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Diego Tobon
February 16, 2014

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Diego Tobon, died peacefully on Sunday, February 16, at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, surrounded by family, eight weeks after receiving a bone marrow transplant. Diego was born in Colombia on October 14, 1962. He is survived by his wife, Carolina Alzate, their two daughters Isabela (8) and Camila (5) and parents Hernando and Edith Tobon. Diego is also survived by his siblings Ivette, Mabel, Julieta, Edith, Liliana, Marcela, Ivn and Santiago, nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. Diego studied Economics at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, in Colombia, received a B.S. in Economics in 1987 from Central Michigan University, Saginaw, MI, and, in 1992, he received an MBA at Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio. His 22-year-career in bank management included 18 years with National City Bank. In 1994, Diego started and developed the National City Structured Finance Office in Chicago and later served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets until 2009. Diego's family moved to the Philadelphia area where he joined First Niagara Bank, N.A. in 2010 and was most recently Senior Managing Director - Capital Markets. He was pleased to return to Montgomery County where he had spent one year as a Rotary Exchange student with the Souderton-Telford Rotary Club in 1980-81. Diego was a devoted husband and father, a supportive son and brother, a friend and trusted colleague, and an exceptional leader in the capital markets business. Diego's passionate love for his family was beautiful to witness. His love for life and others, generosity and joy were gifts to those around him. Diego will be missed, but his legacy lives on through his beautiful, sweet, and smart girls. His passion for life and work is also a meaningful legacy that will be remembered by those that were touched and share his journey through life. Memorial Contributions may be made to the MPN Research Foundation and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in memory of Diego Tobn. A Celebration of Life service will start with a visitation on Saturday, March 1 at 9:00 a.m. at the St Thomas of Villanova Church (University Campus) followed by mass at 10:00 am. The family will receive friends and relatives at the Merion Cricket Club following the service. Online condolences are welcome at [email protected]

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