JOHN KARAJANIS

JOHN KARAJANIS, who received an MALS from Wesleyan in 1959 and who was the assistant superintendent of the West Haven (Conn.) Public Schools, died Dec. 22, 2010. He received his bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University and his PhD from Walden University. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he was also adjunct professor of physics at Southern Connecticut for nine years. He served in the West Haven school system for 45 years in various teaching and administrative capacities and was the recipient of two National Science Foundation grants to study physics at Yale University. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy De Bridget Karajanis,; several children, including Tony Karajanis ’90; and several grandchildren, including Paul J. Tortora ’03.