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Thomas Cupillari helped bring the Keystone Observatory to Lackawanna County Author: Stacy Lange Updated: 6:40 PM EST March 3, 2021
LA PLUME, Pa. Thomas Cupillari s name will live on at the Keystone Observatory near Fleetville, a fitting earthly remembrance of a man who was always looking towards the heavens.
Cupillari was responsible for bringing the observatory to Lackawanna County in the early 1970s. For decades, he used to teach his own students at Keystone College along with anyone who had a curiosity about what else is out there. It benefited not only Keystone College, not only the students at Keystone College but really everybody in the area. The tens of thousands of people or more that have been here year after year after year to learn about the stars and learn about the heavens. That is really the legacy of Tom Cupillari, said Fran Calpin, senior director of college relations for Keystone College.
After decades spent fostering interest in the wild beauty of the universe, âCoopâ took his place among the heavens.
A fixture at Keystone College and founder and namesake of the Thomas G. Cupillari â60 Astronomical Observatory, the longtime physics, math and astronomy teacher died Sunday morning after a year-long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 81.
âKnown affectionally as âCoopâ to almost all who met him, Professor Cupillari was loved and respected by everyone at Keystone for his work educating students in the classroom and at the (observatory) in nearby Fleetville, which he founded and directed for so many years,â college spokesman Fran Calpin said in a statement. âHe was a true Keystonian and exemplified the values of Keystone each and every day. He will be greatly missed by all.â