David W. Pentico ’63
David W. Pentico ’63, Ph.D., died on February 20. Dave was from Westville, New Hampshire, and attended Sanborn Seminary where he was valedictorian and participated in the magazine (editor-in-chief), glee club, dramatics, baseball, and basketball. At Dartmouth, he majored in mathematics and was Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of the IDC, Le cercle français, WDCR, and the intramural department. Dave went on to a get a master’s of science at Carnegie Mellon in industrial administration in 1966 followed by a doctor of philosophy degree from the same school in 1971. He taught at the University of Pittsburgh from 1966 to 1975, spent two years as an administrator of a 2000-bed nursing home, and then taught at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1978 to 1987. In 1987, he moved to Duquesne University where he was an associate professor of quantitative science, eventually becoming a full professor and department chair. He very much valued his teaching assignment and stayed on at Duquesne for five more years as a part-time administrator. In addition, he spent several years on the Richmond, Virginia, local health review board. An interesting side note: Dave gave blood 300 times since 1965. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Barbara, and two children.
