Memorial & Tribute Gifts
Pennsylvania CPA Foundation memorial and tribute gifts are powerful ways to celebrate someone’s life or honor someone special while also helping to move our mission forward.
Whether your gift is made in remembrance of someone special or to celebrate a significant milestone of a colleague or mentor (retirement, for example), these gifts hold a lasting significance for the donor and the honoree or his or her family.
Thank you to James McGrory for his donation in honor of the retirement of Steven A. Braun (left) from Drucker & Scaccetti.
“This contribution honors a truly gifted CPA with more than 50 years of experience. His guidance has helped grow both my career and Drucker Scaccetti for 25 years. Steve’s impact on the tax profession in Philadelphia is immeasurable and I
wish him the best in retirement.” – Jim McGrory, CPA, MT
“Thank you, Jim, for this honor. Helping aspiring CPAs has been a passion of mine, as it is yours. Let us continue to contribute to the future
of our great profession.” – Steve Braun, CPA"
Thank you to James McGrory (right) for his donation in honor of Ronald Drucker's (left) retirement.
Jim was a 1984 PICPA scholarship recipient at La Salle University and is currently a shareholder at Drucker & Scaccetti PC. Through his donor-advised fund with Fidelity Charitable, Jim made a donation in honor of the retirement of Ron Drucker, a founder of Drucker & Scaccetti PC.
Thank you to Stanley Merves for his donation in memory of Gilroy Roberts.
Gilroy Roberts was a Philadelphia native and the ninth chief engraver of the U.S. Mint from 1948 to 1964. Roberts is best known for his design of the obverse (heads) side of the Kennedy half dollar, which was commissioned after the president’s death
on Nov. 22, 1963.
Learn more about the Gilroy Roberts Gallery.
Thank you to Thomas Taricani for his donation in memory of Joseph Taricani.
Each year a student is the recipient of the Joseph F. Taricani Memorial Scholarship.
View the most recent list of scholarship winners.
Thank you to Steven Rossman for his donation in honor of Pennsylvania CPA Foundation board member James McGrory.
Thank you to Barbara Garlock for her donation in honor of Howard Plung.
"Howard was my senior partner and colleague for nearly 30 years at Louis Plung & Co. There is hardly a question about accounting or taxation that he couldn't answer, and he helped me immeasurably throughout my career with the firm."
Thank you to Jay and Sharon Bomstein for their donation in memory of Carmen Ferraioli.
"This contribution is in loving memory of Carmen Ferraioli, a true mentor, partner and friend of mine from his days at Arthur Young & Co. and Ernst & Young. Carmen was the first person I ever worked for when I began my career at AY in 1972. He never stopped teaching me."
Thank you to Jay and Sharon Bomstein for their donation in memory of Joe McCarthy.
"This donation is in loving memory of one of my biggest mentors, my partner Joe McCarthy, whom I worked with for over 20 years at Ernst and Young."
Thank you to Clarence “Bud” Hall for his donation in memory of his beloved wife of 65 years, Betty Lou Hall.
Thank you donors!
