current president of the Alumni Association. I have been a part of the Association since July 2012, when one of my former professors suggested me because she thought I would be a good fit. I graduated from the University’s (then) College of Education and Rehabilitation (CER) as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) and an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) specialist. I believe I was one of the first members from my College to be on the Alumni Board of Directors. All members before me, as well as the individuals on our current board, are there because we believe in supporting the University’s students.

I am excited to welcome the incoming class of students, as well as those returning to campus.

The Alumni Association is committed to contributing to student success. We are doing more to connect with students, our future alumni, including having a presence at commencement, new student orientation, the Student Fair, speaking to individual classes and more.

We continue to foster our initiatives such as learning grants which assist with registration expenses to professional conferences or travel expenses for humanitarian trips. Even when travel was not allowed, we continued to offer grants to defray the cost of virtual conferences.

There is so much you can do to be a part of this exciting community, and we welcome all of you. Presently, Kayla Hawkins ’24OD, and Megan Kirkpatrick ’24AUD, are our student representatives. We are also looking forward to welcoming a student representative from the College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER). And, last but certainly not least, we invite you to become an alumni ambassador.

I hope we all have a great year and I look forward to working with everyone.

Warm regards,

Merle Silverbook MEd, TVI ’08, O&M Specialist ’10

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Class Notes

Class Notes 2020s Michele A. Tarantino, OTD ’18, is now a professor of Occupational Therapy (OT) at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, utilizing her OTD from Salus to teach new OT students. She also started a small business called “EyeHelp Consulting” to provide low vision services to clients in their homes.

Nathan Williams, OD ’17, Lindi Marie Williams (Hutchinson), OD ’18 and Katherine (Kate) Henning OD ’97, remodeled an older building in Galax, Virginia, opening a new state-of-the-art practice called Blue Ridge Eye Care Associates. Drs. Williams and Williams also welcomed their first child in Spring 2020, Orion.

Dr. Methvien excels at treating common and complex eye conditions. She focuses her care on the management and treatment of keratoconus and other corneal pathology with the latest in contact lens technology. Her talent has been recognized in Visionary Optics and Conforma Labs for excellence in patient care regarding contact lenses. Dr. Methvien holds a Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPA) certification, allowing her to prescribe the most up-to-date medications necessary to help her patients.

She uses the TPA certification to treat ocular infections, glaucoma, emergency eye-related illnesses, or ocular injuries requiring medication. She operates primarily from Princeton Eye Group at their offices in Somerset and Monroe Township, New Jersey.

When Salus University alumni Rachel Plavnik, MS ’19, Shannon LaSalle, MS ’17, Amanda Kaufmann, MS ’17, and Alexa Gutman, MS ’17, embarked on their academic journeys, despite all the guidance and direction they would receive as students enrolled in the University’s Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program, none of them anticipated their degrees leading them to the West Coast.

Mashael Y. AlNamaeh, OD ’10, MSc, PhD, FAAO, was recently recognized

by Women in Optometry for her development of a virtual eye research center for ODs who want to do clinical research but do not know how or where to begin. Dr. Al-Namaeh is the founder of the Eye Research Center. Her PhD focus was in biomedicine and eye movement. Since graduating, she has spent her time at several universities.

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Angela M. Tempesta, OD ’15, married Andrew Aidan Brown in May of 2021 at the Church of St. Gregory, Clarks Summit.

Kelly O’Shea, OD ’08, and Bradford Harrington recently announced their engagement. They will be planning a wedding for Fall 2022.

2010s Tiffani F. Methvien, OD ’19, was recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Top Optometrist for her exceptional talent in optometry. As an optometrist with several years of professional experience,

opportunity to participate in its space science campaign for the systemic microcirculation in weightlessness (zero-g). They observed the retina during regular-g, hyper-g and zero-g phases of 93 parabolic cycles in three scientific flights intensively. Additionally, intraocular pressure, blood pressure, pulse and systemic oximetry, as well as a variety of proteins and inflammatory markers from blood samples were investigated.

2000s In June 2021, the University of Duesseldorf in Germany offered Michael Baertschi, PhD ’15, MSc ’97, MEd, the

Essentia Health welcomed Amy K. Rothermel, AuD ’06, in June 2021.

In addition to hearing loss, she also specializes in auditory-processing disorders, which involve the brain’s

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Class Notes ability to process sounds effectively. She enjoys working with hearing aids and has a passion for assistive listening devices.

Robert M. DiSogra, AuD ’03, has been lecturing both live and remotely on the Audiological Management of COVID19 Survivors to state academies of audiology and state speech and hearing associations since fall 2020. He has also published eight articles for the American Academy of Audiology’s Coronavirus Resource page. (www.audiology.org).

Dr. DiSogra was the recipient of the 2020 Award for Clinical Excellence from the American Academy of Audiology.

Sean W. Smolenyak, OD ’01, joined the Edenton location of Albemarle Eye Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in spring 2021. Nearsighted since kindergarten, it was his early visits to the eye doctor’s office that stirred a passion in helping others maximize their vision and protecting their eye health.

Dr. Smolenyak initially started his career at Albemarle Eye Care in 2001, but was subsequently recruited to join The Kelly Eye Center in Raleigh in 2005. During his tenure in Raleigh over the last 16 years, he was exposed to and utilized some of the newest technologies and treatments for a range of ocular diseases. Dr. Smolenyak specializes in the medical management of eye diseases including ocular emergencies, ocular surface disease, macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and glaucoma. He also has extensive experience in the pre-and post-operative management of cataract surgery, having helped manage more than 40,000 patients.

An interest in eyes led Sakesha Caston, OD ’00, to PCO and eventually to a successful career as an optometrist. But it’s her interest in the opposite end of the human body — particularly in tiny toes — which gave her success of another

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kind, that of children’s author. She has published her first children’s book, titled “Mommy Loves My Little Toes,” and it’s been a long journey from the time she had the concept to the time it culminated into a reality.

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1990s Luanne Chubb, OD ’90, was appointed to a second term for the Pennsylvania State Board of Optometry and currently serves as its chair. Additionally, she will also be serving a second term on the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) and participating on several committees within the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO). Dr. Chubb currently practices at the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Laurie Lesser, OD ’92, is now the eyecare director for Bailey Nelson, an Australian multinational optical retail chain in North America and the United Kingdom.

Michele Donovan, OD ’99, is currently serving on the board of directors for the South Carolina Optometric Physicians Association (SCOPA) as president.

She has served as a member for the past five years where she was a director, vice president and president-elect. She will continue to serve on the board next year as the immediate past president.

1980s Snead Eye Group announces that Brenda J. Polewac, OD ’84, has joined the practice. Dr. Polewac grew up outside of Pittsburgh and earned

her Bachelor of Science degree at West Liberty University and her Doctor of Optometry degree from PCO. She is board-certified and a current member of the American Optometric Association (AOA), the Florida Optometric Association and Southwest Florida Optometric Association. Dr. Polewac has been in practice for more than 30 years in Southwest Florida and has recently moved her practice to Snead Eye Group’s Bonita Springs and Naples, Florida locations. She is married to Norman Arons, OD ’84, whom she met at PCO. Cathy D. Stern, OD ’80, retired at the end of 2020 following a 40-year career of helping both children and adults with vision therapy and vision rehabilitation, treating students at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton, Massachusetts, working with athletes who want to be better at what they do, those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury and maintaining a private practice. For more than 20 years, her focus has been on using vision therapy and vision rehabilitation to provide successful learning and recreational experiences no matter how clear a patient’s vision might be. In addition to her professional work, Dr. Stern was an elected town meeting member in Brookline, Massachusetts, is active with the Lions Club in Canton, is the board chairman for Hillel Council of New England, and volunteers at the South Shore food pantry.

During this year’s Optometry’s Meeting, Salus University president Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE, was enshrined in the National Optometry Hall of Fame. For 22 years, the Hall of Fame has honored Doctors of Optometry who have made significant contributions to the optometric profession. Dr. Mittelman, originally

Class Notes inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019, but unable to attend the ceremony, was also officially recognized during the optometry profession event, which took place in Denver.

1970s Janet E. Summers, OD ’78, is pursuing a Master of Science in Organizational Development and Leadership at the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas.

She is currently an assistant professor at the Rosenberg School of Optometry in San Antonio, Texas.

from time to time to enjoy life. Living in Atlantic Beach, Florida, for the past 26 years, he has become an authority on sea turtles through the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) as well as a National Park volunteer ranger and civic leader. Meanwhile, professionally as a clinician and educator, after graduation in 1969 from PCO, he instituted and advanced the concept of primary eye care and therapeutics for optometry through the 1970s and 1980s;

Satya Verma, OD ’75, FAAO, DPNAP, Diplomate, was named as one of the 2020 inductees into the National Optometric Hall of Fame. He is currently an associate professor and director, externship program, at PCO/Salus. He has served with distinction in countless roles and developed a keen interest in geriatric optometry. He currently serves on the AOA’s Ethics and Values Committee.

Robert W. Ford, OD ’72, is now the chief of optometry at a Community Health Center in Brockport, New York, which has seven locations in western New York and provides comprehensive optical and dental services, general medicine, pediatric care and behavioral health.

Prior to that, he worked in the Medical Department at the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, following graduation. After 20 years, Dr. Ford became the director of the Kodak Vision Care Program Worldwide.

1960s Louis (Lou) Catania, OD ’69, FAAO, has always advised his colleagues in optometry that you should “reinvent yourself”

furthered the concept of primary care optometry internationally from the ’80s into the 21st century; introduced and taught refractive laser care to optometry and ophthalmology in the ’90s; and has studied ocular and general immunology (PCO and UPenn) since the early ’90s.

Since discontinuing active practice eight years ago, he didn’t exactly retire. Rather, he “reinvented” himself once more doing postdoctoral work in AI (MIT) and immunology (Stanford) and has written three books, “Foundations of AI in Health Care and Bioscience” (Elsevier, 2020); “AI for Immunology” (T&F, 2021); and “The Enemy Within Us: Understanding immunology, inflammation, autoimmune disease, cancer and COVID-19” (Elsevier, in print for Fall, 2021). But Dr. Catania has certainly not forgotten optometry and eyecare. He is currently

revising (3rd edition) his award-winning textbook, “Catania’s Primary Care of the Anterior Segment” with coauthor Dr. Brian Armitage due out in Spring 2022.

