I’m sad to inform everyone that my father, Dr. Albert T. Kapusinski, passed away this morning from complications arising from recent surgery.
DR. ALBERT T. KAPUSINSKI, 72, of Salisbury, MD, and Huletts Landing, NY and formerly of Cedar Grove, NJ, died Friday, July 30, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland.
Born and raised in Riverhead, New York, Dr. Kapusinski received his BA and MBA degrees from St. John’s University and his PhD in Economics from New York University.
After leaving the US Army in 1963, he became a Professor of Business at Caldwell College, where he chaired and taught courses for 35 years. He also developed a required capstone course, “Kapusinski Ethical Business Strategy,” that helped his students in making strategic and ethically-grounded decisions in their careers.
Dr. Kapusinski also utilized his business expertise in developing and growing Huletts-on-Lake-George, a beautiful family vacation destination on Lake George, NY.
He was a member of the American Economics Association, the Association for Social Economics, American Association of University Professors, Advisory Board of the Institute of Social Relations for the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, NJ, National Advisory Board of the Coalition for Life, and the National Honor Society for Economics.
In addition, he was Chairman of the 1974 & 1976 International Pro-Life Team at UN Conferences on population in Bucharest, Romania and Vancouver, British Columbia. In this capacity he met and worked along side of Mother Theresa of Calcuta. He was also particularly proud of several spiritual treatises he authored, including the “Beauties of Creation,” “Divine Design,” and the “Practice of the Presence of God.”
Dr. Kapusinski is preceded in death by his first wife, Margot (Eichler) Kapusinski. He is survived by his second wife of 22 years, Theresa (Tafuri) Kapusinski; his sons, Albert J. and his wife, Elyse (O’Grady) Kapusinski, George and his wife, Lynn (Cassella) Kapusinski, and Frank and his wife, Doreen (McSharry) Kapusinski; and by his granddaughters Gwendolyn and Margot. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his name to the Caldwell College Scholarship Fund, Caldwell College, 120 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, N.J or the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311
The family will receive friends on Monday, August 2nd at Shook Funeral Home, 486 Pompton Ave. (Route 23) in Cedar Grove, NJ. A viewing to be held in Whitehall, NY is private and will be held at the convenience of the family. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in Whitehall, NY on Wednesday, August 4th at 10:00 am.
We would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support that has been shown during this time.
