From the 25th Reunion book, 1996:

Susan Perchonock Denis died suddenly of a heart arrhythmia on October 9, 1995.
She is survived by her husband, Alan Denis, two sons, Chip (14) and Mike (12), her parents,
Dorothy and Sol Perchonock of Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and her sisters, Ellen
Perchonock (Swarthmore '63) of Amsterdam and Anne Jacobs of Short Hills, New Jersey.
Susan and her family lived in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Susan was a highly intelligent, gifted, and very capable individual. She was an excellent
student at Swarthmore and we liked and respected her for her honesty, integrity, and
compassion. She was energetic and enthusiastic and often shared her many interests with
us. Another trait that comes to mind when I think of Susan was her tenacity. When she set
her mind to something, she got it done and done we1l A case in point was her decision to
graduate from Swarthmore in under four years. She made this decision in order to
matriculate with her friends, most of whom happened to be in the class ahead of hers. Not
only did Susan accomplish this goal (a rare feat at Swarthmore), she did so while
maintaining an excellent GPA!

Susan was a devoted daughter. She knew the importance of family and remained loyal to
her parents and sisters throughout her life. She frequently made choices to be with them
and to share her life with them.

Music was an important part of Susan's life and after Swarthmore she studied the flute and
earned her Masters in Music from Boston University. She then taught music and art at a
Boston middle school Then her interests evolved toward the business world and she did
marketing for Dow Jones and VIACOM in New York and New Jersey.

After her marriage and the birth of her children, Susan dedicated her time to her family.
She achieved significant personal growth through mothering: practicing patience,
compassion and empathy. She held some part time jobs but her real interest was at home.
They lived in New Jersey and Pennsylvania primarily but spent several years in
Albuquerque at the foot of the Sandia Mountains. Susan loved hiking in the mountains and
skiing and she enjoyed the casual western lifestyle.

In recent years, Susan devoted much time and effort to the study of brain development,
particularly the issues surrounding attention deficit disorder. In fact, she had made it a life
task to research ADD, with hopes of finding some solution to the problem. Just a month
before her death she had started a PhD program in neuropsychology at Bryn Mawr.

(Submitted by Chris Howson and Sara Linda Bernstein)