North Hills School District To Laud Two Distinguished Alumni

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA - The North Hills School District next month will honor two graduates by presenting them with the district’s annual Distinguished Alumni Award: Dr. Jerry Yee and Carolyn Green.

Yee has been the head of the Department of Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Additionally, he also serves as a clinical professor of medicine in the department of medicine at Wayne State University and as the editor-in-chief of Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, a publication of the National Kidney Foundation.

Green was the executive director, strategic investments, for Pfizer Research & Development where she was responsible for a strategic venture capital fund that invests in early-stage biotechnology companies aligned with Pfizer’s R&D strategy. Green, who lived in Waltham, Massachusetts, will be honored posthumously after passing away April 16 following a brief illness.

Yee graduated in 1977, Green in 1983.

“Dr. Yee and Mrs. Green have brought great pride to the North Hills School District community,” superintendent Patrick J. Mannarino said.“Their professional and personal accomplishments demonstrate the value of hard work and dedication. We are proud to have given them a solid educational foundation for their future successes.”

The district established the award in 2010. Nominations are accepted each year through Nov. 15. To qualify, nominees must be alumni of North Hills High School or the former West View High School who graduated at least 10 years ago.

The nominations are evaluated based upon outstanding contributions made in nominees’ chosen profession, record of academic achievement, professional and/or business accomplishments as well as community or civic consciousness.

Photos via North Hills School District.