[TPIN] Leon Merian's Bradenton Obituary

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

Here goes:

One strategy is to establish a trumpet scholarship fund - call it the "Leon 
Merian TPIN Scholarship" - which awards a scholarship from the annual 
interest earned in the fund, based on a combination of merit and need.

The challenge:

Get enough people from combinations of TPIN, ITG, etc. to establish a 
$100,000 fund.  Invested in something tax free and gaurenteed (say municipal 
commercial paper, or auction rates) - the fund would be gauranteed to earn 
$3000 a year, or more.  Even at $50K, you would generate $1500 a year - still 
enough to do something special.

The scholarship money could be used for just about anything: lessons for a 
young student, an instrument, part of college tuition...

Might sound "grand" - but it's not that tough. All you need is enough people 
to get a descent kitty together...

- Dave Arndt


> Michael Anderson <manderson at okcu.edu> wrote:  All, 
> 
> Leon Merian was very involved in TPIN for the last years of his life. He 
was 
> a special person and shared many things with us over those years. 
> 
> I would like to see TPIN do something to honor him. Ideas? Please send them 
> to the whole list.