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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.