John R. Anthony, OD ’65, FAAO, worked 40 years in a private optometric practice in San Diego, California, before retiring.

Dr. Anthony served three years on active duty in the Navy and stayed active in the Navy Reserve for a total of 27 years. He is the past president of the California State Board of Optometry and the past president of the San Diego County Optometric Society. Dr. Anthony has been married 53 years to Betsy Limbach.

Together, they have two daughters and four grandkids. His daughter Julie Arcemont is also an optometrist, practicing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Richard A. Feldstein, OD ’62, is still practicing and enjoys seeing patients. Dr. Feldstein currently works with blind children learning to play tennis by sound through incorporation.

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Where are they now?

CASEY HEFFELFINGER, MS ’20, CCC-SLP During the pandemic, Casey Heffelfinger, MS ’20, CCC-SLP, kept herself challenged by doing puzzles, which she admits has caused her to be on the receiving end of some razzing from her circle of friends.

But, when it came time to choose a career to pursue, that was an easier puzzle to solve for Heffelfinger.

Since the age of 12, she knew she wanted to someday go into the medical field, although she didn’t want to be a doctor or a nurse. So, as she continued along her educational path, Heffelfinger started to explore the professions of physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology (SLP).

She eventually settled on the SLP profession and didn’t look back. She secured a job as a SLP in a skilled nursing facility in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She also finished her clinical fellowship and received her Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC).

READ MORE AT SALUS.EDU/CASEYHEFFELFINGER

DEVIN WILLIAMS, OD ’17 One of the career aspirations Devin Williams, OD ’17, had when he was younger was to be a doctor. He just didn’t quite know what particular kind of doctor he wanted to become.

While at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he pursued a degree in Biology, he decided to shadow professionals in the career paths he was most interested in which were dentistry and optometry.

“I think once I learned the foundation of optics and how the eye worked, that influenced me to decide on optometry,” said Dr. Williams.

The Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University was his next stop. He was also inspired by his personal optometrist in Virginia, another PCO/Salus grad, Kristy (Chmeilewski) Ambrose, OD ’07. She would be the first optometrist Dr. Williams shadowed and would continue to be instrumental during his graduate school years. All of the in-depth training he received at PCO/Salus along with the mentorship from Dr. Ambrose filled Dr. Williams with an increased confidence when graduation arrived and he was able to make his mark as a professional.

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ELIZABETH PAT TERSON, AUD ’09 There is nothing to fear from change.

And, sometimes, audiologists need to put themselves in a position where they are the instruments of change.

That’s the message Elizabeth Patterson, AuD ’09, who has been a practicing audiologist for more than a half century, would like to impart on her colleagues — that audiologists should recognize change as an opportunity to help better the profession.

In 2006, mid-career, Dr. Patterson enrolled in the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) School of Audiology.

The name changed in 2008 to the Osborne College of Audiology (OCA), when Salus was established. She received her degree online in 2009.

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In Memoriam WITH SORROW, THE UNIVERSIT Y NOTES THE PASSING OF

1940s Arnold Klein, OD ’43, passed away on October 29, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida at the age of 98. Born in New York City, Dr. Klein grew up and resided in Clifton, New Jersey, where he graduated from Clifton High School in 1939. He served in the United States Army during World War II before graduating from PCO. Dr. Klein practiced optometry for more than 50 years at the same location on Clifton Avenue. He was an active participant in community organizations, Kiwanis, the Clifton Chamber of Commerce, and he was a third-degree Freemason. He was an active board member of the New Jersey Optometric Association and served as president for two terms.

He was predeceased by his parents, Louise and Joseph Klein, and his wife of 53 years, Lorraine. He is survived by his children, Jeff Klein (Sherrie), Barbara Batt (Gerald); five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; and significant other, Arlene Borsky.

Seymour A. Schor, OD ’48, passed away on August 3, 2019, in Denver, at the age of 100. He was husband to the late Pearl Schor; father of Bobbie (Glen) Zelkind, Cindy (Joe) Archer, Patti Schor, Mark (Sue) Schor and the late David Schor; six grandchildren and six

great-grandchildren; brother, Al (Mary) Schor and his sisterin-law, Edyth Schor.

1950s Leon J. Marks, OD ’50, passed away on May 13, 2021.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice Brint Marks; his parents Morris and Blume; and brothers Nathan and Reuben. He is survived by his sons, Jay and Michael, their wives, Becky and Laura; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1921, where he graduated from public high school. He attended Lynchburg College on a baseball scholarship before going to work with his brother in Washington, D.C. He joined the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II, graduated officer candidate school, and was an ordinance officer on B-17’s and B-29’s.

He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After retiring, he was a member of the Jewish War Veterans.

After the war, he attended PCO on the GI Bill. Soon thereafter, he started a solo practice in the small town of Orange, Virginia, where he was the only eye doctor in the county. Dr. Marks was active in the Rotary Club and the Jaycees. When he retired in 1991, Bea and Leon left Orange for Little Rock, Arkansas, to be near their grandchildren. The family

belonged to Temple Beth Shalom in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Leon and Bea became active members of Congregation B’nai Israel, after moving to Arkansas.

One of the joys of Leon’s life was being a volunteer at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.

Louis J. Pietrandrea, OD ’51, passed away on October 2, 2020, after a brief illness.

He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1927, to Dominic Pietrandrea and Mary Rause (Rauso). Dr. Pietrandrea was a graduate of Greensburg High School and then went on to join the Army Air Force at age 18 serving in Special Services from 1944 to 1947. He attended Penn State University in State College and graduated from the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry (PSCO), which became the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO).

He met Sally Jane Grant of Sunbury, Pennsylvania. while they were both students in Philadelphia and the couple enjoyed a happy, loving marriage of 63 years before Sally’s death in August of 2015. Nicknamed “Dr. Pete,” he began his practice in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, in 1954. He enjoyed a deeply satisfying and successful career of 40 years before retiring. The two moved from Mifflinburg to Mills River, North Carolina, in the mid-2000s. He is survived by two daughters, Christine

Pietrandrea of Lexington, Kentucky, and Nancy Scheewe of Mills River, North Carolina; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Warren D. Palmer, OD ’55, passed away on March 3, 2021. Dr. Palmer was born March 23, 1929, in Durham, North Carolina. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his only sister, Ruth and brothers: Clarence, Edgar, Douglas, Joseph, Coleridge and Robert. He graduated in June 1946 from Hillside High School, where he excelled as an honor student and outstanding football player. In the fall of 1946, he continued his education at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he received a full football scholarship and graduated with honors in June 1950. His educational journey continued with his acceptance into PSCO in 1950, graduating with honors in 1955. After receiving licensure to practice optometry in the state of Ohio, Dr. Palmer moved to Toledo and opened his optometric practice in the fall of 1955. He was a managing partner of the consortium developed to construct an office building that was owned and managed by African American medical professionals. He retired in 1983. Dr. Palmer attended AME Zion Methodist Church in Durham as a child.

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In Memoriam Church. His wife of 69 years, Laura Ann Borgus, affectionately called him “Tank.”

They became the parents of one son, Warren Donnell Palmer, Jr., (aka “Don”).

Survivors include his wife and caregiver, Laura, son, Warren “Don” (Beth) of Baltimore, Maryland; and brother, Dr. Elliott B. Palmer, Sr. (Juanita) of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Paul E. Cohen, OD ’56, passed away on March 10, 2021, at age 88. He was born June 5, 1932 in Queens, New York, to Frieda and Benjamin.

On September 4, 1955, he married Marilyn, his wife of 65 years. They raised two daughters, Penny Rednor and Marcy Hockfield. Dr. Cohen practiced in Morrisville, Pennsylvania for more than 40 years. He is survived by his wife; his brother Allen; his two children; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Louis G. Hoffman, OD, FAAO ’56, passed away on April 29, 2021. As an early pioneer in the fields of vision therapy and vision development, Dr. Hoffman’s influence on the profession of optometry was immeasurable, ranging from significant academic research to the long list of students and optometrists who considered him a friend and a mentor. Dr. Hoffman graduated from PSCO in 1956, and it was there that he began his groundbreaking career in pediatric optometry.

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tometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University was advanced not just by the many students whom he shaped and inspired, but also by those closest to him: his son Dr. Robert Hoffman, daughter-in-law Dr. Lianne Inouye, and grandson Dr. Steven Hoffman - all SCCO graduates. Dr. Hoffman’s family is honoring him and his contributions to SCCO through the establishment of the Louis Hoffman, OD Scholarship Endowment.

Norman A. Sadowsky, OD ’58, passed away on June 28, 2021.

Joel M. Wilck, OD ’59, passed away on January 26, 2021. Husband to Laura, father and father-in-law to Adrian and Daniel and grandfather of two. Dr. Wilck was a respected optometrist in Brooklyn, New York, for 60 years.

1960s Carmelo J. LoParo, OD ’61, passed away on May 7, 2021, at the age of 87.

David E. FitzGerald, Jr., OD ’66, FAAO, FCOVD, passed away on February 13, 2021, at the age of 80. A lifelong Hudson Valley, New York, resident, he was born in Newburgh, New York, to D. Edward and M. Frances (Shinners) on April 14, 1940.

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graduated from Newburgh Free Academy, Providence College, and PCO, earning honors in both college and graduate school. Afterward, he served as a captain in the United States Army. At the time of his death, Dr. FitzGerald was retired from the faculty and held the position of Clinical Professor Emeritus at SUNY College of Optometry, where he had taught for decades. At SUNY, he co-founded the Infant Vision Clinic and developed a pediatric residency program.

Prior to teaching full time at SUNY, Dr. FitzGerald practiced optometry in his home town for 30 years. He was a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and a Diplomate in Pediatric Optometry, as well as a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. In addition, he was a 50-year member of the American Optometric Association. Beyond his professional life, Dr. FitzGerald was a parishioner of Sacred Heart of Newburgh and St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Churches, a life member and past president of the Newburgh Lions Club, and he served on the Cornwall Board of Education, the Cornwall Assessment Board of Review, and the Cornwall-on-Hudson Zoning Board. He was also a member of the Cornwall Historical Society and the American Legion. In 1965, he married Marie Totonelly, with whom he raised three children. He is survived by his wife of 55 years; children: David (Lynn Airasian) of West Simsbury, Connecticut, Colleen Dun-

ning of Cornwall-on-Hudson, and Suzanne FitzGerald of Bethesda, Maryland; nine grandchildren: and six sisters.

