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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 ʉ۪73
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 ʉ۪72
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