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February 4, 2014, Volume 60, No. 21 |
Dr. Gamble, Penn Athletics
Dr. LaRossa, Surgery
Ms. Maisey, The Penn Fund
Dr. Gamble, Penn Athletics
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Harry Gamble |
Dr. Harry Gamble, a former head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania, passed away on January 28 at age 83.
Dr. Gamble served at the helm of Penn football for 10 seasons and still ranks second in Penn history with 24 career Ivy League wins. He led the Quakers from 1971-1980 and won 34 games while commanding the Franklin Field sidelines.
After his inaugural season, the Quakers finished no lower than third in Ivy play over the next three years. During that time, the Quakers were 24-8-1 and finished as the Ivy runner-up in 1973.
Dr. Gamble came to Penn after four years as the head coach at Lafayette College. Prior to that, he coached high school football.
Born and raised in Pitman, New Jersey, Dr. Gamble was a graduate of Rider College and earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in business education from Temple University.
In 1981, he went to work with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, where he would serve as general manager (1985-1995) and team president (1986-1994).
His many awards and honors include being named Man of the Year by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Catholic Youth Organization, Eastern Coach of the Year by the New York Football Writers’ Association and NCAA District I Coach of the Year. In addition, he was inducted into the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame and the South Jersey Coaches Hall of Fame.
Dr. Gamble is survived by his wife, Joan; sons, Harry and Tom; and three grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club Scholarship Fund, PO Box 205, Collingswood, NJ 08108.
Dr. LaRossa, Surgery
Dr. Donato “Don” D. LaRossa, professor emeritus of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, passed away January 21; he was 72.
Dr. LaRossa had been on the faculty since 1991 and became emeritus in 2007. He was also on staff at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he had been since 1976 and served as CHOP’s director of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery from 2001-2007. Prior to that, he worked at the US Army’s Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver.
Dr. LaRossa specialized in surgery to repair cleft lip and palate defects, as well as reconstructive surgery and aesthetic improvements to the breast, face and ear. He also operated on melanoma patients. Dr. LaRossa was involved in many cleft palate missions in India, Asia and South America, where he performed many surgeries on needy children.
He received the Penn Plastic Surgery Annual Teaching Award entitled “The Don LaRossa Teaching Award” to recognize him for his lifelong commitment to resident education.
Dr. LaRossa was a member of the American Medical Association and a member of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association where he was president in 2003. He was a charter member from 1984-2003 in the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery.
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Dr. LaRossa received his BA from Seton Hall University in 1963 and his MD from Georgetown University in 1967.
Dr. LaRossa is survived by his wife, Anne; children, Victoria Karlson and Nicole Ginieczki; stepchildren, Brian King, George Congdon, Gregory King and Laura Wethman; sister, Jeanne Hallock; brother, Robert; and 17 grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to Rotaplast International, 3317 26th St., San Francisco, CA 94110; Cleft Palate Foundation, 1504 East Franklin St., Suite 102, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; or Alliance for Smiles, 2562 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94107.
Ms. Maisey, The Penn Fund
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Peggy Maisey |
Ms. Peggy Maisey, an administrative assistant in The Penn Fund, passed away January 23 at HUP at age 65.
Ms. Maisey joined Development and Alumni Relations in January 1990, initially serving in a temporary secretarial capacity providing support to the Office of the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations. Ms. Maisey joined The Penn Fund in September 1990 and worked as an administrative assistant on the Class Giving and Reunion Programs team for the past 24 years. In this role she worked on reunion fundraising reports, invitation lists, pre-reunion events and other hallmark events and details of reunion-based fundraising for Penn.
Ms. Maisey is survived by her children, Christina Maisey, Brigid Toner, John Maisey and Megan Crosey; her sisters, Mary Laird and Cathy Phillips; grandchildren, Peter, John, Brianna, Madison and Makenzie; and nieces and nephews.
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