RMU CelebRates 90 YeaRs of Changing lives - Robert Morris ...

lucky few who stayed
ahead of the storms. The
Natrona Heights resident,
who completed the ride
with a broken wrist
and a broken toe
from playing
indoor soccer,
says coming
down from
the Eastern
Continental
Divide was his
favorite part. “We
climbed uphill for almost
50 miles until we reached
the Divide,” he says. “I
believe I actually shed tears
once I got there because I
thought that hill would
never end. Coming down
into Cumberland was an
awesome feeling. And I’m
glad I made it to the
hotel before the rains
came down.”
Dickerson is a medical
technologist at West Penn
Hospital in Bloomfield,
where he works in the stem
cell processing lab in the
cancer institute. He handles
the harvesting, processing,
and transplanting of stem
cells to patients
diagnosed with
leukemia or a similar blood
cancer, in hopes of putting
their disease into remission.
Once he completes his
M.B.A., Dickerson plans
to move into health care
administration, banking,
or human resources
management.
He and his wife, Michelle, a
high school history
teacher, are the
parents of two girls,
Cera, 11, and Natalie,
2, with another baby
due in September.
With a third child on
the way, Dickerson
says he doesn’t have
any new adventures
planned for the near
future. “Just getting
sleep will be an
adventure,” he says.
WRITTEN BY VALENTINE J. BRKICH
PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY
VALENTINE J. BRKICH
To see more photos and read
Val’s somewhat humorous,
somewhat painful, full
recounting of the ride to D.C.,
go to Foundations Online.
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