“We are all in deep grief and at a loss for words. To know Joanne is to be her friend,” Temple Provost Gregory Mandel said.
Temple University’s acting president died after she collapsed on stage at a campus memorial service on Tuesday, the Philadelphia college announced.
Epps was scheduled to speak at the event, but had to be carried out by uniformed police after she slumped over in her chair, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.Ken Kaiser, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Temple, said the university was unaware of any prior health issues that Epps may have been dealing with. JoAnne A. Epps died after a “sudden episode” at a memorial service on Tuesday, Temple University officials announced.
She started working at the university bookstore 40 years ago, and dedicated her career to bettering the 33,000-plus student university.
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