Evelio Figueroa '00
Grief struck the Binghamton community last February when an off-campus house fire claimed the life of psychology senior Evelio Figueroa, 23. A study-abroad scholarship has been endowed by family, friends, students, staff and faculty in honor of Figueroa, who studied at Ben Gurion University in Israel during his junior year. For full story...

Paul J. Battaglia '00
Friends and fellow alumni of Paul J. Battaglia '00, who worked on the 100th floor of Tower One of the World Trade Center, have set up a scholarship fund in his name. Battaglia was a former general manager of WHRW, the campus radio station, and winner of the XCELsior Award for Student Leader of the Year in 1999.

"Paul was one of those guys who could walk into a room of 50 strangers and walk out with 50 new friends," said his friend Seth Mates '00. "His positivity, his charm, his charisma, his personality and his heart just made you glad to be around him and glad to be alive. He made the most of his short time on this earth, making everyone and everything around him better. I think from now on, whenever I smile, I will think of Paul."

The contact person for the Paul J. Battaglia Memorial Award fund (Binghamton University Foundation Account # 1064950) is Brian Napolitano '00, who asks that all contributions made in Paul's memory be acknowledged as such, so that they are directly deposited to his account. Contributions may be mailed to PO Box 6005, Binghamton, NY 13902-6005.

If you need to contact Brian, you may e-mail him at briannapolitano@yahoo.com .

More on Paul Battaglia: pipe dream story on Battaglia and Paul Battaglia's website (click on guestbook in lower left-hand corner).

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