Deaths
Ms. Torelli, Oriental Studies
Teresa Torelli,
retired assistant to the chair of Oriental Studies, died of bone
cancer on August 6. She was 89 years old.
She joined
the department of Oriental Studies--which became Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies--as a secretary in 1968 and served as assistant
to the chair from 1972 to 1984.
She
is survived by her daughter, Helen; her son, Arthur and ten grandchildren.
Donations
may be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave.,
Philadelphia,
PA 19111 or the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research,
1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714.
Mr. Walker, Security
Mr.
Charles Walker, a security guard at College Hall, died of a heart
attack on September
6. He was 51 years old.
Mr.
Walker was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Benjamin Franklin
High School
in 1969. In 1970 he joined the Navy and served for six years. After
his discharge he worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He came to
Penn in 1998 as a patrol security officer and in 2000 became a
patrol supervisor. In 2002 he became the security officer at College
Hall, a position he held until his death.
He
is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Miller; two sisters, Velinda
Banks and Lilly
Fields; and two brothers, Dallas and David.