Anne P. Castellan

Anne P. Castellan, 69 Long Time Employee of Sun Oil Co. Anne P. Castellan, 69, of Bryn Mawr, died January 13, 2011, at Bryn Mawr Hospital. The cause of death was ovarian cancer. Born January 3, 1942, in Lancaster, Anne grew up in Delaware County attending Nether Providence High School and was Valedictorian of its Class of 1959. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College, Washington, DC, Anne joined Sun Oil Company (later Sun) where she had a 32-year career that culminated in her being appointed the first Vice President of Information Systems at the company. During her years at Sun, Anne re-engineered production control and automation for the Refining Division, championed the implementation of a company-wide 4000+ PC network, changed the systems functional structure to a customer-focused business driven organization, consolidated all company mainframe data centers and led from scratch the start-up of the data centers for the Sunguard Disaster Recovery Services subsidiary that helped establish that new market. In 1993, she was a nominee for Information Week's Chief of the Year recognition. During her tenure with Sun, Anne served on the American Petroleum Institute's Information Systems Executive Committee; earned an MBA at the University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas and attended Harvard Business School's Management Development Program. After retiring from Sun in 1995, Anne served as Interim Manager of the Vanguard Corporate Systems Department and led their Systems Y2K Assessment Project. Over the years Anne volunteered service to many organizations and charities including serving on the board of trustees for Pierce College and Philadelphia Elwyn Institute and chairing the board of trustees for the Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Bryn Mawr. As a volunteer with the Executive Service Corps of the Delaware Valley, she provided pro bono consulting for many other charitable groups. Anne was active in her local parish in Bryn Mawr and in tutoring and fund raising for inner city schools including most recently the LaSalle Academy. In addition to her professional and charitable work, Anne always made time for her family, organizing gatherings and birthday shopping adventures with her nieces and nephews, particularly Michael, a special child. Anne was the daughter of Carl A. and Mary Ellen (nee Mahoney) Castellan. Her sister Ellen (Jim) Dotterrer predeceased her. Survivors: Her siblings Marie (Jim) Clark of West Chester, PA, Jim (Lynn) of Rose Valley, PA, Pat (Connie) of New York, NY, Bob (Sue) of Morgantown, WV, and Kevin (Missy) of Media, PA; as well as 11 nieces and nephews and 1 grandnephew. Visitation/Service: Her many relatives and friends are invited to her visitation this Monday, January 17, at 9:30 AM followed by a Requiem Mass at 10:30 AM, both at St. John Neumann R.C. Church, 380 Highland Lane, Bryn Mawr. Burial will be private at a later date. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Anne's memory to La Salle Academy, 1434 North 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19122(http://www.lasalleacademy.net/498334.ihtml) or another charity of one's choice.