Drexel University College of Medicine has named Karen Restifo ’11 vice dean of Drexel University College of Medicine’s Tower Health campus, effective September 1, 2020. Before joining Drexel, Restifo served as associate dean of student affairs at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Gerald M. Fox, Jr. ’70, a longtime partner at Fox & Fox, LLP and member of the Connecticut Probate Assembly and National College of Probate Judges, died July 30, 2020. Read his obituary. 

Karen Sills ’06 has been included in Hartford Business Journal’s 2020 40 under 40 young professionals in Connecticut list. Sills is vice president and corporate counsel at Prudential Financial, where she has worked since 2011. The 40 Under Forty Award recognizes 40 young professionals in the Greater Hartford area who are excelling in leadership roles.

Henry W. O’Brien ’62, a Korean War veteran and trial lawyer in Connecticut for more than 40 years, died July 29, 2020. Read his obituary.