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2017 32 The Class of 1965 Scholarship Fund $92,443 total $8,445 new contributions Bobby Coll ’84 Scholarship Fund $223,145 total $1,000 new contributions Established in 2015 in honor of the 50th Reunion for the Established in 2002 by family and friends “to honor Bobby Coll’s life of service to others,” this endowment provides for student scholarships at Fordham Prep with preference given to sons of NYPD and FDNY members. Friends called him “The Machine” because he never stopped going: sailor, surfer, skier, outdoorsman, loving husband and father. A graduate of St. Lawrence University and NYU School of Business, he was a Senior Vice-President, Capital Markets, at Euro Brokers. Bobby was last seen on the 80th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11/01 helping a woman in respiratory distress climb higher to avoid the smoke. Class of 1965, the scholarship serves to "honor our classmates, living and dead, who have had such an extraordinary positive impact on our lives." The fund is awarded based on academic excellence and need, with particular attention given to single parent situations and the students whose parent or parents serve in the public service professions such as policemen and policewomen, firefighters, teachers and nurses. Constantine L. Clemente, Esq. ’54 Scholarship Fund $130,486 total Established in 2000 by Constantine Clemente, this fund was created to increase endowment for student scholarships. A graduate of Holy Cross and Columbia Law School, Tino Clemente has served as a member of the Leadership Team, Executive VP of Corporate Affairs, and as Secretary and Corporate Counsel of Pfizer, Inc. He has been a trustee of Fordham Prep and is an Independent Director of IMS Health, Inc. George X. Connor, Esq. ‘39 Scholarship Fund $42,063 total Established in 2014 by bequest via the Shea-McDonough Society, this fund provides financial assistance to deserving Prep students. George grew up in the shadow of Fordham Prep on East 193rd Street. "Long George" was his senior class and Sanctuary Society president, a three-year member of the football team and a two-year member of the debating team. After graduation from Manhattan College, he earned a law degree at the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Kathleen, raised their six children in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where he practiced law.