Eye Surgeon Funds Gannon Scholarship in Memory of Grandparents
Posted: September 3, 2013Richard G. Orlando, M.D., contributed $50,000 in memory of his
grandparents to an endowed family scholarship that will benefit
Gannon University students enrolled in the healthcare
professions.
Orlando established the endowment in December 2000, but his
latest gift will be matched by Gannon under the provisions of the
Tom Power "Power" Scholarship Challenge.
Orlando's grandparents, Rose and Tony Orlando immigrated to the
United States from Sicily, settling in Ashtabula, Ohio. Orlando
earned his undergraduate degree in biology in 1976. His siblings,
Nick and Francesca, also attended Gannon, graduating in 1982 and
1992, respectively.
In 1984, Orlando founded the Columbus (Ohio) Ophthalmology
Associates and he is president and director of surgery of the
five-doctor specialty group. He currently serves on Gannon
University's Board of Trustees. He and his wife Cynthia live in
Dublin, Ohio.
The Orlando Family Endowed "Power" Scholarship is among the
almost 200 scholarships at Gannon endowed by corporations,
foundations, families and individuals. Last year, Gannon University
awarded nearly $914,000 in scholarships to more than 400 deserving
students from a diversity of locations, backgrounds and financial
circumstances.
Combined with the dozens of scholarships given by the University
itself, these awards reached 337 students last year. Approximately
97 percent of students at Gannon University received some sort of
scholarship award in the 2012-13 academic year.
Endowed gifts to Gannon can also help fund faculty positions,
professorships, chairmanships, faculty excellence and study- abroad
programs at the University.
For more information on the scholarship please contact Tony
Fulgenzio, director of philanthropy at Gannon University, at
814-871-7786.