Gary Koval
09-10-2009, 09:10 PM
Wanted to share this with forum members.
Back in 06’ my son and his best friend were attending BGSU as Juniors. Joe (my Son) and friend Tom were members of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Tom was President at the time and Joe, Vice President. Both boys had come home for the Easter holiday. On Easter Sunday morning about 2:00AM while Tom was returning home from another friend’s house, he was broadsided by a drunken driver and died two days later. My son was overcome with grief, but made it through the rest of the term as President of the Fraternity. The University donated a tree and the Fraternity bought a memorial stone for the base of the tree, on campus. Friends and family back home set up a make shift memorial at the intersection, bringing flowers and balloons over the years. Well, someone continued to remove these items to clear the area. So with the permission of Tom’s parents I made a memorial plaque with the hopes that the city, Parma Heights, Ohio, would someway remember Tom, (who by the way worked his summers for the city). Two years have passed since I made the plaque and gave it to the Mayor’s Office. I received a call from Tom’s parents today 9/10/09, (Tom’s birthday), to tell me that the city has erected the plaque. So now at the intersection of Denison Ave. and Ridgewood Dr. is Tom’s permanent plaque recognizing the intersection as The Tom Hayn Memorial Intersection. The case that that plaque is enclosed in was paid for by the Thomas D. Hayn Memorial Fund at the Bowling Green State University Foundation. This Memorial fund that is funded by a yearly golf outing in Tom’s name provides three yearly scholarships to incoming freshmen. Take a look at www.tomhayn.org for more information.
Gary
Back in 06’ my son and his best friend were attending BGSU as Juniors. Joe (my Son) and friend Tom were members of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Tom was President at the time and Joe, Vice President. Both boys had come home for the Easter holiday. On Easter Sunday morning about 2:00AM while Tom was returning home from another friend’s house, he was broadsided by a drunken driver and died two days later. My son was overcome with grief, but made it through the rest of the term as President of the Fraternity. The University donated a tree and the Fraternity bought a memorial stone for the base of the tree, on campus. Friends and family back home set up a make shift memorial at the intersection, bringing flowers and balloons over the years. Well, someone continued to remove these items to clear the area. So with the permission of Tom’s parents I made a memorial plaque with the hopes that the city, Parma Heights, Ohio, would someway remember Tom, (who by the way worked his summers for the city). Two years have passed since I made the plaque and gave it to the Mayor’s Office. I received a call from Tom’s parents today 9/10/09, (Tom’s birthday), to tell me that the city has erected the plaque. So now at the intersection of Denison Ave. and Ridgewood Dr. is Tom’s permanent plaque recognizing the intersection as The Tom Hayn Memorial Intersection. The case that that plaque is enclosed in was paid for by the Thomas D. Hayn Memorial Fund at the Bowling Green State University Foundation. This Memorial fund that is funded by a yearly golf outing in Tom’s name provides three yearly scholarships to incoming freshmen. Take a look at www.tomhayn.org for more information.
Gary