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Article: Moving on: out of personal tragedy, this education leader found a way to lift others up.(Administrator profile: Jerome Colonna, Beaverton (Ore.) School District)(Obituary)
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- December 1, 2004
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December 1999. Justin Colonna, a 23-year-old college student from Eugene, Ore., died in a snowstorm while hiking 12,300 feet up on a Colorado peak.
For his family, it was a crushing blow. His father, then-superintendent of Redmond (Ore.) Public Schools, refused to be defeated by loss. He grieved and channeled his energies toward improving the lives of all kids. And from the bleakness of that mountain slope came a glimmer of goodness and hope.
Now leading the Beaverton School District farther north in the state, Jerome Colonna--or Jerry, as he's known by friends--helps others look toward the greater good. "It is a moral imperative for him to ensure that ...