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| Remembering a Friend in Student Services |
| Ms. Nancy Alfred Persily Passes Away |
 Ms. Nancy Alfred Persily, a long time champion of public health and dedicated faculty member, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 after a long battle with breast cancer. Nancy was known in many capacities, from an advocate for research in aging to her work as associate dean for academic affairs. However, she was best known by the student service committee as a passionate advocate for students. She frequently reminded all of us, often when we needed to hear it the most, that we are here for the students and made us remember why we love what we do.
Despite the many times her illness was getting the best of her, Nancy always had spunk and wit that cheered the rest of us. Nancy, you were an inspiration to us all. For a full obituary, please see: http://fridayletter.asph.org/article_view.cfm?FLE_Index=6916&FL_Index=1508
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I first met Nancy Persily at the ASPH meetings in Philadelphia
shortly after I was asked to serve as National Advisor Liaison to
ASPH a number of years ago. While there, I attended a meeting of the
Public Relations and Communications Committee. I introduced myself
and made a very brief presentation on what our organization, the
NAAHP, was all about and how we might partner with ASPH to get the
word out to undergraduates about public health. At the end of the
meeting, Nancy rushed over and said how delighted she was that I was
there and what could she do to help me get the public health message
out to the advisors. It seems that we spent the better part of that
day, between sessions and over meals, talking about making
connections with advisors. Out of those conversations several
articles on public health appeared within a few months in THE
ADVISOR, the journal of the NAAHP. Nancy either helped write or
coordinate these articles. This journal is read by over 1000
undergraduate health advisors.
She was a consummate and enthusiastic communicator and educator
about public health.
We always found each other at the ASPH meetings and she was a
thoughtful and wonderful person with a great sense of humor. On
several occasions, she invited me to join her for special events at
the meetings and we had a terrific time together. She was always
concerned that I be fully engaged at the meetings and would seek me
out. She was smart, kind and a wonderful spokesperson for public
health and mentor for me. She was loved by many and I miss her
greatly.
- Bill Harvey
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Nancy Persily had one of the most pro student attitudes of anyone I've ever encountered and always presented a logical, common sense approach to the issues we encountered in our ASPH work. We will miss her friendship and collegiality!
- Chris Tisch
Assistant Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health |
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