Candace Introcaso

{{Short description|American academic administrator (1953–2023)}}

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| name = Sister Candace Introcaso

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| order = 7th

| title = President of La Roche University

| term_start = April 8, 2005

| term_end = May 22, 2023

| predecessor = Monsignor William Kerr

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|12|08}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|05|22|1953|12|08}}

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| alma_mater = Fordham University
Shippensburg University
Claremont Graduate University

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Candace Mary Introcaso (December 8, 1953 – May 22, 2023) was an American academic administrator who was the President of La Roche University, a private Catholic education institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Candace Mary Introcaso was born on December 8, 1953.{{cite web |title=Candace Mary Introcaso |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/3571985:62209?tid=&pid=&queryId=e744088faca276bb8359246ceaafc0f6&_phsrc=Dqh5939&_phstart=successSource |publisher=U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994–2019 |access-date=24 May 2023}} She was elected the seventh President of La Roche University by the Board of Trustees in 2004. As a member of the Sisters of Divine Providence, Introcaso began her involvement in higher education in the late 1980s, serving on both the faculty and the administrative staff at La Roche from 1986–91.{{cite web | title =History of the College | publisher =La Roche College | url =http://www.laroche.edu/about/history.htm | accessdate =2007-10-11 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20071024113229/http://www.laroche.edu/about/history.htm | archivedate =2007-10-24 }}{{cite web | title =Alumni Notes | publisher =Claremont Graduate University | url =http://www.cgu.edu/pages/2063.asp | accessdate =2007-10-11 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070608025717/http://www.cgu.edu/pages/2063.asp | archive-date =2007-06-08 | url-status =dead }}

Introcaso went on to serve as assistant vice president for academic affairs at Heritage College, located in the Yakama Indian Reservation in Toppenish, Washington, from 1997 until 1999. Her next position was vice president for planning and assessment at Barry University in Miami, Florida.

Introcaso received her Ph.D. in higher education administration from Claremont Graduate University, where she received the Hausam-Fisk Award for Excellence in Higher Education. Introcaso also held an MA in sociology from Fordham University and a BA in psychology from Shippensburg University.

Introcaso died on May 22, 2023, at the age of 69.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/candace-introcaso-la-roche-university-president-dies/|title=Sister Candace Introcaso, La Roche University president, dies|work=CBS News|date=23 May 2023|access-date=23 May 2023}}

References

Category:1953 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:21st-century American Roman Catholic nuns

Category:Fordham University alumni

Category:Heads of universities and colleges in the United States

Category:20th-century American Roman Catholic nuns

Category:Women heads of universities and colleges