
100 Distinguished Alumni
GSSWSR graduates nominated their peers and colleagues for inclusion in a list of our 100 Distinguished Alumni. We are pleased to list them below and recognize their accomplishments and their dedication to the service of others.
Ann A. Abbott
MSS ’69, PhD ’77
Former chair, Graduate Department of Social Work, West Chester University and Associate Dean, Rutgers University School of Social Work
Faith Angell
MSS ’65
U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District, PA
Khary M. Atif
MSS ’97, MLSP ’98
Program Administrator for Staff Development Support, Philadelphia DHS
Beth I. Barol
MSS ’86, PhD ’98
Associate Professor, Director of the MSW program, Widener University Center for Social Work Education
Linda R. Barth
MSS ’73
Clinician working with children, families and individuals
Joyce O. Beckett
MSS ’69, PhD ’77
Professor Emerita, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work
L. Diane Bernard
PhD ’67
Retired social work educator and CDWE leader; advocate bringing women’s and LGBTQ issues to the forefront of social work education
Sharon Bishop
MSS ’71
Co-founder of Calibre Associates, consulting organization on human services and human resource issues
Joretha Bourjolly
PhD ’96
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn School of Social Policy and Practice
Yvette Bradford
MSS ’90, MLSP ’90
Former senior administrator with Liberty Lutheran Services and Philadelphia Corporation for Aging; community volunteer
Lynette M. Brown-Sow
MSS ’81
Vice President, Marketing and Government Relations, Community College of Philadelphia
Page Walker Buck
MSS ’04, PhD ’08
Associate Professor, Director of MSW program, West Chester State University
Patricia Millar Burland
MSS ’56
Retired GSSWSR professor of clinical social work; leader, PA Society for Clinical Social Work
Jean Campbell
MSS ’13
Outpatient therapist, behavioral specialist consultant and mobile therapist
Patricia L. Chapman
MSS ’81
Philanthropist supporting women balancing education and family
Lewis C. Chartock
PhD ’74
President and CEO, Metropolitan Employment and Rehabilitation Services/Missouri Goodwill
Darla Spence Coffey
PhD ’99
President, Council on Social Work Education
Soraya Davis Coley
MSS ’74, PhD ’81
President, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Sandra S. Cornelius
MSS ’68, PhD ’76
President, Elwyn
Adelaide Cromwell
CERT ’43
Professor Emeritus, Boston University
Philip W. Damiani
MSS ’76
Executive Director, Delaware County Court System (Retired)
Joan K. Davitt
MSS ’93, MLSP ’94, PhD ’03
Associate Professor and Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Merle M. Drake
MSS ’82
Founder, CEO of Supportive Older Women's Network (SOWN) 1983–present
Fanita Blumberg
English MA ’42, CERT ’42
Transactional Analysis theorist, training analyst and practitioner
JoAnne Fischer
MSS ’73
Executive Director of Maternity Care Coalition (1989-present)
Anna S. Forbes
MSS ’92
Global women's health activist and policy analyst
Ellen W. Freeman
MSS ’73, PhD ’76
Research Professor, Co-director of the Human Behavior Reproduction Unit, University of Pennsylvania Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mariah Fenton Gladis
MSS ’72
Founder and Director, Pennsylvania Gestalt Center
Judith Green
MSS ’90, MLSP ’90
Coordinator, Family to Family program, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Main Line
Laura Cohen Groves
MSS ’95, PhD ’06
Associate Professor and Chair, Social Work Department, Cabrini College
Gloria M. Guard
MSS ’78, MLSP ’80
Executive Director of People's Emergency Center (1983-2010)
Anne B. Hagele
MSS ’75
Executive Director, Philadelphia Senior Center, Retired
Raheemah Shamsid-Deen Hampton
MSS ’02
Southeast Regional Director, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Office of Children, Youth and Families
Lina Hartocollis
MSS ’89, PhD ’99
Dean of Students and Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Social Work Program, Penn School of Social Policy and Practice
Julius A. Hayes
MSS ’87, MLSP ’88
National Officer/Local leader, National Association of Black Social Workers; supervisor, Philadelphia DHS
Ethel B. Hill
MSS ’65
Social Security Administrat