Thanks, Steve. I probably stole the idea from you.
I wonder if we can get together a mailing list for the relatives of those who
have already passed. Would be nice to notify them if we managed to get this
started.
On Friday, January 8, 2021, 11:33:30 AM CST, Stephen Wright
<dr.wilbur.wright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dean - you know I’m in. As I suggested the last time, I suggest a perm endowed
Aggie Band Class of 1977 Memorial Fund for Our Departed Comrades. I’m already
at “who’s in and how much.” Cheers, Steve
On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:22 AM Keith Glazener <kglazener@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm blocked right now from contacting your niece, but I'm in!
(No I'm not a belligerent, something about my wireless connection)
Murphy (Keith)
On Friday, January 8, 2021, 11:03:51 AM CST, John Ylinen
<john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dean;
It is a great thing to do. My Wife’s Brothers/Sisters did that in honor to
their parents. Easy to do and you get a message every year on who the
scholarship goes to and a little about the recipient.
It is fairly easy. Just send your money in to the Foundation with the
name/code and they get it all set up.
I think a BQ77 Scholarship would be great. You can even earmark it to a person
in the Band as the recipient if you want.
From: fighting_texas_aggie_band_class_of_1977-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<fighting_texas_aggie_band_class_of_1977-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>On Behalf Of Dean
B
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:56 AM
To: fighting_texas_aggie_band_class_of_1977@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [fighting_texas_aggie_band_class_of_1977] Scholarship
Posted the below to Facebook, putting it here for the Luddites (cough/Ed/cough)
who don't do the Book of Face.
Opinions welcome.
*****
My discussion about Marlon and Marlon's brother made me think of another
thought that's been rolling around my empty skull.
So we've done a few things in honor of our deceased brothers. I'm good with
all of those, and I appreciate the folks who worked to get those accomplished.
But I was wondering about a permanent scholarship fund. Instead of coming up
with a new project every time one of us makes The Last Corps Trip, we can
memorialize our fallen classmate with a gift to the fund. The sadness of more
of us passing would be a bit offset with the fund growing and benefiting a
current student.
Obviously we can restrict it to a current BQ, if we wish. The gifts would
remain in the endowment, any interest/dividend to the scholarship.
If there is interest, I can find out the particulars from my niece,
Cindy Brown Munson
, who I know some of you have met. She currently works with the A&M Foundation.
--
Dr Steve "Wilbur" Wright