Milton Chasin, OD ’69, passed away on May 13, 2021, at the age of 78. He was born on Nov. 15, 1942 to Al and Ray in the Bronx, New York. He spent his childhood in New York City and later moved to Hollywood, Florida, where he graduated from high school. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in 1965. Shortly after receiving his Doctorate in Optometry from PCO in 1969, he moved to Kingston, New York, to begin practicing optometry and to raise a family. He would call the Hudson Valley home for the next 51 years.

Other than sharing the latest news and bragging about the accomplishments of his children, his greatest passion was his optometry practice of 51 years alongside Augustus Guarante, OD ’79.

He is survived by his children: Julie (Stephen), Zacharias, Erika (Sergio), Efthimia, and Alexander and his fiancé Elizabeth; four grandchildren; and a sister.

1970s Edward J. Cogan, Jr., OD ’73, passed away on January 20, 2021. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, he lived in Glens Falls, New York, before moving to Toms River, New Jersey, in 1974. He received his bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and his doctorate from PCO. He

In Memoriam was the optometrist and owner of The Eye Glass Store in Toms River for many years.

He was predeceased by his parents, Edward Sr. and Anne. Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Renee (nee Concato), two children Ryan Cogan of Toms River and Elyse Cogan of Toms River; and three siblings.

Thomas J. DeLuca, OD ’74, passed away on April 14, 2021. He was born May 26, 1948, to Thomas and Mae of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

When he was 14, he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Affannato. They dated throughout high school and married in 1970. He attended PCO, earning several honors and awards upon his graduation in 1974. The couple returned to Connecticut, where Tom began practicing optometry, and performing research with Bausch + Lomb to revolutionize the clinical application of soft contact lens wear. He was later elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Dr. DeLuca owned a successful optometry practice that served the Prospect, Cheshire, Waterbury, and New Haven, Connecticut, communities for more than 45 years.

1980s David F. Fetterman, OD ’81, passed away on March 16, 2021, at his farm in Turbotville, Pennsylvania.

Born March 4, 1949, he was a son of the late Gerald and Alice (Gourley). On June 3, 1989, he married the former

Deborah Gantt, who survives, and together they celebrated 31 years of marriage. David was a 1967 graduate of Punxsutawney High School.

He was enrolled in the ROTC program while attending Penn State University, and joined the U.S. Marine Corps serving for four years in Hawaii, achieving the rank of captain. Dr. Fetterman later attended the PCO, earning his Doctorate in Optometry.

He worked as an optometrist at Fort Ord, California, fulfilling a three-year obligation to the United States Army.

Dr. Fetterman returned to Pennsylvania and operated his own practice in Milton for more than 30 years. He sat on the Board of Directors at Milton Savings Bank, and was a member of the Milton Lions Club. Surviving in addition to his wife and son, Erik Spudes, of Milton, are a sister-in-law; stepmother, Johanna Mitchell, of Hamilton, and her two children. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by one brother, Richard.

1990s Sister Judith A. Moeller, ’95, passed away on February 5, 2021 at age 55 after battling cancer. She was born on March 16, 1947, one of six children. Her parents Frank and Martha (Bispels) raised their family in Our Lady of Grace Parish in Penndel, Pennsylvania. Sister Judith went to Our Lady of Grace Elementary School and Bishop Egan High School; she graduated from high

school in 1965. Later, while in community, she earned her bachelor of arts degree from Immaculata and a master’s in Education from Temple University in Special Education. Sister Judith entered the community on September 8, 1965; she received her habit and her religious name, Sister Martha Francis, on June 27, 1966. Sister Martha Francis pronounced her First Vows on June 28, 1968. In the fall of 1968 through the school year ending in 1980, Sister taught primary grade children at St. Charles School in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania; St. Teresa in Runnemede, New Jersey; St. Anastasia in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania; and St. Francis de Sales in Philadelphia. In the fall of 1980, Sister taught at St. Lucy Day School, a school for children with visual impairments. Sister taught children in grades third through fifth until the school year ended in 1984. Sister then served as principal of St. Lucy Day School in the fall of 1984 through August 1994. For the school year 1994-1995, Sister Judith assisted at Good Shepherd School. Then, from 1995 through 2001, Sister served as superior of St. Dominic Convent and parttime teacher at St. Dominic School. In August 2001, Sister worked with children in the Tutoring Center at St. Aloysius Academy until the end of the school term in 2004. The children at Our Lady of Confidence School were blessed to have Sister Judith serve as their principal from August 2004 through August 2017.

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Salus University 2020-2021 Annual Report Dear Friends and Colleagues, At Salus University, what sets us apart is how we come together. We have seen how Salus has grown in excellence together, and so much of that growth is because of YOU — our alumni, who have given your time, resources, and expertise to our community.

As you know, there are so many ways to support Salus University, long after you’ve hung your diploma on the wall. However, there are two avenues of support that have an incredible and lasting impact.

As an alumnus, you can have a positive impact on today’s Salus students by providing externship opportunities and serving as a preceptor, providing supervision during clinical practice, and facilitating the application of concepts and theories in practice. Externships provide real-life experience for students so they can put their classroom and lab learning directly to work. Preceptors evaluate student performance and provide guidance and mentorship as they build their professional skills. Whether you are working in optometry, audiology, occupational therapy, physician assistant, or rehabilitation, there are students who need your support and expertise during their educational journey.

If you’re interested in providing an externship or serving as a preceptor at an existing externship site, please contact alumni@salus.edu.

The other impactful way you can continue to support the Salus community is by making a financial donation. The generous contributions of our alumni and friends, along with many philanthropic foundations and companies, make it possible for our students to proceed on an educational path that is focused and fulfilling. Together, our supporters ensure that the medical professionals we educate, train, and graduate have a positive effect on every corner of the globe. Your support — whether it’s a one-time donation right now, a recurring pledge over the next five years, or even a planned gift that will ensure the strength of your Salus legacy — makes it possible for us to be a transformative and immeasurable source of good health, now and for years to come.

To make a financial donation and help support Salus students who are striving to join your ranks, please contact me at 215-780-1397 or jpatterson@salus.edu.

To make a year-end donation online, visit salus.edu/giving or scan the QR code.

Please stay in touch with us! We look forward to connecting with you in person or virtually over the coming year. And thank you for continuing to support Salus. Together, we are a force for the future.

Jacqueline Patterson, MPA Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Community Relations

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Financial Summary

Salus University Private Funding Report

JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

Source of Funds

30%

6%

31%

Alumni $385,764

Associations, Organizations, Other $77,488

Corporations, Vendors $391,950

18% Foundations, Trusts, Funds $224,715

11%

4%

Individuals, Patients, Parents, Friends, Preceptors $138,206

Trustees $53,856

Revenues, Gains and Other Support 5.29% 2.41%

Patient care, net

Contributions

5.83%

0.64% Other and Investment return

2.00% Auxillary enterprises

Grant revenue

3.08% Allocation of Endowment Spending

80.75% Tuition

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Financial Summary YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021

Salus University and its Foundation Consolidated Statements of Activities

PERCENT OF OPERATING ACTIVITY

TOTAL

80.75%

$ 43,753,256

Allocation of Endowment Spending

3.08%

1,671,579

Grant revenue

5.83%

3,159,431

Contributions

2.41%

1,303,014

Patient care, net

5.29%

2,868,785

Other and Investment return

0.64%

344,108

Auxillary enterprises

2.00%

1,086,410

100.0%

$ 54,186,583

44.72%

$ 22,943,281

Academic support

6.25%

3,204,517

Research

2.53%

1,299,206

Student services

6.80%

3,490,032

Patient care

15.72%

8,062,227

Institutional support

21.69%

11,129,308

Auxiliary enterprises

1.76%

904,823

Scholarships and Fellowships

0.52%

266,446

100.0%

$ 51,299,840

Revenues, Gains and Other Support Tuition

Total Revenues, Gains and Other Support Operating Expenses Instruction

Total Operating Expenses Change in net assets from operating activities

2,866,743

Nonoperating Income Investment income (Losses)

$ 409,310

Net Unrealized and Realized Gains on Investments

12,147,171

Allocation of Endowment Spending Other Revenue

839,656

Total nonoperating gains

11,724,558

Change in net assets

14,611,301

Net assets at Beginning of Year

$ 72,367,258

Net assets at End of Year

$ 86,978,559

Note: Consolidated Statements of Activities include unrestricted, temporarily restricted and permanently restricted.

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Financial Summary

JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

Salus University Private Funding Report TOTAL RECEIVED

TOTAL

30%

$ 385,764

6%

77,488

Corporations, Vendors

31%

391,950

Foundations, Trusts, Funds

18%

224,715

Individuals, Patients, Parents, Friends, Preceptors

11%

138,206

4%

53,856

100.0%

$ 1,271,980

93%

$ 1,177,925

7%

94,055

100.0%

$ 1,271,980

Source of Funds Alumni Associations, Organizations, Other

Trustees Total Designated Use of Funds Restricted Unrestricted Total

Closing date for the above figures is June 30, 2021. All gifts received after that date will be reflected on the next annual report.

Based on Office of Institutional Advancement pre-audit figures.

“Your support makes it possible for us to be a transformative and immeasurable source of good health, now and for years to come.”

JACQUELINE PAT TERSON, MPA

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Leadership Gifts JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

The University recognizes donors who have made significant cumulative gifts providing major institutional support. We also recognize generous gifts in the current year.

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

$25,000 or more this fiscal year Albert B Millett Memorial Fund: BNY Mellon Alcon * Elizabeth King Trust c/o BNY Mellon Escalon Medical Corp.

Mr. Reade Fahs Patrick M. Fleming, OD ’87 * Hafter Family Foundation Robert L. Henry, OD ’35 * Independence Blue Cross Foundation National Vision Inc. Office Depot * Wayne N. Tabachnick, OD ’70 TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank The McLean Contributionship DEAN’S CIRCLE

$10,000 or more this fiscal year Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry Estate of Joseph F. Bacon, OD ’63 (d) James F. Brobst, OD ’94 Capital Vision Services LLC CooperVision, Inc. Ms. Rebecca Delia Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., LLC Johnson & Johnson Vision Mr. Alan Lindy / Lindy Propery Management Co.

