To the Editor:
A friend and former classmate of ours, Sameer Mathur, passed away on April 30, losing his battle against meningitis. He was a distinguished member of the Authentic Science Research program at Staples High School and graduated in the class of 2006.
To honor his memory, we are working to create the Sameer Mathur Memorial Award for Execllence in Neuroscience or Infectious Disease to be awarded by Dr. A.J. Scheetz, director of the ASR program and a mentor of Sameer’s. In addition to a physical award, we would like to facilitate the endowment of a small monetary prize.
If you would like to contribute to help us create this award in Sameer’s memory, you can visit www.SameerMemorialAward.org or send a check, made out to “Staples High School,” to Dr. AJ Scheetz, 70 North Ave., Westport, CT 06880.
Any small contribution will be extremely helpful in establishing this permanent memory of Sameer.
Aaron Eisman, Steve Beckoff, and Rob Sobelman
Staples High School ‘04
