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The Fund was established in 1993 by Vern Francis, head rugby coach, in response to a letter from Matt Hodes, a teammate of Ross' who inquired about setting up a fund in La Torra's name to support the Academy (men's) Rugby club. Former members of the club held numerous fund raising events to collect money for the corpus of the fund. There was initially a board of directors associated with the Fund (Col Dick Battock, Chair of the Combined Services Committee and Sean Edris, AFA Rugby grad were on it), but after initial activity and Coach Francis moving away, it fell dormant. There was a charter written, but the whereabouts is unknown. | The Fund was established in 1993 by Vern Francis, head rugby coach, in response to a letter from Matt Hodes, a teammate of Ross' who inquired about setting up a fund in La Torra's name to support the Academy (men's) Rugby club. Former members of the club held numerous fund raising events to collect money for the corpus of the fund. There was initially a board of directors associated with the Fund (Col Dick Battock, Chair of the Combined Services Committee and Sean Edris, AFA Rugby grad were on it), but after initial activity and Coach Francis moving away, it fell dormant. There was a charter written, but the whereabouts is unknown. | ||
| − | The Fund generates earnings each year that can be used by the team via a request by the OIC to the Association of Graduates where the Fund continues to be held. | + | The Fund generates earnings each year that can be used by the team via a request by the OIC to the '''[[Association of Graduates LaTorra Fund]]''' where the Fund continues to be held. |
Revision as of 14:13, 7 September 2019
The Ross A. LaTorra Fund was set up in honor of Ross LaTorra, '80 who was killed during an AT-38 training mission at Holloman AFB, NM.
The Fund was established in 1993 by Vern Francis, head rugby coach, in response to a letter from Matt Hodes, a teammate of Ross' who inquired about setting up a fund in La Torra's name to support the Academy (men's) Rugby club. Former members of the club held numerous fund raising events to collect money for the corpus of the fund. There was initially a board of directors associated with the Fund (Col Dick Battock, Chair of the Combined Services Committee and Sean Edris, AFA Rugby grad were on it), but after initial activity and Coach Francis moving away, it fell dormant. There was a charter written, but the whereabouts is unknown.
The Fund generates earnings each year that can be used by the team via a request by the OIC to the Association of Graduates LaTorra Fund where the Fund continues to be held.
