Pendley Memorial Portrait Unveiled, Scholarship Awarded

On August 28, 2008, The College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina unveiled a memorial portrait of Cassidy Fae Pendley. The memorial portrait will be located in the Reading Room on the first floor of the Swearingen Engineering Center. Ms. Pendley, a beautiful, generous, and intelligent young woman, was a 2007 Chemical Engineering freshman and pledged to Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Her life was tragically cut short by a house fire at Ocean Isle Beach, NC, in October 2007.

In addition to the memorial portrait, Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Pendley, II have established the Cassidy Fae Pendley Memorial Scholarship in Engineering Fund. According to Mr. Pendley, “We are doing this as a means of keeping our daughter’s spirit alive.” The first recipient selected for the Pendley Memorial Scholarship is Ms. Stephanie M. Johnson, a biomedical engineering major. She is the daughter of Donna P. Johnson of North Augusta, SC.

For more information on the Cassidy Fae Pendley Memorial Scholarship in Engineering Fund, please contact Deborah A. Wells, senior director of development at the College of Engineering and Computing at 803.777.9017 or e-mail.

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8/21/08