Marco Family Foundation, Inc. Richard J. Neuer, OD ’54 * New Jersey Academy of Optometry * Pennsylvania Vision Foundation Salus University Alumni Association Salus University Student Council Ms. Jane Scaccetti * STAAR Surgical TD Charitable Foundation The Patricia Kind Family Foundation Melissa E. Trego, OD ’04, PhD * Vision Benefits of America Estate of Clifford C Wagner, OD ’51 (d) KEYSTONE SOCIET Y

$5,000-$9,999 this fiscal year or cumulative giving of $50,000 American Heritage Federal Credit Union American Optometric Association Radhika Aravamudhan, PhD The Beeman Family Foundation Thomas E. Beeman, PhD Fox Rothschild LLP * Mrs. Adrienne P. Haine-Schoenes Johnson & Johnson Keplr Vision Lorraine Lombardi, PhD Luxottica Group Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MBA, MPH * Kenneth S. Newton, MS Manikandan Rajappa, MPH ’14 Marvin L. Schrum, OD ’80 * Donald R. Smith, OD ’73 Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation * Strategic Health Alliance, LLC Mrs. Jo Surpin * The Gitlin Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

VSP Global PILL AR SOCIET Y

$2,500-$4,999 this fiscal year Daniel A. Abramowicz, PhD * Allergan Derrick L. Artis, OD ’89 James M. Caldwell, OD ’89, EdM * Conicelli Toyota Crown Holdings, Inc. * Mrs. Jennifer D’Arrigo Zuckerman Barry S. Eckert, PhD Larry M. Fuerman, OD ’77 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gaal General Vision Services Mr. Keith D. Ignotz * Ms. Joyce Koh Donald H. Lakin, OD ’53 * Marie A. Marrone-Moriarty, OD ’89 Patriot Construction Mrs. Jacqueline Patterson Juan Sanchez Sharp’s Landscaping, Inc. * Girija Sundar, PhD Ha-Phuong T. Tran, OD ’98 * Ms. Emily Turner Webber Associates, LLC Brian D. Zuckerman, Esq. CORNESTONE SOCIET Y

$1,000-$2,499 this fiscal year Diane T. Adamczyk, OD ’85 * American Painting & Decorating David R. Anderson, OD ’82 Anonymous * AudiologyOnline Robert P. Bittel, Jr., OD’83 Mark B. Boas, OD ’86, MS and Suzanne O. Boas, OD ’86 * Bettie B. Borton, AuD Brass Lock & Key Corporation * Victor H. Bray, MSc, PhD *

Kerry J. Burrell, OD ’03 Edith C. Butler, OD ’86 CalvertHealth Foundation, Inc. Craig A. Cassey, OD ’86 * Eva Marie A. Cekaitis, OD ’86 * Chadwick Optical Dale Ching, OD ’77 Connie L. Chronister, OD ’86, MS ’10 * Christy A. Coleman, OD ’95 Glenn S. Corbin, OD ’82 * Alissa M. Coyne, OD ’10 Crane Communications, Inc. Georgia K. Crozier, OD ’84, MS ’87 * Roger W. Cummings, OD ’76 Mr. Christopher B. Dezzi Anthony F. Di Stefano, OD ’73, MPH * Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Thomas M. P. Duffy, OD ’86 * Mr. Richard M. Echevarria * Mrs. Tamara Echevarria Elevator Construction & Repair Co., Inc. Barry J. Farkas, OD ’71 Mary E. Fediw, OD ’86 B. Scott Fine, OD ’72 David L. Fitzgerald, OD ’87 John J. Fitzgerald, III, DO * Donald M. Gleklen, JD * Lynn D. Greenspan, OD, PhD ’17 * Gail I. Gudmundsen, AuD ’02 Karen E. Jones, OD ’00 Howard Kane, OD ’79, MD Mr. Donald C. Kates and Mrs. Mo Ganey * Kathleen and Michael Kinslow Family Charitable Fund Ms. Maura A. Keenan * Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown James Konopack, PhD Lisa R. Levine, OD ’86 Liberty Mutual Affinity Marketing * Blaine A. Littlefield, OD ’83 *

“I decided to give back because I personally feel the opportunities I’ve experienced professionally trace back to the connections I’ve attained through my time at Salus University. I demonstrate my gratitude by donating and giving some of my time to the Alumni Association.”

ZACHARY D. SAUNDERS, MSOT ’17 SALUS UNIVERSIT Y ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD, SECRETARY/TREASURER

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* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

Leadership Gifts

Dennis H. Lyons, OD ’73 * Amanda M. Marchegiani, AuD ’10* Ms. Kyra G. McGrath Mid Atlantic Retina Mrs. Sarah W. Mitchell Montgomery Eye Physicians & Surgeons Marla L. Moon, OD ’82 * Claudia C. Morgan, OD ’99 Lawrence J. Mroz, OD ’83 * Jeffrey S. Nyman, OD and Mrs. Marilyn S. Nyman, MEd * Susan C. Oleszewski, OD ’76, MA Opt4 Group LLC Michele Palos-Samsi, PA-C Carlo J. Pelino, OD ’94 * Publishing Concepts, L.P.

Rajeev K. Raghu, OD ’98 and Brandy J. Scombordi-Raghu, OD ’98 Henry B. Samson, OD ’73 * Kenneth W. Savitski, OD ’87 * Janice E. Scharre, OD Mitchell Scheiman, OD, PhD ’16 * Charles Stone, AuD Robert D. Strohecker, OD ’89 David J. Strunk, OD ’77 * Nicole B. Swistak, OD ’03 Ms. Shannon Tornoe Brian S. Urban, AuD ’06 Melissa A. Vitek, OD ’95 * Walmart, Inc. Warby Parker Scott S. Weaver, OD ’77 * Harold J. Zell, Jr., OD ’78

Salus president Dr. Michael H. Mittelman greets attendees at an Alumni Association reception.

Heritage Society Members Heritage Society Members have made provision for Salus University as part of their estate planning in the form of a bequest, gift annuity, trust agreement or life insurance. Through their foresight and generosity, these donors help preserve the heritage of the University and build a stronger future for Salus University.

George A. Angello, Jr., OD ’75 Sheree J. Aston, OD ’82, MA, PhD Markus I. Barth, OD ’74 Celeste F. Bove, AuD ’03 Class of ’76 (1) Edward V. Cordes, III, OD ’77 Anthony F. Di Stefano, OD ’73, MPH Burton Eisenberg, OD ’67 B. Scott Fine, OD ’72 Kathy A. Foltner, AuD ’02 David H. Foster, OD ’82 Mr. Donald M. Gleklen Donald H. Lakin, OD ’53 Lawrence Lefland, OD ’81 Bernard D. Miskiv, OD ’71 Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MBA, MPH Marla L. Moon, OD, FAAO ’82 Adele Paul, OD ’80 Charles S. Papier, OD ’53 Kevin Ryan, OD ’78 Satya B. Verma, OD ’75

“I chose to make a bequest

to Osborne College of Audiology because I truly believe that Salus University is an outstanding educational model for the health sciences.

The audiology program offers excellent clinical opportunities to prepare students for an audiological career to better care for those who are in need.”

CELESTE F. BOVÉ, AUD ’03

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

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Alumni Contributors JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

CL ASS OF 1935

Thomas J. Joyce, Jr. *

Estate of Robert L. Henry *

CLASS OF 1961 Benigno J. Fernandez * Wayne D. Haeger Robert A. Rosenberg *

CL ASS OF 1943 SPRING

Freda Sattel * CLASS OF 1947 I. William Collins * Sylvan H. Eisman Harriet F. Sigel * CLASS OF 1949 Herbert Kramer Leon I. Schwartz * CLASS OF 1950 Victor S. Morrison Harold Wiener * CLASS OF 1951 W. Donald Plava * CLASS OF 1952 Bernard Mallinger CLASS OF 1953 Frank W. DiChiara * Donald H. Lakin * Floyd M. Lapidow Charles S. Papier * Robert R. Perlin * CLASS OF 1954 Richard J. Neuer * Stanley Tempchin * Melvin H. Winter * CLASS OF 1955 Marvin D. Fuchs Murray D. Glasner Arthur S. Grossman Martin G. Rubin David Sarason CLASS OF 1956 George L. Fechter CLASS OF 1957 Robert Fruhlinger * CLASS OF 1958 Robert Gerson * William R. Kline CLASS OF 1959 John G. Kulba * Ben Seidband * CLASS OF 1960

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CLASS OF 1962 Richard A. Feldstein E. Michael Geiger * Philip Gerson Gilbert E. Selvin CLASS OF 1963 Estate of Joseph F. Bacon Jeffrey M. Kramer Joseph R. Miele George A. Obssuth George C. Pence * Kenneth M. Talley * CLASS OF 1964 John R. Ferrari Robert J. Fleishman, Jr. * Arnold Sherman CLASS OF 1965 Allan N. Brull * Stanley Cohen Joseph G. Gackenbach * Alfred J. Galiani Paul D. Halpern M. Morse Michels Steven J. Simmerman CLASS OF 1966 Edward S. Campell * Irving Gurwood CLASS OF 1967 Bernard H. Blaustein * Stuart S. Cohn * Rudolph W. Croce * Burton Eisenberg Chester L. Kolley * Paul L. Pease J. Barry Sapperstein * CLASS OF 1968 Arnold Bierman Everett B. Fainberg * Martin Goldman * Robert M. Greenburg Melvyn S. Mazer * James J. Polkabla * Melvin W. Simmons CLASS OF 1969 Arnold R. Eger Samuel F. Grande Gary B. Irish * David A. Koch

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Melvin E. Lilly John H. Marsteller Walter S. Ramsey * John M. Renaldo Marlene C. Richardson * Gary L. Roberts Joseph B. Segal * Ronald E. Serfoss James A. Tribbett * CLASS OF 1970 Kenneth B. Bandolik * Michael Caplan * Walter J. Drill * Harvey O. Feldman Harold G. Kohn * Gary L. Scheib * David L. Schmolly * Richard J. Shuldiner Wayne N. Tabachnick Wayne W. Unice CLASS OF 1971 Gerald N. Adams * Jerard W. Brown * Barry J. Farkas James A. Goodyear Mark B. Gordon Reid L. Grayson * Donald P. Gutekunst * Stuart Kaufman Chrystyna P. Kuzmowych * Richard E. Margerum * Stephen Rudnick Samuel C. Smart * Ryan R. Sorg Wilbert E. Stock, Jr. * Eugene A. Winakor *

