Albright Awards Four Honorary Degrees at Commencement 2008
Four honorary doctoral degrees were awarded
during Albright’s 149th Commencement ceremony
on May 18.
Spirits were high, despite torrential rain and thunderstorms that forced a
move of the ceremony from Gene Shirk Stadium to the Bollman Gymnasium.
Commencement speaker and
former chair of Albright’s Board of Trustees, Salvatore
M. Cutrona Sr. ’73, received
a doctor of laws degree.
Cutrona retired from Accenture,
LTD in 2003 after more than 30 years
with the firm. He served as the managing
partner of Accenture’s financial services business
process outsourcing practice in the North
Eastern United States and Canada. He served
as an Albright College trustee from 1991 until
his retirement from the Board of Trustees in October 2007, and as chair from 2001 to 2007. He is now a trustee emeritus.
Baccalaureate speaker, The
Reverend Robin M. Hynicka’75, was presented with a
doctor of humanities degree.
Hynicka is in his 30th year of
ministry and currently serves
the Arch Street United Methodist Church in
Center City Philadelphia as senior pastor.
Julia K. Terzis, M.D., Ph.D.’65 received a doctor of
science degree. Terzis, one of
Albright’s first international
students, is director of the
Microsurgical Program at
Eastern Virginia Medical School and a professor
in the Department of Surgery, Division
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eastern
Virginia Medical School. She has trained
more than 200 young physicians from around
the world in the art of reconstructive microsurgery,
and has introduced multiple clinical
procedures to combat facial paralysis, obstetrical
brachial plexus paralysis, and post-traumatic
brachial plexus paralysis.
Frank A. Franco, M.D., is a
retired physician. He practiced
medicine from 1952
until 1994. In 2003 he was
honored by the American
Medical Society for a half
century in medicine with the 50-Year Award.
In 1961 he founded City Broadcasting Company,
Inc., which included stations WRFY-FM
and WRAW-AM in Reading, Pa. He served as
an Albright College trustee from 1994 until his
retirement from the Board in 2005, when he
received emeritus status.
Baccalaureate speaker, The
Reverend Robin M. Hynicka’75, was presented with a
doctor of humanities degree.
Hynicka is in his 30th year of
ministry and currently serves
the Arch Street United Methodist Church in
Center City Philadelphia as senior pastor.
Julia K. Terzis, M.D., Ph.D.’65 received a doctor of
science degree. Terzis, one of
Albright’s first international
students, is director of the
Microsurgical Program at
Eastern Virginia Medical School and a professor
in the Department of Surgery, Division
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eastern
Virginia Medical School. She has trained
more than 200 young physicians from around
the world in the art of reconstructive microsurgery,
and has introduced multiple clinical
procedures to combat facial paralysis, obstetrical
brachial plexus paralysis, and post-traumatic
brachial plexus paralysis.
Frank A. Franco, M.D., is a
retired physician. He practiced
medicine from 1952
until 1994. In 2003 he was
honored by the American
Medical Society for a half
century in medicine with the 50-Year Award.
In 1961 he founded City Broadcasting Company,
Inc., which included stations WRFY-FM
and WRAW-AM in Reading, Pa. He served as
an Albright College trustee from 1994 until his
retirement from the Board in 2005, when he
received emeritus status.