Melissa Anne Eastman, a former regional director of admissions in Undergraduate Admissions at Penn, died January 15. She was 63.

Ms. Eastman was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1977 with a BA in English and psychology. She earned her MEd in guidance and counseling from William and Mary in 1978.

Ms. Eastman joined Undergraduate Admissions at Penn in 1985 as an admission’s officer. She served here as a regional director of admissions until 1988.  

She then served as a college counselor at the Episcopal Academy from 1993 until 2000. After that she worked at the American Reading Company, where she was a director of product development.

Ms. Eastman is survived by her daughters, Kate and Emma Fox.