The Haddonfield Alumni Society will hold their annual meeting and awards ceremony on Saturday, Nov, 27 in the auditorium at Haddonfield Memorial High School. The alumni society will honor recipients from both 2020 and 2021.
The awards ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. and will be preceded by a breakfast reception at 9 a.m.. All alumni are invited to attend the ceremony and reception. Among those alumni/ae being honored for 2021 are the following:
Dr. Bruce Lindsay ‘69
Dr. Lindsay earned his bachelor’s degree from Eckerd College ’73 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1977. He completed a residency at the University of Michigan. Dr. Lindsay has been described by colleagues as “a superb clinician and highly respected at national and international levels as an authority on heart-rhythm abnormalities and their treatment.”
During the course of his career as the Director of Electrophysiology at Washington University Medical Center and later as Vice Chair of Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. Bruce has been involved in leading edge research including the implantation of defibrillators without opening a patient’s chest, the use of ablation to treat arrhythmias, and treatment strategies for atrial fibrillation. As a result of his indefatigable work, he has co-authored more than 150 peer reviewed publications and lectured at meetings throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, India, and China.
Donald Chew ‘69
Don attended Lafayette University graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English. He spent the next six years doing graduate work at the University of Rochester, earning a Ph D. in English and American Literature and later earned an MBA in finance at the Rochester’s Simon School of Business. In 1979, Don moved to New York City to work with the Financial Policy Division of the Chase Manhattan Bank. He founded a publication called The Chase Financial Quarterly, which later became the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, which Don has edited for the past 40 years. Made up mainly of articles written by finance academics for practicing corporate executives, the JACF aims to explain the workings of capital markets and how the executives can use the principles and methods of finance to increase the long-run efficiency and value of their organizations, whether they be for-profit, non-profit, or part of the public sector.
In addition to his work at the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Don has edited and published some ten collections of articles, two of which—The New Corporate Finance: Where Theory Meets Practice (McGraw-Hill) and (with Joel Stern) The Revolution in Corporate Finance (Blackwell)—continue to be used in business schools throughout the world.
Dr. Laura Iavicoli ‘89
Dr. Iavicoli earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, summa cum laude from Boston University and her Doctor of Medicine degree from Robert Wood Johnson, UMDNJ. A board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with special expertise in Emergency Management, her career includes twenty years as an emergency room physician at Elmhurst General Hospital in Queens while also serving as an Associate Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She was most recently appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer for NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst. She has been at the forefront of disaster preparedness in NYC, having given over 20 invited lectures and/or presentations on emergency management and authored or co-authored some 17 journal articles related to her field of expertise. Her emergency medicine experience had previously brought her face to face with several earlier crises including SARS, H1N1, and Ebola but none that matched the scale of COVID-19.
Laura described her safety-net hospital as “the most magical place on earth,” with a skilled, committed staff and a diverse mix of patients who offer fresh challenges every day. At the height of the pandemic, her emergency room was seeing 400 patients per day, double its usual number. Laura’s extraordinary efforts did not go unrecognized. In July, 2021 she w “recognized for heroic contributions to the five boroughs during the pandemic with tireless dedication to New York City” and was given the Hometown Hero Essential Worker Award. In Sept. 2020, she was honored with the Schneps Media Healthcare Heroes Award “for dedication and service to the healthcare community”. She also received the NYC Health and Hospitals, Elmhurst Emergency Department, Healthcare Hero Award, for dedication and leadership at Elmhurst Hospital during the pandemic.
Lisa Weissenberger Woslchina ‘89
Ms. Wolschina graduated from Princeton University ’93 where she majored in history. She later completed her master’s in education at Rutgers University New Brunswick, graduating with Honors in 1995.
Lisa returned to her alma mater to teach high school social studies, coach cheerleading, advise the freshman class and moderate the Interact Club. In 2000, Ms. Wolschina made some life changing decisions about balancing career and motherhood. She chose a career in real estate where she has exemplified exceptional achievement over the past 20 years, Lisa manages her own branch of Keller Williams Real Estate. She earned the NJAR Circle of Excellence Award consistently from 2007 through 2020 and has been the perennial leader in sales production and dollar volume for all of Camden County. She is nationally ranked in the top 100 realtors in Keller Williams; an organization that has over 500,000 realtors. She is also among the top 8 realtors in the tri-state region. She employs a staff of 10 real estate agents, and her agency has outperformed her nearest Haddonfield competitor by a more than two to one margin. Ms. Wolschina is among that very special group of businessmen and businesswomen of Haddonfield who are dedicated to giving back to the community. She serves as a board member of the Haddonfield Educational Trust and the Haddonfield Outdoor Sculpture Trust.
During the past year alone, Lisa’s philanthropic efforts included sponsoring the Healthy Running Series for Kids 2021, co-sponsoring the Ndotto sculpture for Haddonfield Outdoor Sculpture Trust, supporting the HMHS Drama Club livestream event as well as myriad volunteer activities including cooking for the Ronald McDonald house; collecting prom dresses for high school students in need; shopping for, donating and delivering food to needy families during the pandemic; and sponsoring “Women in the Arts” for The Haddonfield Fortnightly.
Recently, she organized a fundraiser to collect school supplies for local children in need. She does this annually working directly with school administrators so that the identities of the children are kept confidential. Her efforts in this area are tireless and her impact enormous in our small community.
Ms. Lynn Green
Ms. Green began her career as a special education teacher at Haddonfield Memorial High School in 1988. From those earliest days she showed the compassion and empathy to high school students that would become the hallmark of her 33-year teaching career.
Lynn truly found her niche in the district as a kindergarten teacher at Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School. Dr. Heather Stambaugh, a parent whose three children had Lynn as their kindergarten teacher, wrote: “…we realized how lucky our son was to have Lynn as a teacher. She gave careful individualized attention to the academic and emotional needs of each of her students. She was always at the ready with a kind word or warm hug for them. She gave her students the foundation and tools to be successful learners.”
As a teacher, Lynn was an advocate for developing a curriculum that was engaging yet challenging for the students. As a reading and writing specialist, she was an integral part of the Reading Recovery program at Elizabeth Haddon and was deeply involved in creating a curriculum that ensured her students thrived and made smooth grade transitions. She speaks passionately about the Reading Recovery program as she felt she made a difference in her students’ education, understanding the importance of early recognition of reading and writing difficulties in students. Lynn was also a valued member of the school-wide committee that helped Elizabeth Haddon earn status as a “Blue Ribbon School”.
