Subject: Sad news
From: "Dean William M. Treanor" <[email-masked]>
To: All Faculty and Staff <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 19:42:17 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

I write with the very sad news that 2L Scott Hoffer lost his battle with cancer on Saturday. Scott joined us this Fall as a transfer student from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. He hailed from New Market, Maryland and was a 2014 graduate of Messiah College. Scott was a remarkable person, outgoing and giving even in the face of serious illness. Indeed, his close friends recall that he was reaching out to help his 1L classmates navigate EIW over the summer, even as he was embarking on a round of chemotherapy.

A memorial service will be held at Damascus Road Community Church, 12826 Old National Pike, Mt Airy, MD 21771 on Wednesday, November 4th at 1 pm. If you would like transportation to the service, please advise the Office of the Dean of Students at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> by noon on Tuesday, November 3.  Scott’s family has created a website to share information about the service, leave memories and pictures of Scott, and if inspired, to make donations in his memory: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/scotthoffer.

We are in close touch with Scott’s family and offering them our community’s support. I know you will join me in keeping Scott and his family in your thoughts and prayers in this very difficult time.

With sadness,

Bill