Dennis H. Lyons * Mark M. Mastervich * Ronald J. Minsky Eugene B. Person Joel H. Rogol * Henry B. Samson * Raymond J. Seeley * Joel A. Silbert Donald R. Smith Andrew J. Sokolik Larry D. Sumner Thomas P. Webb * CLASS OF 1974 Daniel D. Gottlieb * Henry A. Greene Bernice A. Machamer * Hal R. Mendel * Don P. Sheer Howard B. Stromwasser * William T. Suhr * James J. Veliky * CLASS OF 1975 Monroe N. Farmer, Jr. * Robert I. Goldstein * David J. Harakal Steven M. Laderberg * Steven A. Linas * John P. Menzel Satya B. Verma Christopher A. Weidig *

CLASS OF 1972 Dennis R. Delp * Mark L. Farbman B. Scott Fine Rex M. Higginbotham James E. Hill Victor H. Hoffman Elliot F. Lasky * Martin A. Mass Edward F. Pinn * David A. Rupp * Cecilia P. Williams

CLASS OF 1976 Donald K. Alexander * Timothy H. Atkinson John B. Cudlipp Roger W. Cummings Howard M. Davies, Jr. * Jay DeMesquita Dennis J. Francisco David A. Gourwitz * Rick L. Hartman Martin C. Kenig * David K. Kurtzman * Edward T. Marshaleck * Susan C. Oleszewski Leon J. Pendracky Steven D. Sitkoff Daniel J. Tulman * H. Ted Woodcome, II

CLASS OF 1973 John Bielinski Charles A. Bonelli, Jr. Stuart P. Creson * Anthony F. Di Stefano Douglas K. Gauvreau * Kenneth R. Gift * Douglas N. Glazer * Gene G. Lund

CLASS OF 1977 Roger L. Bergeron Dale Ching Edward V. Cordes, III Alexander R. Crinzi * Larry M. Fuerman Kenneth J. Hue Eugene J. McDonough Frederic A. Munz

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

Salus University Alumni Contributors David A. Palmieri William J. Prinsket * David J. Strunk * Scott S. Weaver * CLASS OF 1978 Marc D. Attman Leslie P. Brodsky * Christopher J. Dostal John C. Duff * Gary M. Fishberg Jerry S. Hardison * Marc S. Hecker Anthony E. Latagliata * Edward J. Patro * Frank J. Pirozzolo Lloyd M. Pritz William I. Rapoport * Leonard M. Steiner * Jeffrey S. Wigton * Harold J. Zell, Jr. CLASS OF 1979 Sarah D. Appel G. Richard Bennett * J. Michael Burke * Joan M. Cirbus Richard J. Clompus Robert J. Johnson, Jr. Howard Kane Robert L. Kardos * Paul J. Lobby * Gary E. Oliver * Lauren S. Scharf-Snyder Robert G. Snyder CLASS OF 1980 Vincent P. Bakey Joseph M. Bazarte * Joseph C. Biondolillo Jeffrey M. Brosof * Raymond W. Corry Michael J. Deitz * Richard C. Edlow Robin L. Gray Joseph M. Hanson * Roger K. Johnson Daniel P. Kramer * Richard D. Lappen Paul A. McManus David M. Melgary Michael H. Mittelman * Leonard J. Oshinskie Robert L. Owens David V. Pascarella Marvin L. Schrum * Joseph P. Shovlin * David A. Siegel * Cathy D. Stern Leonard M. Thurschwell * Michael A. Venus CLASS OF 1981 Jeffrey D. Anderson Joseph W. Babcock *

L. Philip Baier, II * Marylin S. Borza Alan H. Diamond David Paul Dozack * Lawrence Lefland * Edward H. Melman Arthur M. Moody, III Bruce G. Muchnick Edward V. Niemczyk * Michael L. Raff Mark S. Rakoczy Margaret J. Swinker CLASS OF 1982 David R. Anderson Kathryn E. Beckett * Kenneth W. Best * Michael G. Cohen Glenn S. Corbin * Michael D. DePaolis David H. Foster * Stuart L. Greenberg John A. Guzzetti Marie R. Levine * Adrienne Melgary Marla L. Moon * George E. Ozer William E. Sax * Barry M. Tannen Marci K. Wolfe * CLASS OF 1983 Joseph Audia Joel R. Banks * Marc M. Berson Robert P. Bittel, Jr. Lisa A. Carroll * Nina J. Cox Robert M. Currin Charles R. Ellermeyer * Steven H. Friedman * Scott A. Fuerman * Robert W. Guerra, III Blaine A. Littlefield * Jeffrey R. Lose Gerald P. Lubert Lawrence J. Mroz * Gary C. Nash Barry J. Toyzer Marc S. Wiener * Karen M. Wrigley-Haak * CL ASS OF 1984 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Richard Centar * Georgia K. Crozier Therese M. Farugia * Karen C. Fuchs Gary J. Havranek * Walter W. Ko * Judson B. Moon Margaret A. Muchnick Lynne E. Pierce

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

Michael A. Satryan * Steven R. Stanek Lawrence J. Sylvester Edward J. Wasloski CL ASS OF 1985 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Diane T. Adamczyk * Mary S. Anderson * James J. Aversa * John P. Boscia Alan J. Frank Kelly A. Frantz * Wayne J. Goldschneider David A. Hardic * Jeffrey P. Krill * Brian P. Mahoney James C. Moore Stuart J. Neft * James F. Saviola Sandra Schrader-Moore Robert W. Stetekluh Thomas R. Trio Jeffrey L. Weaver * M. Paul Yamashita

Keith F. Fishe * David L. Fitzgerald Patrick M. Fleming * Michael P. Gowen, Sr. Michael G. Kynn G. William Orren, III Rita Orren Jean Marie Pagani Steven J. Reto * Kenneth W. Savitski * Marie E. Sokol Sharon C. Stein Phillip M. Vito Steven R. Warstadt CL ASS OF 1988 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

CL ASS OF 1986

Michael D. Allodoli * Janice J. Durham-Washington * Anne A. Geiger * Paul E. Harvey John D. Knouse Ann E. McPherran Randall R. McPherran John T. Ochsenreither Fernando L. Silva * F. Joseph Werner

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

CL ASS OF 1989

OF OPTOMETRY

Mark B. Boas * Suzanne O. Boas * Edith F. Butler Chris J. Cakanac * Joseph J. Carillo * Craig A. Cassey * Diane B. Catania Eva Marie A. Cekaitis * John E. Conto Connie L. Chronister * Thomas M. P. Duffy * John A. Dziadul, Jr. * Kim B. Even * Mary E. Fediw Timothy W. Fox Louis R. Iacoponi * Binae Karpo * Randy J. Kerr Gary S. Kirman Kim J. Koza Hans F. Lessmann Lisa R. Levine M. Alan McLin * Leigh A. Moser Dana Taylor

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

CL ASS OF 1987

Juliana Bock Luanne K. Chubb J. Christopher Huffman Douglas J. Kelley Rose A. Susel-Lucente Alexander J. McGowan Philip J. Schaville *

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Isaac Bak Lynne A. Braun Veronica A. Constantine Jeannene L. Dieter

OF OPTOMETRY

Derrick L. Artis Joan Bartolotta John L. Burns Randy J. Cakanac James M. Caldwell * James B. Cimbak John A. Collini John W. Diering * Michele R. Haranin Brad E. Hauser * Jerome M. Hernandez Helene M. Kaiser * David I. Kepner * Kimberly S. Kepner * Perry J. Lucente Marie A. Marrone-Moriarty Mark A. Shust * Robert D. Strohecker Annette D. Zamboni-Werner CL ASS OF 1990 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

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Salus University Alumni Contributors Elizabeth S. Stevens Peter G. Theodorous

Robert J. Esposito Richard M. Hope Carlo J. Pelino *

CL ASS OF 1999

CL ASS OF 1995

David J. Braun Robert A. Carlson Jean L. DeMoss * John A. DuBois * Ivy E. Frederick * Kevin J. Krajewski * Claudia C. Morgan Lisa A. O’Brien * Carrie R. Schreck * Robert S. Susan

CL ASS OF 1991 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

Mark M. Ainsworth Avery B. Boardman Neil P. Casey * Stacey A. Coulter Michael J. Dolan * Francis J. Dzwieleski Anne F. Meccariello Smith * James E. Meehan Joseph P. Rebman Joanne F. Reed Janice A. Simmons Christopher H. Son * Linda M. Stolfo Beth E. Triebel *

OF OPTOMETRY

Gregory A. Caldwell Christy A. Coleman William J. Ference Dana C. Gjurich Shereen Hakki Pamela S. Kimmel * Timothy S. Kueny Eric R. Miller * Jessica L. Reiniger Todd A. Shuba * Barbara J. Thomson * Melissa A. Vitek * CL ASS OF 1996

CL ASS OF 1992

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

CL ASS OF 2000 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

John F. Mileski David A. Wagner * Lisa Dowling Karen E. Jones

OF OPTOMETRY

OF OPTOMETRY

Robert G. Alianiello William D. Baer Heather A. Burton Peter J. Calla Krista M. Davis-Anderson Daniel W. Kohansby Kelly A. Malloy * Tracy M. Schroeck

Brian M. Cohen Robert F. Gilligan * John A. Godfrey David S. Johnson Elisabeth K. Kim Laurie R. Lesser Brian D. O’Donnell Christopher L. Padgett Maria Armandi Pimley Tara K. Rose * Gregory W. Vallino * CL ASS OF 1993 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

Fabiana Perla CL ASS OF 1993 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Pamela G. Conrad Allan E. Davis * John H. Lee Julie E. Lillie Maryann Pfeiffer * Sandra T. West Stacy L. Levinson CL ASS OF 1994 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Jean A. Astorino Don D. Blackburn James F. Brobst Anthony Efre *

