La Salle University
03/25/2026 | Press release | Archived content
In Memoriam
Thomas J. Dougherty, '49
Frank Stanton, '51
Vincent A. Renzulli, '51
Thomas J. Feeney, '52
Paul M. Moser, '52
Fred William Ley, '53
Anthony M. Marino, '54
Donald E. Praiss M.D., '54
Thomas E. Dougherty, '55
Leonard J. Wodarczyk, '56
John G. Breza, '56
Richard F. Langan Jr., '57
William B. Siegfried, '58
Patrick F. Kennedy, '58
John R. Callamaro, '58
Daniel Joseph Lawler, '59
Joseph R. Clay Jr., '60
Robert W. Suter Esq., '60
John M. Cunningham, '60
Francis J. Dollarton Jr., '61
James S. Atwell Ph.D., '61
Walter J. Stanton, '61
Michael J. McKenna, '62
Taras M. Wochok Esq., '62
Leo E. Ganster, '62
John J. Murray Jr., '62
James C. Davidheiser Ph.D., '63
Eugene J. Ott Jr., CPA, '63
Paul J. Bolognone, '64
Richard B. Paul, '64
Francis P. Coyle, '64
Eugene J. Dugan, '65
John T. Becker, CPA, '65
Martin Michael Dolan Sr., '65
Richard P. Ryan, '65
Joseph M. Roche, '66
Fred A. Abbonizio, '66
Jerome Flomen, '66
Anthony (Tony) J. Nocella, '66
Richard J. Weber Esq., '67
Edgar J. Langdon, '68
Dennis M. Monahan, '68
John G. Younglove Esq., '68
Joseph P. Flynn Jr., '68
Leo F. McInerney, CPA, '68
John P. Janasik, '69
Raymond R. Jones Jr., '69
William F. Reyers, '69
Edward J. McGlinchey Jr., Esq., '70
Gregory Le Cerff, '70
Wilbur Everett Huf, '71
Edward J. Calabrese, '71
Paul J. Dempsey Jr., '72
Raymond John Porreca Jr., Esq., '72
Leo M. Stenson, '72
Frank Scalfaro, '72
William M. Monteleone, '72
Stephen J. Paulmeno, '73
Janice L. Wescott, '73
Daniel P. Ricci, '73
Harvey L. Bunch Jr., P.E., '73
Michael J. Hoffman, '73
Stephen F. Andrilli Ph.D., '73
Richard D. Datz, '73
Gregory Stephen Cipa, '73
Jessica Yanni Dougherty, '73
John Joseph Chambers Jr., '74
Gerard J. Wills, '74
Patricia M. Stanton, '74
Dennis Kessler, '75
Michael J. Woodward, '76
Sallyanne F. Harper, '76
Carlo Corsino, '76
Paul C. Bowen, '76
Denis P. McCrossan, '77
Susan Miller VanNest, '77
John Patrick Kelly, '78
James G. Vendetti, '78
Beverly Scharwath, '79
John Patrick Haughton, '79
Francis A. Larthey, '79
Edwin D. Borja, '80
John J. Mink, '81
Michael P. Gordon, '83
Michael Charles Johnston, '84
Gerald L. Santilli, '84
Maureen G. Arnold, '85
Timothy J. Ward, '87
Michael M. O'Gara, '88
Debra Ann Werschek, '89
Joseph P. Matlock, '89
Megan Fitzsimmons Kelly, '90
Inez B. Clarke, '91
Allen M. Young, '91
Bert Estlow, '91
Francis Joseph Hoffer, '92
Kathryn E. Backe, '93
Michael A. Wanjek, '93
Ronnie James Patton, '95
M. Jacqueline Carr, '95
Katherine M. Gunn, '95
John Patrick Falco Esq., '95
Andrew Richard Whearty, '96
Paul Stephen Horos III, '96
Elizabeth Ann Goettle, '97
Melinda F. O'Neill, '97
Anna Maria C. Salamon, '98
Geraldine J. McDonnell, '98
Tracy Renee Fry, '99
Kathleen Werth, '01
Marizita T. Seher Psy.D., '03
Michael A. Vitale, '04
John M. Gallagher, '04
Katharine Elizabeth Lantz, '06
Allen D. Hampton, '12
Brenda Lynn Williams, '13
Anthony (Tony) J. Nocella, '66, whose generosity was felt at La Salle University and beyond, passed away on Jan. 29, 2026. Born and raised in South Philadelphia, Tony's time at La Salle's night school, interspersed with time serving in the U.S. Air Force, set the trajectory for an illustrious and successful career working at companies including American Medicorp and the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS). Throughout his life, Tony, along with his wife of over 50 years, Ruth, lived by the idea that what goes around comes around, giving back to over 30 nonprofits in Philadelphia, where Tony and Ruth raised their two daughters and son, and Houston, where the couple lived together. La Salle has and will continue to feel the impact of Tony's, a two-time DeAngelis Award recipient, generosity both through his contributions on the Council of President's Associates and the Board of Trustees and through the opportunities the Nocella family have created for Explorers with their decades-long donor contributions, the Anthony J., '66, and Ruth Nocella Endowed Scholarship, and the Anthony J., '66, and Ruth Nocella Student Success Initiative.
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