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Dr. Lena A. Delisser-Matthews
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Lena has left a trail of outstanding accomplishments, including BSc Degree from Fordham University (1957), MSc (1959) & PhD (1968) Degrees from Columbia University, and tenured Professor of Pharmacology, with many distinguished awards and recognition by her peers. Lena retired in 1992 from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Sciences being the 1st black woman to be on faculty in the University. A life well lived, loved by all and will be greatly missed!
She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Edmund Matthews, Brother Leonard DeLisser, Sisters Lilly-White St. Juste, May Campbell, and Myrtle James, nieces Sybil Goffe and Colleen Abrahams. She leaves behind her dear nieces Dianne Phillips, Susan Tavares, Judith DeLisser, adoring grandnieces Tanyah Lockett and Tracy-Ann Smith, several great grandnieces and nephews, Richard DeLisser, Michael Abrahams, Dale Abrahams and grand nephews Kurt Goffe and Kevin Lockett (In-Law) (& several great grandnephews).
Arrangements by Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.
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Nancy Clark Wiesinger
February 7, 2025
Dr. Delisser-Matthews was my teacher at PCPS in Philadelphia. The course she taught, Analytical Chemistry, inspired me to continue my education and become a Medical Technologist. I now teach at the college level and I repeat something she said often about laboratory instruments: It's not a machine! You get soda from a machine! I loved her enthusiasm and think of her often.
Nancy Clark Wiesinger PCPS 1993
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