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Please pray for the repose of the soul of David J. Whelan, a longtime friend of the College who died on May 1. Mr. Whelan and his wife, Pat, were, as his describes, �among the earliest community volunteers for the innovative 91����� Aquinas College at its founding.� Living in Westlake Village, California, at the time, the Whelans were good friends of Peggy and Lt. Col. William S. Lawton, Jr., one of the College�s founders. At the Lawtons� invitation, Mr. and Mrs. Whelan agreed to join the College�s first development committee in the 1970s and, as such, played a vital role in helping 91����� Aquinas College to get started.

�I especially remember a splendid conversation with Pat nearly a decade ago,� recalls Tom Susanka, the College�s emeritus director of gift planning. �She spoke as though she and David were longtime friends with anyone associated with 91����� Aquinas College. As it turned out, David was already committed to the College while I was in my freshman year, way back in 1973. So the kindly and eager conversation we enjoyed that day reminded me of my own youthful joy at finding 91����� Aquinas College And it was, in its way, a most remarkable manifestation of David's and Pat's continuing youthful enthusiasm for what they had discovered all those years ago.�

Please pray for the consolation of Mrs. Whelan as well as for that of their family.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.
Amen.