Posted on 21 April 2008 by Tyson McCloud
John Marzano, a former Temple baseball player who played 10 years in the Major Leagues, died on Saturday, April 19 after falling down a flight of stairs in his South Philadelphia home. He was 45.
As of late Saturday night, the exact cause of Marzano’s death was not immediately clear, the Associated Press reported.
Marzano, a catcher [...]
Posted on 26 March 2008 by Christopher Wink
J. Henri Wiesel, 64, a computer programing instructor at Temple, died on Friday. The causes were not immediately known by the university, spokesman Ray Betzner said .
He received his MBA from Temple in 1974, according to a university press release, before returning as an instructor in computer and information science in September 2001. Before [...]
Posted on 04 December 2007 by Christopher Wink
Man-Chiang Niu, who was instrumental in forging Temple’s well-developed relationship with his native China, died last month in Beijing. He was 95.
Niu, a retired Temple biology professor, died of complications from bone marrow cancer. He was a 21-year member of Temple’s faculty.
His distinguished career focused on cell research almost as much as he worked to [...]
Posted on 04 December 2007 by Chris Stover
Elizabeth Gladys Dean is 95 years old. Up until October 2007, she - and only one other person in the living world - shared the same experience.
At 2 months old, Dean was on the Titanic in 1912 and is now the last survivor of the sinking.
Barbara West Dainton, 96, passed away in October, leaving Dean [...]