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LYCOMING COLLEGE 2015 SPRING MAGAZINE
P E O P L E
Barbara L. Sylk ’73
Board of Trustees
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NEW TRUSTEES
Barbara L. Sylk and her husband, Leonard, recently hosted the inaugural
opening reception of the Lycoming College Art Gallery in downtown
Williamsport. Together, they have become a major influence, helping the
Lycoming College art community engage more with the City of Williamsport.
Barbara has curated several exhibitions, including one for Burlington County
College in her hometown of Mount Holly, N.J. She is currently a member of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) and the Greater Philadelphia
Cultural Alliance. In the past, she served as a member of the Lycoming College
Alumni Association Executive Board and president of the CADME Gallery in
Philadelphia.
Barbara received her bachelor’s degree in art from Lycoming College and
her master’s degree in art education from the Philadelphia College of Art, now
known as the University of the Arts. Barbara and Leonard currently reside in
Merion Station, a town contiguous to Philadelphia.
Frank G. Pellegrino
Board of Trustees
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Williamsport native Frank Gerard Pellegrino is co-founder and executive
vice president of PRIMUS Technologies Corporation, a business that has been
a leading electronics manufacturing services provider since 1959. He also
is the chief executive officer of various companies both in and around the
Williamsport area, including Dice Surgical and Home Health, Computer Science
Resources, M&M Sheetmetal and Steel Fabrication, Williamsport and Culligan
Water and Water Treatment Systems, Susquehanna River Valley Realty and
Yoder Insurance Incorporated.
Pellegrino is an arts and recreation advocate, serving as the secretary of the
corporation on the Community Arts Center board of directors, and as a member
of the Hiawatha Inc. board. He is invested in the future of area students as well,
serving as the acting vice president of the First Community Foundation of
Pennsylvania, working on the organization’s marketing, executive and regional
advisory board committees. Additionally he is the president of the board of
directors of the Beatrice M. Eck Educational Endowment Fund of Lycoming
County for the Diocese of Scranton.
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