Carolyn Emrick Massad, Ph.D, 79 of Skillman, NJ formally of Princeton, NJ passed away on January 24, 2015 at the age of 79.

Born in 1935, Dr. Massad was raised in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She was a Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow University of Stockholm (Sweden) Institute of the Study of International Problems in Education and a member of Kappa Delta Phi, Sigma Delta Pi and Phi Alpha Theta.

Dr. Massad moved to Princeton, NJ in 1967 to accept a position at Educational Testing Service. She retired from Educational Testing Service in 1998 as a Senior Examiner in test development. From 2001-2007, she continued her work in assessment at Harcourt Educational Measurement and then as an independent consultant in the areas of curriculum, instruction and assessment. During her tenure, she worked as an Adjunct Professor at Penn State University, The College of New Jersey (Trenton State University) and The Union Institute.

Dr. Massad is the author of countless publications and has lectured both internationally and nationally.

Dr. Massad was a devoted mother to her only child, Mark I. Massad, Sr. (Regina) Princeton, NJ and grandmother to Mark and Anna Massad. She is predeceased by her mother Marie (Evans) and father Stephen Emrick.

A memorial mass will be held Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 1:15PM in St. Paul Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton NJ.

Donations in her memory can be made to the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton NJ.