Patricia Keane DeGeorge Memorial Scholarship Fund

10th Patricia Keane DeGeorge Memorial Scholarship
to be presented Wednesday, May 16

The Patricia Keane DeGeorge Memorial Scholarship was established at Adelphi University in November 2002 by Bob and Kathy Keane in memory of their daughter Patricia, a registered nurse and graduate of the Adelphi University School of Nursing.

The fund provides scholarship support to one or more non-traditional students with a grade point average of 3.0 or above working towards an undergraduate degree in Adelphi's School of Nursing.

Patty, who grew up on Long Island, was a graduate of Massapequa High School. Patty was in her mid-20s when she returned to college to become a nurse. Midway through the program she was stricken with leukemia. Patty never gave up, continued her studies and graduated Adelphi magna cum laude in 1998, all the while in treatment. Patty received word that she had passed her nursing boards the day she was readmitted to the hospital to undergo a bone marrow transplant. We lost her just days after her 30th birthday.

The recipient of the Patricia Keane DeGeorge Memorial Scholarship must be a returning student -- a person who has decided to return to college to pursue a nursing degree, as Patty had. The applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA. The program is administered by Adelphi University.

The primary fund raising event to support the scholarship fund is the annual Patricia Keane DeGeorge Memorial Golf Outing. It will be held later this summer. If you work for a company that might provide items to benefit the outing (golf tees, golf balls, drivers, tickets, mugs, canvas bags, gift certificates and alike) or make a financial contribution to benefit the scholarship fund, please contact Rob Keane for details.

Your contribution to the fund will help the Keane family honor Patty's memory and help other nursing students achieve their nursing degrees.

Tax-deductible gifts to the endowment payable to the Patricia Keane DeGeorge Memorial Scholarship may also be sent to the following address:

Adelphi University
Office of University Advancement
1 South Avenue
P.O. BOX 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701

Thank you for your generosity.

Robert F Keane