Local historian Chuck Langerman has highlighted the current professional statuses of three Cheltenham alumni:
Dr. Jeffrey Dayno
Dr. Dayno, a 1975 graduate and President and CEO of Plymouth Meeting’s Harmony Biosciences, was named the 2024 “Bioscience CEO of the Year” by Life Sciences Pennsylvania, which recognizes visionary leadership and active participation to advance the life sciences industry.
Dr. Dayno is a neurologist with 10 years’ experience in clinical and academic medicine followed by 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
He is a graduate of Trinity College in Connecticut and Temple University’s Medical School, and three of his siblings graduated from Cheltenham High. His sister Susan graduated in 1972, younger brother Steven in 1978, and his late older brother Dr. Alan Dayno in 1969.
Dr. Leonid Kruglyak
Dr. Kruglyak, a 1983 graduate, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievement in original research.
Dr. Kruglyak is professor of human genetics and biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He studies the genetic basis of heritable traits to understand how changes at the level of DNA are shaped by molecular and evolutionary forces, and how such changes lead to the observable differences among individuals within a species.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a master’s and doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley in physics.
Gabby Szcepanek
Szcepanek, a 2013 graduate, was recently promoted to Assistant Director of Communications at the Perry World House on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The Perry World House is a global policy research center that aims to advance interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the world’s most urgent global affairs challenges. There she supports and implements its outreach, engagement, and media relations strategies.
Szcepanek earned her BA in Media Studies and Production from Temple University. At both Temple and Cheltenham High, she was a star lacrosse player. A four-year starter at Cheltenham, she was a U.S. Lacrosse All-American her senior year in 2013.
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