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Peter D. Wilk Memorial Award added to Community Scholarship Fund event

Posted 6/12/25

The Community Scholarship Fund of Barrington held its annual awards ceremony late last month. The event include a special tribute to the late Al Genetti, who served as a math teacher and later as …

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Students receive Barrington Times, CVS Classic and other scholarships

Peter D. Wilk Memorial Award added to Community Scholarship Fund event

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The Community Scholarship Fund of Barrington held its annual awards ceremony late last month. The event include a special tribute to the late Al Genetti, who served as a math teacher and later as principal of Barrington High School. Also this year, Kevin Ryan presented the newly-named Peter D. Wilk Memorial Award; Kevin and Nancy Ryan created the scholarship for Wilk, who passed away of glioblastoma at age 58. 

Following is a complete list of scholarship award winners this year:

• Audrey Adams: The Malcolm Family Scholarship

• Anna Aguiar: Robert F Reid Memorial Scholarship Award, Albert D Genetti Endowment

• Luzony Arnone: Dorothy M. and Victor Teixeira Memorial Scholarship

• Pasquale Arnone: The Robert and Nancy Smith Memorial Award

• Dinis Ba Diogo Carpin: Barrington Times Holiday Greeting Page Award

• David Carstensen: David Evans Lansinger Memorial Scholarship

• James Ciummo: Patrick Cannon Memorial Award, Scott H Andrews Memorial Scholarship, John Hall Memorial Scholarship Award

• Ruby Ciummo: The James K. McMillan & Myrtle R. McMillan Memorial Endowment for Scholarships

• Sofia DeFanti: Thomas J. and Roberta C Coyne Endowment for Collegiate Scholarship

• Blake Dolan: BHS Class of 2020 Scholarship, Ella V. Quilty Endowment for Scholarship

• Ata Dural: Charles E. Feeley Award

• Genevieve Geiser: Richard F. Paolino Memorial Scholarship

• Christian Lambert: NEA Barrington Award, George F. and Martha Mclean Creamer Endowment for Scholarship 

• Penelope Leicht: BHS Class of 1960 50th Reunion Scholarship Award

• Lucas Matthews: The Bill Sexton Memorial Scholarship Award

• Trinity Matthews: Grady Family Endowment for Scholarship

• Leah Medeiros: BHS Class of 1963 Scholarship Award

• Jaron Milman: Suzanne Lynne Reynhout Memorial Award

• Grace Mole: S. Martin Billet Memorial Scholarship, Daniel Cole Memorial Scholarship

• Julia Mole: Barrington/Warren Rotary Club Award, Class of 2022 Scholarship

• Connor O’Neal: Nancy W. Jencks Founders Scholarship

• William O’Neal: Chris Boone Scholarship

• Emery Parish: CVS Charity Golf Classic Award

• Maxwell Parish: Lt. Jeffrey R. Scharver USMC Award

• Jackson Perron: Barrington Garden Club Award

• Morgan Perry: Ann Cuthbertson Memorial Award

• Charles Potter V: Barrington Boosters’ Award

• Charles Potter VI: BarringtonWomen’s Club Evelyn Coppell Award, Barrington Fire Fighters’ Union Local 1774 Award

• Shaye Robinson: Peter D Wilk Memorial Award

• Grace Senechal: The Jean Buffum Memorial Award

• Jacqueline Sholes: H. Bickford and Nancy B. Lang Endowment, The Cashill Family Scholarship

• Justin Scholes: John Ruggieri Memorial Scholarship Award

• Andrew Teixeira: The Snyder Family Memorial 

• Charles Whittaker: BHS Class of 1962, 40th Reunion Scholarship Award

• Sonie Zilian: Ella V Quilty Endowment for Scholarship

Note: All scholarship recipients also received the Jacqueline Gage Sarles Memorial Award.

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