Charmaine Hamilton, registrar support specialist at Penn, died November 5 at Penn Presbyterian Hospital. She was 60.

Ms. Hamilton graduated from University City High School and earned a master’s of arts in human services from Lincoln University in 1994. 

Ms. Hamilton spent most of her professional career in human services supporting adults with disabilities and managing teams at Community Interactions, Inc. in Delaware County and United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia & Vicinity. She joined Penn in 2016 as a registrar specialist in finance and student registration. In 2018, she was given the department’s best in class award for “Going Above and Beyond.” She was also involved with the Women of Color at Penn and the Penn Knitting Circle.

She is survived by her husband, Charles D. Hamilton; parents, Ruth and Leon Evans; sisters, Ruth Salters (Frederick), Sarah Evans and Myra Evans; brothers, James Evans, Leon Evans, Alfonzo Evans and Anthony Evans; uncle, William Whitehurst (Catherine); aunt, Evelyn Nelson; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.