Article: Memorial scholarships established

The families of U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Kennedy and U.S. Marine Cpl. Chris Zimny -- both killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom -- have set up scholarships at Glenbrook South to honor their memory.

Gloria Mueller, coordinator of college counseling and co-chairwoman of the scholarship committee at Glenbrook South, said memorial scholarships typically are given to a Glenbrook South senior who shares some attributes of the deceased graduate and exemplifies "who they were as a student here."

The $2,500 Brian Matthew Kennedy scholarship, for example, goes to a graduating senior who is a member of the National Honor Society and an athlete, because Kennedy made the National Honor Society and played ...

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