Press
Release - May 15, 2006
Golf Event Raises $56,000 for the Mike Sullivan Memorial Scholarship
Fund
Next
charity golf event to be held in Orlando, April 30.
May
15, 2006-The second Mike Sullivan Memorial Golf Tournament, held in
conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2006, raised more than $56,000 for
the Mike Sullivan Memorial Scholarship Fund. Created under the Boston
Scholars Program, the fund helps underprivileged students in the Boston
area attend college.
"We're
very proud to have been able to support this event and give something
back to the community," said Mark Roberti, founder and editor of
RFID Journal, which co-hosted the golf tournament with several friends
of Mike Sullivan.
In 2005,
Mike Sullivan suffered a sudden heart attack and passed away. Prior
to his death, he had been working with the team at Gillette and was
active in EPCglobal's standards work. Sullivan was a Canadian, raised
in Montreal, who graduated from City and Gill College in Cork, Ireland,
and spent the past 21 years of his life in Northborough, Mass. There,
he enjoyed an illustrious technical career at Digital Semiconductor
and Intel.
Last year,
in memory of their friend, several executives at Gillette partnered
with Boston Scholars to create the Mike Sullivan Memorial Scholarship
Fund. Starting with the inaugural golf tournament in September 2005,
they raised $20,000, which is being used to fund several Mike Sullivan
Scholars through the Boston Scholars Program. The success of that initial
event was largely due to the strong individual and corporate support
of leaders in the RFID industry. Such support proves Mike's lasting
personal and professional impact and influence.
By partnering
with RFID Journal to open the RFID Journal LIVE! 2006 Conference &
Exhibition with this year's golf tournament, Mike's friends have moved
closer to their goal of creating an everlasting endowment in his honor.
RFID Journal was a tournament sponsor, along with Sullivan's friend,
Rob Short. The hole sponsors for the tournament included Alien Technology,
" Avery Dennison, HK Systems, OAT Systems, Symbol Technologies,
ThingMagic, Tyco/ADT, VeriSign, Unisys, ODIN Technologies and Shipcom
Wireless, and LXE and Sirit.
RFID Journal
plans to host the next Mike Sullivan Memorial Golf Tournament in conjunction
with RFID Journal LIVE! 2007, which will be held in Orlando, Fl., from
April 30 to May 2, 2007. Companies interested in sponsoring the event
should contact Julia Perkins of Boston Scholars (617-226-4618, julia@bostonscholars.org).
About the
Boston Scholars Program
The mission of the Boston Scholars Program is to open doors for disadvantaged
youths through educational opportunities. The program achieves its mission
by granting scholarships to meritorious Boston-area students who have
demonstrated a pressing financial need, and by pairing these "Boston
Scholars" with mentors from the Boston professional community who
share similar academic and professional interests. The Boston Scholars
Program opens the door to new educational opportunities and provides
the positive influences necessary to guide scholars through the challenges
of high school, with the help they need to uncover a world of opportunities
they never thought possible.
About RFID
Journal
RFID Journal LLC is the premier provider of in-depth, objective RFID
information online, in print and at events. RFID Journal LLC publishes
the leading RFID Web site (www.rfidjournal.com), the world's first magazine
devoted solely to RFID and its many business applications (RFID Journal)
and RFID Journal LIVE!, the largest and most prestigious conference
and exhibition in the United States and Europe.
CONTACT:
Julia Perkins, Managing Director, Boston Scholars Program, +1-617-226-4618,
Julia@bostonscholars.org; Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal,
+1-631-249-4986, mroberti@rfidjournal.com