Elizabeth Gibson Drinko

DRINKO Elizabeth G. Drinko, age 88, died August 22, 2010. Elizabeth Gibson Drinko has long been an outstanding supporter of academic programs at Marshall University including the activities of the Drinko Academy and the Elizabeth Gibson Drinko Honors Convocation. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she graduated in 1940 from Crafton High School where she was a member of the YWCA Leader Corps, National Honor Society, French, Latin and Spanish Clubs, Girl Reserves and class officer in her junior and senior years. She earned her B.A. degree in 1944 from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, majoring in psychology. She was a member of national Beta Sigma Omicron, which became Zeta Tau Alpha in 1965, Panhellenic Council, Mermaids acrobatic swimming team, YWCA, and May Court. She served an internship at the Neuropsychiatric Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut. She married John Deaver Drinko on May 14, 1946. She is the mother of four children, Elizabeth Lee Sullivan, Dr. Diana Lynn Drinko, John Randall Drinko and the late Jay Deaver Drinko; grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of five. A member of the Heights United Presbyterian Church, she held offices and was active in the United Presbyterian Women's Group. She is past president of the Cleveland Council of Panhellenic. For two years, she was chairwoman of the Lyndhurst, Ohio, Combined Health Drive, she was also active in the United Presbyterian Missionary Conference, Boy Scouts, and Cub Scouts. Mrs. Drinko was an officer and director of Cleveland Institute of Electronics, Inc., World College Inc., and Double D Ranch. She was an officer and trustee of the John D. and Elizabeth G. Drinko Charitable Foundation and The Mellen Foundation. Mrs. Drinko was a member of the College Club of Cleveland, Mayfield Country Club, The Union Club of Cleveland, and O'Donnell Golf Club of Palm Springs, California. She holds 3 honorary doctoral degrees from Marshall University, Westminster College and Keystone College. Member Church of the Covenant. Friends may call at BROWN-FORWARD, 17022 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights, Oh., from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Memorial Service will be held at Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Avenue, Saturday, August 28 at 2 p.m. The family prefers that those who wish may make contributions in her name to Keystone College Advancement Office, 1 College Green, LaPlume, PA 18440 or The Drinko Academy, Old Main #211, Marshall University, Huntington, W.VA 25755. www.Brown-Forward.com