Gary Miles

1 month ago | hastingstribune.com | Gary Miles

PHILADELPHIA - Richard Wernick, 91, of Haverford, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, acclaimed conductor, retired Irving Fine Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, and former consultant to conductor Ricardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, died Friday of age-associated decline at his home. Professor Wernick was prolific and celebrated as a composer.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Gary Miles

PHILADELPHIA - Richard Wernick, 91, of Haverford, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, acclaimed conductor, retired Irving Fine Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, and former consultant to conductor Ricardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, died Friday of age-associated decline at his home. Professor Wernick was prolific and celebrated as a composer.

Mar 12, 2025 | mahoningmatters.com | Gary Miles

June Koch, 92, of Ardmore, former professor of English literature at Bryn Mawr College and Widener University, onetime assistant secretary for policy development and research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and founder of Construction Marketing and Trading Inc., died Saturday, March 1, of Lewy body dementia at her home. Dr. Koch was an expert in housing, international construction and development, and English literature.

Feb 10, 2025 | mahoningmatters.com | Gary Miles

Gilda Mann Ellis, 96, of Haverford, prolific artist, former national president of the Artists Equity Association, former chair of the Fine Arts Committee of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, world traveler, longtime Mummers Parade costume judge, and volunteer, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, at her home of complications from a stroke. Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Ellis grew up in Wynnefield and Rittenhouse Square.

Jan 30, 2025 | mahoningmatters.com | Gary Miles

Banu Onaral, 75, of Philadelphia, pioneering biomedical engineer, innovative H.H. Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University, celebrated international scientific collaborator, and mentor, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, of lymphoma at Pennsylvania Hospital. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Dr. Onaral earned a doctorate in biomedical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and spent 43 years, beginning in 1981, at Drexel.