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CL ASS OF 1997 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Daniel J. Brooksbank Melissa J. Burkley Katherine L. Henning-Carpentier Brian M. Cohen Vivian M. Descant Talitha R. D’Italia Noah M. Eger My-Hanh Trieu Christine R. Nicholson Kelly M. Primeau Colm Quigley Keith E. Votens * CL ASS OF 1998 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Michael R. Boland Robert F. Love Rocio C. Pasion * Brandy J. Scombordi Rajeev K. Raghu Ha-Phuong T. Tran * Marc J. Ullman *

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CL ASS OF 2003 OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

Celeste F. Bove Geneva W. Britt Rita R. Chaiken * Robert A. Cohen Valerie P. Kriney * Jonette B. Owen Annette R. Peppard Edward J. Szumowski, Jr. * Bettina S. Tucker CL ASS OF 2003 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

Daniel P. Gray Jason B. Hales Marion J. Haligowski, III Michelle A. Kindler Quan L. Pham *

CL ASS OF 2001 OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

Cathleen A. Alex * Veronica H. Heide Kay D. Krebs * Debra E. Williams * CL ASS OF 2001 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Andrew J. Doyle William R. Forse * Anne P. Holmes Carol Lipton Gail S. A. Nunez-Robinson Kimberly A. Yee CL ASS OF 2002 OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

Robert M. DiSogra Kathy A. Foltner Gail I. Gudmundsen Phyllis Klein Barbara L. Kurman Tom W. Morris * Thomas D. Thunder John H. Voss CL ASS OF 2002 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Rebekah A. Buccafurni * Amanda M. Friess * David W. Friess * Richard G. Gardner Jessica L. Glass

Aaditya Ajmani Stephanie A. Brien Kerry J. Burrell Andrea L. Carr Grace Choi Devon C. Dvorzsak Audrey S. Fung Sally Y. Halim John E. Hilke Shital V. Mani Nisha N. Patel Andrew J. Rixon Dortheanne J. Roberts Grant E. Schaneman Simki D. Shah Carey E. Shifrin Eugene Shifrin Nicole B. Swistak Eric J. Thiem Heather A. Vallino * Katherine S. Whittington Christine A. Zlupko CL ASS OF 2004 OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

Tomi Thibodeaux Browne Rhea C. Varadi CL ASS OF 2004 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

William J. Fridel, III Lori Gray Stephanie R. Holt Dieuminh K. Nguyen *

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

Salus University Alumni Contributors CL ASS OF 2008

CL ASS OF 2011

CL ASS OF 2015

OSBORNE COLLEGE

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

OF AUDIOLOGY

OF OPTOMETRY

OF OPTOMETRY

Thomas G. Bocchino Matthew L. Christy Judith R. Cohen Hector M. Bravo Gonzalez Gail A. Linn

Yoon Jung D. Cho-Lyon Darryl E. Glover, Jr. Trakena L. Jones

Kathleen A. Aspinall Flora I. Holderbaum Anne M. Puglisi * Christina Vail

CL ASS OF 2008

COLLEGE OF HEALTH

CL ASS OF 2005

Ms. Merle Silverbook

CL ASS OF 2012

COLLEGE OF HEALTH

CL ASS OF 2008

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

Aung-zaw Phoo Derek J. Pyle * Melissa E. Trego * André R. O. Whitehead Shang Xu * CL ASS OF 2005 OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

Connie M. Telschow CL ASS OF 2005 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

SCIENCES, EDUCATION COLLEGE OF HEALTH

AND REHABILITATION

SCIENCES, EDUCATION

Caitlin M. Anderson

AND REHABILITATION

OF OPTOMETRY PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

Jeffrey S. Walter

CL ASS OF 2013

CL ASS OF 2009

OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

OF OPTOMETRY

Justin W. Beamer Ryan J. Hershberger Christina H. Keshava * Jose S. Pierre Jennifer A. Sanderson Amy E. Suda David J. Vinci

Michael J. Davenport Jenny Edgemon Mary P. Evans Ryan J. Horan Vylsa E. Marrero-Sanchez Patricia G. Roberts

OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

Darcy E. Benson Judith A. Creuz Bre L. Myers Brian S. Urban CL ASS OF 2006 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Elizabeth A. Koski Ruth Y. Shoge CL ASS OF 2007

Jamie C. Wohlhagen

OF OPTOMETRY

OSBORNE COLLEGE

CL ASS OF 2006

CL ASS OF 2012

Andy H. S. Lau

OF AUDIOLOGY

CL ASS OF 2009 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Jonathan C. Bondroff Scott Taylor Nathan G. Zimmerman CL ASS OF 2010 OSBORNE COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY

Diana Anderson Niki L. Barwick Lilliam Gonzalez Lopez Amanda M. Marchegiani * Katheryn Monk Liliana C. Piccinini

OSBORNE COLLEGE

CL ASS OF 2013

AND REHABILITATION

MaryAnn Ragone CL ASS OF 2013 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

CL ASS OF 2016 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION

Mitchell Scheiman * CL ASS OF 2016 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Heather D. Whyte DeMarco Jordan T. DeMarco CL ASS OF 2017

CL ASS OF 2014

Lynn D. Greenspan * Christine L. Ranelli Zachary D. Saunders

OSBORNE COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

OF AUDIOLOGY

Thomas J. Metz

CL ASS OF 2017

CL ASS OF 2014

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

COLLEGE OF HEALTH

Leanne M. Laporte

SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

CL ASS OF 2014

Amanda L. Curling Brad M. Lane Joseph Hartman

Nina T. Buckley-Ess

Gregory M. Barbush Matthew S. Edwards Joseph E. Ellwood Tiffany Y. Pao

Daniel T. Bigart * Joni L. Bullough

OF OPTOMETRY

OF AUDIOLOGY

OF OPTOMETRY

Mr. Manikandan Rajappa

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

OSBORNE COLLEGE

SCIENCES, EDUCATION

CL ASS OF 2010

CL ASS OF 2018 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

OF OPTOMETRY

Pierre Serrero Alissa M. Coyne Mia N. Fripps Ashley D. Hudson Michael G. Kruglet Ashley N. Westbrook

CL ASS OF 2016

AND REHABILITATION COLLEGE OF HEALTH

OF AUDIOLOGY

CL ASS OF 2007

Robert J. Africano Christina M. DalPorto Joanna K. Davis Meghan A. Dugan Nicholas J. Gidosh Erin M. Kenny Alexander A. McLeod Andrew L. Meagher Kelsey L. Mileski Nurit A. Wilkins Fei Yang

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Agnes S. Kim

Chelsea A. Blaney Alexandra M. Guerriere Michael J. Guerriere

CL ASS OF 2015 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

Anthony M. Firetto Edward R. Sutton

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

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Salus University Alumni Contributors CL ASS OF 2018 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Jaclyn E. Coyner Katharine A. Funari Mark A. Nelson CL ASS OF 2019 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION

Toby L. Heller Lauren N. Sponseller Andrea C. Tyszka CL ASS OF 2019 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Marni K. Robins CL ASS OF 2020 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Annie B. Govan

Geoff Brandon, left, senior vice president/regional vice president for TD Bank in the Philadelphia region, accepted the “Lighthouse Award” for TD Bank from Salus president Michael H. Mittelman, at the 14th annual Looking Out For Kids charity fundraiser May 1, 2021.

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“Salus’ efforts to develop Audiology as an autonomous profession are unparalleled among professional doctorate programs, and I deeply appreciate its commitment to ensuring that graduating professionals are ready to practice to the fullest extent of our scope of practice.

My gifts of time and money to this uniquely independent College of Audiology allows me to add a new and greater dimension to my professional activities aimed toward advancing the profession of Audiology.”

BET TIE BORTON, AUD OCA ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER

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(d) Deceased

Board of Trustees, Faculty and Staff JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

Alexis R. Abate Daniel A. Abramowicz, PhD * Donna M. Agnew, MSPAS, PA-C Ms. Terri Albertson Karima Allen Sarah D. Appel, OD ’79 Radhika Aravamudhan, PhD Derrick L. Artis, OD ’89 Ms. Marcie Baker Felix M. Barker, II, OD * Mr. Gregory K. Barnes Thomas E. Beeman, PhD The Beeman Family Foundation Gregory Benjamin, PhD, MPH G. Richard Bennett, OD ’79 * Bernard H. Blaustein, OD ’67 * Ms. Kim Blodgett Mark B. Boas, OD ’86 MS * Lindsay M. Bondurant, PhD Victor H. Bray, MSc, PhD * James M. Caldwell, OD ’89, EdM * Linda Casser, OD Craig A. Cassey, OD ’86 * Connie L. Chronister, OD ’86, MS ’10 * Elise B. Ciner, OD * Stuart S. Cohn, OD ’67 * I. William Collins, OD ’47 * Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Glenn S. Corbin, OD ’82 * Alissa M. Coyne, OD ’10 Crown Holdings, Inc. * Roger W. Cummings, OD ’76 Pierrette Dayhaw-Barker, PhD * Edward A. Deglin, MD Janet Swiatocha Delatte, OD Ms. Rebecca Delia Mr. Christopher B. Dezzi Anthony F. Di Stefano, OD ’73 * David P. Dozack, OD ’81 * Mr. Richard M. Echevarria * Barry S. Eckert, PhD Mr. Reade Fahs Ruth S. Farber, PhD Barry J. Farkas, OD ’71 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ms. Lindsey A. Finn John J. Fitzgerald, III, DO * Ms. Carolyn Forcina Caitlyn J. Foy, DOT, MOTR/L Ms. Lydia Friel Mia N. Fripps, OD’10 Mr. John M. Gaal Joseph G. Gackenbach, OD ’65 * Michael F. Gallaway, OD *

