Dennis Slamon
Dr. Dennis Slamon ’70 is best known for the research he conducted that led to the development of Herceptin, a breast cancer drug that targets a specific genetic alteration found in about 30 percent of breast cancer patients. Slamon’s work marked a shift in cancer treatment from a one-size-fits-all approach to killing tumors to a…
Athena Sarris Simms
If you’re a chocolate connoisseur visiting Sarris Candies in nearby Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, you may encounter Athena Sarris Simms ’99, Sarris Candies family owner and granddaughter of founder, Frank Sarris.
Charles Pruner West
In 1922, Dr. Charles Pruner West ’24 became the first African-American quarterback to play in the Rose Bowl. Also a track and field star, he earned the title of a two-time National Collegiate Pentathlon Champion and was named to the 1924 Olympic team, though he did not participate due to injury. West went on to…
Lyn Dyster
Dr. Lyn Dyster ’80 has devoted her life to fighting cancer and other debilitating disorders through ground-breaking research and drug discovery. She has helped develop new breast cancer diagnostic and therapeutic technologies and is a founder of Kinex Pharmaceuticals, a biotech firm that is developing break-through medicines for cancer, osteoporosis, hearing loss, obesity, and ischemic…
Lindsey Zubritsky
With over million Instagram followers, Dr. Lindsey Zubritsky ’10, a.k.a. The Derm Guru, gives skincare advice through her social media videos to fans around the world, recently earning All Laundry Detergent’s title of Chief Dermatology Advisor. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she graduated summa cum laude from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA with…
Amy Hartman
In 2005, Dr. Amy Hartman ’98 was a member of the outbreak response team sent to Angola during the largest recorded outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, due to her work on viral virulence factors contributing to severe disease induced by infection with the Ebola virus. Dr. Hartman received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Washington…
E. Ronald Salvitti
E. Ronald Salvitti ’59 has become a world-wide innovator in the field of ophthalmic surgery, designing intraocular lenses for cataract surgery that have been widely used, since they gained widespread acceptance in the 1970s. E. Ronald Salvitti, M.D. has been in the practice of ophthalmology since 1973. In 1986 he became the founder and medical…
Daniel Lee Towler
Daniel Lee “Deacon” Towler ’50 played fullback in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams from 1950-55. He was the NFL’s leading rusher and an All-Pro in 1952. Towler and the Rams won the NFL Championship, the year prior.
Sallie Updyke Mundy
Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy ’84 has served on the state of Pennsylvania Supreme Court since January of 2018! Mundy was born in Elmira, New York and was raised in Tioga, Pennsylvania. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Washington & Jefferson College in 1984. She graduated with a Juris Doctor from University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1984. Mundy has been recognized for her professional and…
Joseph A. Walker
American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut, Joseph A. Walker ’42 was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was also the first person to enter space twice! Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, Walker graduated from Trinity High School in 1938. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Washington and Jefferson College in 1942,…