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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A Purdue University scholarship that honors a student who was killed in an off-campus apartment fire in 2013 has received enough gifts to begin offering its first scholarship.
The Scott A. Notary Memorial Scholarship on March 2 exceeded the $25,000 it needed to establish scholarship endowments, said Shari Schrader, director of advancement at the College of Technology. Starting next school year, a junior in the building construction management program will receive 5 percent of the total endowment every year, she said.
That award is not merit-based and is available specifically for students with financial difficulties, the Journal & Courier reported (http://on.jconline.com/1CjgqId ).
"Since he was local and his parents both lived here in Lafayette, I think that that impacted our ability to be successful in our fundraising," said Schrader, who handles all fundraising for the College of Technology.
Scott Notary was 22 when he died along with his dog, Griffin, in a November 2013 apartment fire a few blocks from Purdue's main campus. Notary was a senior studying building construction management and was just a month away from receiving his degree at the time of his death.
He was president of Purdue's chapter of the Restoration Industry Association, which is dedicated to training students in disaster restoration. Only days before the fire, Notary had accepted a position at a restoration company in Nashville, Tennessee.
His mother, Margaret Favorite, received her master's degree from Purdue and has worked there for more than 25 years. After her son's death, friends and co-workers suggested she start the fundraising process for a scholarship in Scott's name. Since the fund was established in 2014, 75 donors have contributed.
Favorite said the scholarship was established so "that he wouldn't be forgotten here."
"He was very proud to be graduating from Purdue," she said. "Very proud of that."
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