PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A top Philadelphia healthcare executive will be honored on Wednesday, October 19 by the Penn State Alumni Association and President Graham Spanier during the 2005 Penn State Alumni Fellows Ceremony at The Nittany Lion Inn in State College, PA.
Daniel J. Pedriani, President and Chief Executive Officer of AmeriHealth Administrators, a subsidiary of Independence Blue Cross, is one of 20 Penn State alumni being honored that evening for his outstanding professional accomplishments. He will be awarded the title of Penn State Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. As a recipient, he will be designated with this permanent and lifelong title by the Penn State Board of Trustees.
To become a Penn State Alumni Fellow, the alumni must first be nominated by an academic college or campus as a leader in his or her professional field. Dan was nominated for this award by both the Great Valley and Schuylkill campuses of The Pennsylvania State University. As an Alumni Fellow, Dan will be invited by the President of the University to return to campus to share his expertise with students, faculty and administrators.
“The Alumni Fellow program gives us the opportunity to showcase the incredible contributions Penn Staters make to our nation and the world,” says Roger L. Williams, executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association. Since the Alumni Fellow award was established in 1973, a total of 549 distinguished Penn State alumni have been recognized and honored with the title of Alumni Fellow.
The Penn State Alumni Association is the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world with more than 156,000 members. Established in 1870, the Alumni Association’s mission is to connect alumni to the University and to each other, provide valuable benefits to members and support the University’s mission of teaching, research and service.
Dan Pedriani and his wife, Kathy, are both 1971 Penn State graduates and lifetime members of the alumni association. Dan is a member of the Penn State Great Valley Advisory Board, and as a past chairman of the Advisory Board, he helped to expand Penn State’s graduate campus in Great Valley, PA. Presently, he is serving the University as Advisory Board member and Chair of the Development Committee for the Penn State Great Valley campus.
AmeriHealth Administrators is a leading national third party administrator (TPA) serving self-funded health plans throughout the U.S. As a full-service TPA, AmeriHealth Administrators offers customers total flexibility in plan design and integrated implementation, providing customized, cost-effective health benefits solutions to help achieve goals for savings, satisfaction and outcomes.
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