He grew up in Chester and earned degrees at Penn State and Temple. 'My grandpa was my idol,' his grandson said, 'an aspirational symbol of the person I strived to become.'
Lawrence Abrams, 83, of Bala Cynwyd, retired dean of Thomas Jefferson University’s college of health professions, former vice president for student affairs, professor of education, and innovative health career advocate, died Thursday, July 13, of Parkinson’s disease at the Hearth at Drexel retirement community.
“Whatever he did,” said Dr. Abrams’ daughter, Karen Abrams Kofsky, “he did for the betterment of society and health care.” He received Pennsylvania State University’s 1992 Distinguished Alumni Award, was awarded a 1998 honorary doctorate of humane letters from the State University of New York, and won a 2007 Legacy of Excellence Award from the ASAHP. He also established the Fred and Sadye Abrams Award in memory of his parents for faculty excellence at Jefferson.
Lawrence Abrams was born Sept. 19, 1934, in Chester. He graduated from Chester High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Penn State in 1961, a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Temple University in 1964, and a doctorate in higher education from Nova University, now Nova Southeastern University, in 1978.
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