Nicholas J. Gidosh, OD ’15 Donald M. Gleklen, JD * Marcy Graboyes Lynn D. Greenspan, OD, PhD ’17 * Ms. Anna M. Griffin * Gail I. Gudmundsen, AuD ’02 Irving Gurwood, OD ’66 Alena Hackett Ms. Savanna Hailu James W. Hall, III, PhD Paul D. Halpern, OD ’65 Karen J. Hanson, PhD Stanley W. Hatch, OD, MPH Laine S. Higa, OD Victor H. Hoffman, OD ’72 Mr. Ryan T. Hollister Stephanie R. Holt, OD ’04 Darryl Horn, PhD Eileen Hunsaker, MS, CCC-SLP Mr. Keith D. Ignotz * Helene M. Kaiser, OD ’89 * Mr. Donald C. Kates * Ms. Maura A. Keenan * Erin M. Kenny, OD ’15 Ms. Cheryl R. Keslar Dr. Kate Kinslow Ms. Joyce Koh James Konopack, PhD Brooke C. Kruemmling, PhD Mr. Steven T. Lee Ms. Amie L. Leighton Mrs. Allison E. Levitt Mr. James R. Linden Ms. Jamie L. Lindsay Lorraine Lombardi, PhD Mrs. Lisa J. Lonie Amy P. Lustig, MA, MPH, PhD Kelly A. Malloy, OD ’96 * Shital V. Mani, OD ’03 Marie A. Marrone-Moriarty, OD ’89 Mr. Joseph W. Marshall, III Ms. Kyra G. McGrath Andrew L. Meagher, OD ’15 Ms. Jessalyn Mifflin Mrs. Janice M. Mignogna Ms. Alycia M. Miller Bhawanjot K. Minhas, OD Mrs. Sarah W. Mitchell Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MBA, MPH * Marla L. Moon, OD ’ * Dr. Juliana M. Mosley-Williams Bruce G. Muchnick, ’81 Ms. Catherine E. Muhr Margaret A. Mulligan, MD Bre L. Myers, AuD, PhD ’06

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

Kenneth S. Newton, MS, CCC-SLP Ms. Dana M. Nissenfeld Jeffrey S. Nyman, OD * Neal N. Nyman, OD Susan C. Oleszewski, OD ’76, MA Jonette B. Owen, AuD ’03 Mrs. Maureen E. Owens Joanne Packer, BSN Jean Marie Pagani, OD ’87 Michele Palos-Samsi, PA-C Mrs. Jacqueline Patterson Carlo J. Pelino, OD ’94 * Fabiana Perla, MS, EdD ’93 Maria Armandi Pimley, OD ’92 Mr. Carlos Rodriguez Mr. Glenn R. Roedel Joseph P. Ruskiewicz, OD * Ms. Jane Scaccetti * Janice E. Scharre, OD, MA Mitchell Scheiman, OD, PhD ’16 * Ms. Jaime S. Schulang Schwab Charitable Mrs. Monica J. Scirrotto Brandy J. Scombordi-Raghu, OD ’98 Regina Scriven Ruth Y. Shoge, OD ’06 Joel A. Silbert, OD ’73 Steven J. Simmerman, OD ’65 Ms. Ruby D. Singleton Ms. Winifred A. Sontag Lauren N. Sponseller, OTD, PhD ’18 Mrs. Natalie S. Standig Strategic Health Alliance, LLC Girija Sundar, PhD Mrs. Jo Surpin * Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Sweeney * Ms. Olivia Sweger Ms. Marie L. Szolna Mrs. Bonnie Taylor Ms. Shannon Tornoe Melissa E. Trego, OD ’04, PhD * James A. Tribbett, OD ’69 * Daniel J. Tulman, OD ’76 Ms. Emily Turner Andrea C. Tyszka OTD ’18, MSOT Joanne Vesay Melissa A. Vitek, OD ’95 * Ms. Karen M. Volpi Harold Wiener, OD ’50 * Mrs. Wendy F. Woodward Ms. Claire A. Wyszynski Brian D. Zuckerman, Esq.

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In-Kind Gifts JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

These individuals, companies and organizations have made non-cash contributions to Salus University. These include equipment, ophthalmic materials, solutions, books, auction items and other appropriate items that are accepted by the University.

1675 Spirits Daniel A. Abramowicz, PhD Aldi Applebee’s of Jenkintown Backyard Beans Coffee Company Bohmora Bradford World Renowned Portraiture Brandywine Conservancy * Brass Lock & Key Corporation * Tomi Thibodeaux Browne, AuD ’04 Bucks County River Country Burholme Golf & Family Entertainment James M. Caldwell, OD ’89, EdD Cannon Graphics, Inc. Craig A. Cassey, OD ’86 Crayola Experience Cutco Corporation * Mr. Christopher B. Dezzi Mr. Mike Dynda

Glencairn Museum Home Chef Mr. Keith D. Ignotz * Mr. Donald C. Kates Ms. Maura A. Keenan Ms. Joyce Koh Kramer Portraits Mrs. Lisa J. Lonie Luxottica Group Mad Golfer Golf Club Marchon Eyewear, Inc. Michael H. Mittelman, OD, ’80, MBA, MPH John T. Ochsenreither, OD, MS 88 Penny’s by Plaza Flowers People’s Light & Theatre Company Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Phillies Roni Lagin & Co. Sesame Place Ms. Merle Silverbook Stout Tent The Couch Tomato Café The Franklin Institute Ms. Shannon Tornoe Upper Dublin Sports Center VSP Global Yards Brewing Company

Pictured from left to right, Dr. Erin Kenny, Heather Napolitano, and Dr. Alissa Coyne and Dr. Melissa Trego gather at the Seeshore Fest.

“It is indeed a privilege to contribute to the Osborne College of Audiology. The Sundar Distance Education Endowed Scholarship Fund is dedicated to the faculty who have made our programs distinctive with their dedication and unqualified generosity to share their knowledge and science and to all our students who have met the challenges of this unique program.”

GIRI SUNDAR, MPHIL, PHD, CCC-A, FAAA

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(d) Deceased

Friends and Parents JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

Ms. Bernadette Abate Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Alansky Susan Altland, MS, CCC-SLP Mrs. Virginia M. Alvarado * Terrence Alyanakian Mr. Edward A. Andrus Dave Arnot, OD Mr. & Mrs. John Bachman Ms. Stephanie J. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Ken Bialecki Mr. & Mrs. John Bonanno Mr. & Mrs. Barry Bondroff Bettie B. Borton, AuD Carolyn Bratton Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Brennan * Mr. Jorden Brinn Mr. Padraic P. Burke * Mr. & Mrs. Tim Carreras Mr. & Mrs. Vincenzo Cicco Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clarke Mrs. Jill D. Cohen Maria Colavita Summer Crosier Mr. & Mrs. Ryszard Cuprys Mrs. Jennifer D’Arrigo Zuckerman Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Decker Mr. & Mrs. James E. DeDionisio Janet Swiatocha Delatte, OD Mr. & Mrs. Kent E. DeMoss Robert J. Doty, OD Mrs. Virginia Dunne Mrs. Tamara Echevarria Dr. & Mrs. M. Scott Edwards Mrs. Janet J. Eisenberg Mr. & Mrs. David Evans Ms. Anita R. Evers Dr. Wendy Evers Gordon Tara Fallon Ms. Emma Fetscher Mr. & Mrs. William J. Fridel * Mr. & Mrs. Chris Furey Kim Gaal Ms. Tiffany Gaal Ms. Monica Gallagher Mrs. Mo Ganey * Ms. Linda Geria Ann Gilmor, PhD Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Gohmann Amy Goldman, MS, CCC-SLP Alex Gordon Dr. Michael Gordon Ms. Valory Greenfield Doray Gurkaynak, OD Mrs. Victoria V. Guthrie Mrs. Adrienne P. Haine-Schoenes David Hartshorn Mr. & Mrs. Alan Heller Mr. & Mrs. Dace Hennessee Mr. & Mrs. Neil Henriksen Ms. Carolyn Hirsh

Ms. Linda Hofberg Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Hofferber Karen Hoffman Mr. Richard Hoffman Keith Holliday Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hopkins Ms. Maria Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Seth Jacobson Shivani Johri Beth Josephson Mr. & Mrs. James Juarez Mr. & Mrs. James Kane Mrs. Chere R. Katz Mr. & Mrs. David Keenan Mr. & Mrs. John Kenny Ms. Mary Lou Kerwin Mr. & Mrs. Hassan Khalil Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Killian Mr. & Mrs. Vasil L. Kirifides, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Randal Knight Carla Krieman Mr. Brian Kroker Ms. Beth-Ellen Kroope Edward Lacorte Mr. Roni Lagin Karen Lamach, OD Mr. Thomas Lanzilotti Ms. Cheryl Levy Mr. & Mrs. Jan A. Lewis Mr. Alan Lindy Mr. Keith E. Locke Mr. & Mrs. Ray Luikert Mr. Andrew Lukievics Mr. Roger S. Madigan * Deepika Malik, MD Mr. & Mrs. Marc Manfre Mr. Ken Marchegiani Mrs. Marie C. Marrone Mr. Joseph W. Marshall, III Mr. Dane Mayson Representative & Mrs. Keith McCall Mr. & Mrs. Daniel McCarthy Ms. Kyra G. McGrath Mr. Eric M. McNeil * Ms. Sandra B. McNeil * Diana McWilliams Ms. Lisa Meehan Alycia Meeker-Muniz, OD Ms. Deborah Miller Ms. Frances Miller Mr. & Mrs. Michael Montemuro Michael Moore Mr. & Mrs. Austin Moran Ms. Donna Morein Mrs. Patricia Moser Mrs. Irene W. Musman Mr. & Mrs. Daryl Nace Mr. & Mrs. Uday Nene Mr. & Mrs. Duane Niesen Marilyn S. Nyman, MEd, CCC-SLP

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

(d) Deceased

Neal N. Nyman, OD Michele Palos-Samsi, PA-C Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Paolillo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pedersen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Pellegrini Mr. & Mrs. James Penney Mr. Ross Pike Mr. & Mrs. Marek Plucinik Mr. & Mrs. Michael Putnam David Radzelovage Ms. Sathi Raghunandanan Heather Ready, MBA Ron Renaud Mr. & Mrs. Norman Riback Valerie Riback Mr. Joseph Ruggieri Ms. Dorothy Ruggieri Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Rupert Juan Sanchez Mr. Charles Schaffer Janice E. Scharre, OD, MA Mr. Chris Schwyter Candace Seagraves, OD Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sembrat Mrs. Mary V. Sheridan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sikora Eleanor Stasio Rebecca L. Sterner, OD Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Stochla Charles Stone, AuD Mr. & Mrs. William Striepeck Mr. Leander A. Tassoni Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Taylor * Ms. April Taylor Mr. Ryan Thelin Mr. & Mrs. Marcos Ugarte Mr. & Mrs. Kurtis Veit Mr. & Mrs. Chad Weidert Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Weinberg Kelly Williamson, MD Ms. Lisa M. Witomski Mr. & Mrs. Henry Wylam Mr. & Mrs. Michael Young Jeffrey Zimmerman

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Foundations, Corporations and Associations JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

Albert B Millett Memorial Fund: BNY Mellon Alcon * Allergan AmazonSmile American Heritage Federal Credit Union American Optometric Association American Painting & Decorating Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry Atlantic Refrigeration Co. AudiologyOnline Estate of Joseph F. Bacon, OD ’63 The Beeman Family Foundation Bohmora Brass Lock & Key Corporation * Bucks-Montgomery Optometric Society CalvertHealth Foundation, Inc. CAOL Capital Vision Services LLC CBY Systems Cedarbrook Middle School Chadwick Optical Chemical Bank Wealth Management Clauss Brothers Clifford C Wagner Estate Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Conicelli Toyota CooperVision, Inc. Crane Communications, Inc.

