Candace Introcaso, who served as president of La Roche University in Pittsburgh from 2004 to the time of her death, died on May 22. She was 69 years old.
A native of Plainfield, New Jersey, Dr. Introcaso was a graduate of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, where she majored in psychology. She held a master’s degree in sociology from Fordham University in New York and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Claremont Graduate University in California.
Dr. Introcaso worked and taught at what was then La Roche College from 1986 to 1991. She later served as assistant vice president for academic affairs at Heritage College in Washington State and as vice president for planning and assessment at Barry University in Miami, Florida.
Dr. Introcase was appointed a trustee of La Roche College in 2001 and was named the seventh president of the college in 2004. The college transitioned to university status in 2018.