Donald A. Calcagni, senior associate director of VPUL Facilities at the University of Pennsylvania, died on October 8. He was 63 years old.

Mr. Calcagni was born in Norristown, PA, and spent most of his life in Levittown. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School.

He joined Penn in 1991 as an estimator/inspector with Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES), a position he held until 2005. He then became an associate director of facilities in the division of the Vice Provost for University Life (VPUL) and was promoted to senior associate director in February 2016.

In 2007, he was part of a team that earned an honorable mention in the Models of Excellence Awards for developing a well-coordinated approach to renovating Fraternity/Sorority houses (Almanac February 20, 2007).

He was among this year’s new members of Penn’s 25 Year Club (Almanac October 4, 2016). He had  also been a member of the University Club since 2005 and was a daily guest there.

He is survived by his wife, Linda; their seven children, Donald, Ryan, Colleen, Sherry, Fred, Kim and Brian; 12 grandchildren; two sisters, Darlene Smyth and Tina Benvenuto; his mother, Gertrude Calcagni; and many nieces and nephews.

Mr. Calcagni’s family requests that those who wish to honor his memory do so by “forgiving others, building relationships and making memories with family and friends.”

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