Crown Holdings, Inc. * CycleGives Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Elevator Construction & Repair Co., Inc. Elizabeth King Trust c/o BNY Mellon Escalon Medical Corp.

Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund Eye Designs, LLC Eyesafe Facebook Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Fox Rothschild LLP * Fuel Medical Group General Vision Services Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gift Program Hafter Family Foundation Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., LLC Independence Blue Cross Foundation Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson Vision Keplr Vision Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown Liberty Mutual Affinity Marketing * Lindy Property Management Co Luxottica Group Marco Family Foundation, Inc. Meyer and Associates Mid Atlantic Retina

Montgomery Eye Physicians & Surgeons National Vision Inc. Network for Good New Jersey Academy of Optometry * Northeastern PA Optometric Society Office Depot * Opt4 Group LLC Patriot Construction Pennsylvania Vision Foundation Publishing Concepts, L.P. Salus University Alumni Association Salus University Continuing Education Salus University Faculty Salus University Student Council Schwab Charitable Sharp’s Landscaping, Inc. * Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation * STAAR Surgical Strategic Health Alliance, LLC TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank TD Charitable Foundation The Gilbertson Group The Gitlin Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation The McLean Contributionship The Patricia Kind Family Foundation U.S. Vision Vision Benefits of America Visionary Eye Associates

VSP Global Walmart, Inc. Warby Parker Waste Management Waymart Eyecare Inc. Webber Associates, LLC Wepay - Fidelity Giving Marketplace

Grants and Contracts JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

The following entities have supported research and education programs at Salus University.

Council on Brain Injury Department of Education Department of Education - Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs Elizabeth King Trust, BNY Mellon Eyesafe, LLC Marshall B. Ketchum University

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National Eye Institute Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Service Foundation Pennsylvania Department of Health Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Pennsylvania Lions Sight Conservaton & Eye Research Foundations

* Denotes ten or more years of consecutive giving

Tribute Gifts JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

SUSAN C. OLESZEWSKI, OD ’76, MA Brian P. Mahoney, OD ’85 Jeffrey S. Nyman, OD Marilyn S. Nyman, MEd Sandra T. West, OD ’93

GILDA L. CROZIER, OD ’43 Glenn S. Corbin, OD ’82 David A. Koch, OD ’69 Lorraine Lombardi, PhD Marie A. Marrone-Moriarty, OD ’89 Ms. Maria Hopkins Susan C. Oleszewski, OD ’76, MA

DONNA M. AGNEW, MSPAS Margaret A. Mulligan, MD

GEORGE S. OSBORNE, PHD, DDS Tom W. Morris, AuD ’02

MR. JAMES M. DEITZ Michael J. Deitz, OD ’80

SARAH D. APPEL, OD ’79 Tracy L. Matchinski, OD

CARLO J. PELINO, OD ’94 Mr. John M. Gaal Kim Gaal Ms. Tiffany Gaal Ms. Frances Miller

THOMAS J. DELUCA, OD ’74 Lawrence Lefland, OD ’81

Salus University appreciates contributions to honor or celebrate important people in our lives.

We also are grateful for gifts in memory of loved ones.

In Honor of

ALLISON L. BARINAS Shital V. Mani, OD ’03 Simki D. Shah, OD ’03 IRVING BENNETT, OD ’44 I. William Collins, OD ’47 RICHARD L. BRILLIANT, OD ’76 Glenn S. Corbin, OD ’82 TEMI DEFEO Mrs. Jennifer D’Arrigo Zuckerman Brian D. Zuckerman, Esq. PREET DHAMI, OD Ms. Karen M. Volpi ANTHONY F. DI STEFANO, OD, MED, MPH ’73 Jerald W. Strickland, OD, PhD AIMEE C. EVERS, OD ’86 Ms. Linda Hofberg Howard Kane, OD ’79, MD Ms. Cheryl Levy Montgomery Eye Physicians & Surgeons CHARLES E. FELDSTEIN, OD ’30 Richard A. Feldstein, OD ’62 MR. ROBERT E. HORNE Marla L. Moon, OD ’82 Sandra T. West, OD ’93 ERIN M. KENNY, OD ’15 Meghan A. Dugan, OD ’15 Nurit A. Wilkins, OD ’15 JOHN KONOPACK James Konopack, PhD THOMAS L. LEWIS, OD ’70, PHD Richard J. Clompus, OD ’79 JEFFREY S. NYMAN, OD Ms. Beth-Ellen Kroope Ms. Donna Morein

LAWRENCE A. RAGONE, OD ’53 MaryAnn Ragone, MPH ’13 SALUS UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY Mr. Chris Schwyter

AIMEE C. EVERS, OD ’86 M. Alan McLin, OD ’86 Alex Gordon PETER P. FRISKO, JR., OD ’62 Steven J. Simmerman, OD ’65 KEVIN J. GUTHRIE, OD ’74 Mrs. Victoria V. Guthrie

BRANDY J. SCOMBORDI-RAGHU, OD ’98 Ms. Sathi Raghunandanan

HARRY KAPLAN, OD ’49 Glenn S. Corbin, OD ’82

JOEL A. SILBERT, OD ’73 Glenn S. Corbin, OD ’82

ELWOOD H. KOLB, OD ’50 Mr. Jorden Brinn

WAYNE N. TABACHNICK, OD ’70 Edward Lacorte Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Paolillo

BERT KUNKIN David A. Koch, OD ’69

SATYA B. VERMA, OD ’75 Marla L. Moon, OD ’82

ELISE MITTELMAN Mrs. Mo Ganey Mr. Donald C. Kates

In Memory of

JOHN F. NEUER, OD ’53 Richard J. Neuer, OD ’54

ALLISON L. BARINAS Simki D. Shah, OD ’03 Carey E. Shifrin, OD ’03 Eugene Shifrin, OD ’03

KAE PARKS David A. Koch, OD ’69

MS. CATHERINE BENJAMIN Gregory Benjamin, PhD, MPH IRVING BENNETT, OD ’44 Arnold Bierman, OD ’68 I. William Collins, OD ’47 Richard C. Edlow, OD ’80 Scott A. Fuerman, OD ’83 Melvin E. Lilly, OD ’69

H. MARTIN SIMMERMAN, OD ’62 Steven J. Simmerman, OD ’65 JAMES AND FLORENCE SIMMONS Janice A. Simmons, OD ’91 CARL R. URBANSKI, OD ’58 Marla L. Moon, OD ’82 Northeastern PA Optometric Society Carl Urbanski, OD ’92

PAUL E. COHEN, OD ’56 Cedarbrook Middle School SANFORD R. COHEN, OD ’79 Dana Taylor, OD ’86 Edward J. Wasloski, OD ’84

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Leadership Board of Trustees Officers

Members

CHAIR

Derrick Artis, OD ’89 Thomas E. Beeman, PhD James Brand, BS, Student Representative Christopher Dezzi, MBA Reade Fahs, MBA Carolyn Forcina, BS Keith D. Ignotz, MBA Kathleen Kinslow, CRNA, EdD, MBA Joyce Koh, JD Sarah Mitchell, JD Michael H. Mittelman, OD ’80, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE Jamie A.E. Neiman, OD, Faculty Representative Michele Palos-Samsi, PA-C Adrienne Phillips, MD, MPH Jo Surpin, MA, Immediate Past Chair Shannon Tornoe, BS Emily Turner, BS, CFA

EMERITI MEMBERS Rebecca Delia, MS VICE CHAIR Daniel A. Abramowicz, PhD SECRETARY Craig Cassey, OD ’86 ASSISTANT SECRETARY Lisa Lonie, BS TREASURER Terri Albertson, MS

Mark Boas, MS, OD ’86 I. William Collins, OD ’47 Barry J. Farkas, OD ’71 Donald M. Gleklen, JD Carl Polsky, MD Jane Scaccetti, MS, CPS, MST Harold Wiener, OD ’50

Alumni Association Board of Directors Officers PRESIDENT Merle Silverbook, MEd, TVI ’08, O&M Specialist ’10 PRESIDENT ELECT Robert L. Owens, OD ’80, FAAO SECRETARY/TREASURER Zachary D. Saunders, MSOT ’17, OTR/L PAST PRESIDENT Amanda Marchegiani, AuD ’10

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DIRECTORS Caitlin Clompus Anderson, MMS ’12, PA-C Lauren L. Bevan, MS ’17 Nina T. Buckley-Ess, AuD ’16 Rita R. Chaiken, AuD ’03 Michelle J. Ciancia, AuD ’18 Kinshasa A. Coghill, MS ’02 John A. Collini, OD ’89 John A. Dziadul, Jr., OD ’86, FAAO Jennifer L. Edgar, MS ’02 Alta R Fried, MSOT ’14,OTR/L Jason B. Hales, OD ’02, FAAO Karen L. Heaney, OD ’09 Ryan J. Horan, AuD ’09 Anthony F. Kokoszka, MSOT ’17 Andy Lau, AuD ’13 Blaine A. Littlefield, OD ’83, FCOVD, FAAO Valerie L. Miller Geller, MSOT ’17 Caitlin J. Raymond, MS ’17 Mahsa Salehi, OD ’09, FAAO Heather R. Stultz, MMS ’14, PA-C Bridget T. Turnbach, MS ’17

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES Kayla A. Hawkins 2024 (PCO) Megan E. Kirkpatrick 2024 (OCA)

Sen. Arthur L. Haywood, III, left, along with Pennsylvania State Rep. Napoleon Nelson, right, visited with Salus University president Michael H. Mittelman at the Elkins Park campus in August 2021 to announce a $750,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant that will be used primarily for the completion of a lab for its new Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) program.

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