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47 IN MEMORIAM Helena Catherine Meaney '30 Margaret Essington Lloyd '35 Irene "Rene" Burslem Setzer '39 Rosalie Auster Ortner '43 Ruth Herrmann Reniff '43 Charlotte Britton Snook '43 Margaret Martin Swinson '44 Harriet DeAngelis DeMatteis '47 William "Bill" Griggs '47 Joan "Jaye" Stone '48 Doris Shoemaker Allen '50 Gertrude "Trudy" O'Brien Yannetti '51 Anne Trowbridge Richwagen '57 Robert Bates '59 June Bordwick Federico '62, MEd '94 William Asterino MA '64 Lena Bryant Crawley '64 Joanne Lovette Tropeano '65 Linnea "Lynn" Abbott Sikora '66 Kathleen Shine Frazer '70 Lucille Bertuccio '72 James Van Gelder MA '74 Nancy Farrell Lospinoso '75 Robert Nagle '75 Eugenia Reeve MA '78 Joanne Zolandz '78 William Paquin '81 Sandra Elson MA '84 Margaret "Peggy" Drizga '86 Maria Rodriguez Saborio '86 Barbara Fomalont MEd '90 Faculty/Staff Thomas Breslin, professor of economics, at left Remembrances FACING PAGE: BILL CARDONI. THIS PAGE, DUSTIN FENSTERMACHER Thomas P. Breslin, Professor of Economics, 1942–2016 Contagious compassion "This is how I remember Tom: light on ego, large on heart." PROFESSOR BRESLIN was more than my teacher. He was my mentor, my advisor, my constant moral compass. He was my expert on antique cars. But most of all, he was my friend. Before I knew him, Tom had graduated from Franciscan University with a bachelor's degree in accounting, then excelled at West Virginia University where he earned both his master's degree and a PhD in economics. He taught high school business and economics for several years, and it was only in 1972 that he joined the faculty at the college. There he would devote the rest of his life to working with bright young minds, a task he always held dear to his heart. I first met Tom in the early '80s as I was changing majors from chemistry to economics. Immediately I sensed two things. First, his eloquence and wisdom demonstrated a mastery of macroeconomic strategy, with particular insight into labor economics. Second, his compassion was contagious. Tom's attitude inspired students to rally their strengths and remember their weaknesses, and he always demanded that we rectify our wrongs. Such character raised him above the rest, turning every class into a life lesson. Through my time at the college and beyond, Tom and I became close friends. He served as my advisor in the honors curriculum, overseeing a paper I wrote on OPEC. A decade later, when Tom managed the School of Business as its interim dean, I'd return the favor by helping him plot out the interior floor plans for the new Business Building. He and his wife would even go on to attend my wedding. Between these milestones, we'd keep in constant contact, and I'd relish any opportunity to hear him wax poetic about economics or life itself. In the end, Tom was as tirelessly energetic as when he began his career. When others would've retired happily, he returned to the classroom. It wasn't enough just to shepherd the School of Business through a transition phase—Tom wanted to stand on the other side, welcoming the next generation of thinkers. This is how I remember him: light on ego and large on heart. Tom was a beacon and a brilliant economist, but to me, he will always be family. —Christopher Brashier '84 Founder and managing director CHB Investment Group, LLC

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