The Ryan E. Sullivan Memorial Scholarship

Needham Knights of Columbus Council #1611

 

The Ryan E. Sullivan Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Ryan E. Sullivan, who passed away on October 1, 2023, after a valiant 10-year battle with Glioblastoma.  He was 37 years old.

 

Ryan was a graduate of Catholic Memorial HS, Class of 2005 and St. Joseph’s College of Maine, Class of 2009.  He was an active member of the Needham Knights of Columbus and the David I Walsh Assembly, 4th Degree Knights of Columbus.  Ryan served as Worthy Recorder for the Council for many years and organized and oversaw the Knights of Columbus annual free-throw shooting competition, a 50-year-old, Knights of Columbus tradition, taking one group to the Massachusetts state championship.  He was an avid Red Sox and Celtics fan and enjoyed playing cribbage.

 

The Ryan E. Sullivan Memorial Scholarship is available to any parishioner of Saint Joseph parish, or other Catholic parish, who is a student at:  Needham, St. Sebastian’s, Xaverian Brother’s or Catholic Memorial High Schools, and who is graduating from high school and enrolling in college in 2025. There will be two (2) $2,000 scholarships awarded.  Scholarships will be awarded to students true to the founding principles of the Knights of Columbus: Charity, Unity and Fraternity.