Fancy dinners at school...

26 April 2014: As part of my duties as a member of the SU Foundation Board of Directors, I get invited to the McMurran Society dinner held every year, honoring people who have remembered Shepherd in their estate plans or are sponsors of named awards/scholarships. I had the opportunity to sit at a table with some wonderful people. I won't go into the specifics of their connection to the school, but will say that not very long ago, they lost a family member who was quite young and have established a scholarship in her memory. They were wonderful people: friendly, kind, and funny. It always moves me to meet people who have had such a tragic loss yet go on with such grace.