Alumni Awards

Captain Matthew LeTourneau '95                                                           
Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award (posthumous)
Philadelphia Fire Department 

Captain Matthew LeTourneau of the Philadelphia Fire Department perished in the line of duty on January 6, 2018 while responding to a house fire in North Philadelphia. Captain LeTourneau was both a graduate of the College as well as an Emergency Medical Technician and CPR instructor for the Allied Health, Emergency Services and Nursing Division.

Captain LeTourneau is fondly remembered by his academic department supervisor here at the College, Elaine Karr Remington, who praised her former colleague. “Matt was so many things to so many people. Not only to his blood family but also to his Emergency Services family, his community (Philadelphia and Delaware County), the students as their EMT or CPR instructor, our faculty at the College as a well-respected co-worker, the students at Delaware County Fire Training Academy where he was a state fire instructor, Philadelphia Fire Department, Springfield Fire Department, Springfield ambulance, and many other organizations where he volunteered his time. Our Emergency Services family is broken hearted. We are all doing the best we can and trying to make sense out of this tragic, sudden loss of our dear friend.”  

The LeTourneau family recently launched a new scholarship here at the College in honor of Matthew and his service to the College. The scholarship is available to Emergency Management and Planning or EMS majors for both an incoming student as well as a non-traditional student who resides in Delaware County.

Those interested in applying for the LeTourneau Family Scholarship are asked to visit https://www.dccc.edu/2018-scholarship-application and fill out an application or contact the Educational Foundation office for more details.

Habibah Sulayman Smith MS '04
Alumni Professional Achievement Award
Project Specialist, US Department of Health and Human Services' Runaway and Homeless Youth Program

Habibah Sulayman Smith ‘04, is an author, blogger, inspirational speaker and life coach, who has served more than 17 years in the social service field working to better the lives of women and children. Mrs. Smith currently serves as a Youth Services Program Specialist for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program with the Family
and Youth Services Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

As a Region III project specialist, Smith supports the organizations and communities that work every day to end youth homelessness in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia. Mrs. Smith’s own experiences with homelessness, human trafficking and childhood sexual abuse drive her to work tirelessly for disadvantaged youth. Last year, she was selected by the Federal Emergency Management Administration and the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness, Response and Recovery to help on a voluntary basis with child care and other human services that are essential to the restoration of Puerto Rico from the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

In her spare time, Mrs. Smith devotes herself to writing, speaking and coaching women, particularly young women, about how to take pride in and feel confident about themselves. She is a member of the Philadelphia Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition and is chair of the Delaware County Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition. She also teaches a human trafficking awareness program at Mastery Shoemaker Middle School in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Smith holds an Associate in Arts in Education from Delaware County Community College, a bachelor’s degree in Health Education, with a concentration in Family Health, and a master’s degree in Health Administration/Public Health from Trident University.

Patrick Viesti '08

Order Execution Manager, Data Center and Infrastructure Build, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Products and Innovation at SAP. SAP Autism at Work Advocate and Team Member; Panelist, United Nations World Autism Day 2015.