Bill Bovino, Van Pelt Library

William (“Bill”) Anthony Bovino, a former Penn librarian, died on March 27 in hospice care at Paoli Hospital. He was 74 years old.

Mr. Bovino was born in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University in 1963, then taught Latin at St. Raphael’s Academy in Providence. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise. He then attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and taught English as a second language.

Mr. Bovino began his library career at Brown University. He earned a master’s degree in library and information studies from the University of California at Berkeley while working at the library of its School of Law.

In 1988, he became Romance languages cataloger at Penn’s Van Pelt Library. When he retired in 2014, he was the head of the original cataloging department.

Mr. Bovino is survived by C. Danial Elliott and by his cousins, Norma Gallagher, Richard and Elayne Guglielmetti, Ronald and Susan Improta, Robert and Ginny Improta, Valorie and Paul Hodgert, Joseph and Patricia Petrucci, Barbara and David Dumoulin and John Del Rossi.

Donations may be made in his memory to the Monks of Norcia Foundation, PO Box 3748, Des Moines, IA 50323 (osbnorcia.org); the Blessed John Henry Newman Catholic Community, 6611 Ardleigh St., Philadelphia, PA 19119; St. Philip Church, 1970 Clearview Rd., Souderton, PA 18964; or Paoli Hospital Foundation, 255 West Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301.

H. Samuel Greenawalt, Trustee

H. Samuel (“Sam”) Greenawalt, former Penn Trustee and alumnus, W’51, died as a result of cardiac arrest on March 25. He was 85 years old.

Mr. Greenawalt, an Alumni Award of Merit recipient, served on the Board of Trustees during the 1970s and ’80s and was a steward of the University’s financial security for many years as a member of the Investment Board. He was also a longtime member of the Athletics Advisory Board, which went on to become the Athletics Board of Overseers. As a member of the Class of 1951’s reunion and gift committees, a Penn Fund volunteer, an alumni leader at the Wharton School and a member of the Penn Alumni Council and the Midwest Regional Alumni Club, Mr. Greenawalt worked diligently to help other alumni remain an active part of the Penn family.

During his time as a finance student in the Wharton School, he participated in the Sigma Chi fraternity, lettered in squash and was a member of the celebrated “Munger Men” who played under legendary football coach George A. Munger. A former All-American center, he served as a guest coach of the football team in the fall of 2008 and shared with the players his memories of playing on Penn’s nationally ranked team before sold-out crowds at Franklin Field. The team had already planned to honor him on April 11 at its annual Spring Game, which it renamed the H. Samuel Greenawalt Spring Game in his honor for his many years of involvement.

After attending Penn, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin’s Graduate School of Banking and went on to become an executive with Standard Federal Bank, a senior vice president of Michigan National Bank and the vice president of LaSalle Bank. He was also a director of Valley Commerce Bank and the throttle manufacturer Williams Controls.

He served in the United States Marine Corps and retired from its reserve unit after 22 years of service. He was a Trustee of the Detroit Country Day School and a director of the Michigan chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. His honors included the 2010 National Scholar-Athlete Award of the Detroit Country Day School and inclusion in the NCAA’s 1976 Silver Anniversary Group, which recognized five distinguished former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of their participation in college athletics.

Mr. Greenawalt is survived by his wife, Diane; his three children, Tami Derezotes, Sharon and H. Samuel; four grandchildren, Liani, Jaiya, Annika and Elaina; his sister, Ann Lowry and his brother, Jon, C’61, G’63.

Contributions may be made in Mr. Greenawalt’s memory to the Martin Health Foundation, PO Box 9010, Stuart, FL 34995 or to the Detroit Country Day School, 22305 W. 13 Mile, Beverly Hills, MI 48025.