For Immediate Release

Contact: John M. Martino
Phone Number:  (215) 895-1186
Date: 01/20/00

University Of The Sciences In Philadelphia Names New Chief Information Officer

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia recently named Patrick J. Lepore as Chief Information Officer (CIO). His responsibilities include leading the development and maintenance of an overall campus-wide strategic plan for Information Technology and acting as the interface between all Information Technology activities on campus.

Before coming to USP four years ago as the Director of Administrative Computing and later Associate Vice President for Information Technology, Lepore was an Associate Director of Computing Systems at the University of Scranton and an adjunct faculty member in engineering at Penn State University. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology from Southern Illinois University and an M.S. in Management Information Systems from Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass.

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia is a private, coeducational institution founded in 1821 as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America. USP specializes in educating students for rewarding health and science careers through its ten bachelor's, ten master's and four doctoral degree programs in the health and related sciences.

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