Associate Dean for Finance and Administration. Dean Melito, who has worked at the School of Law-Newark since 1967, received the Administrative Merit Award in 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, and 1996. She is a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals, a member of the Board of Directors of both Providence Rest Nursing Home and Providence Rest Child Day Care, Bronx, NY, and a former codirector of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist Lay Association.