Nazareth Mourns the Loss of Trustee Hiry West
Nazareth College is mourning the loss of Trustee Hiry West who unexpectedly passed away last week. He served as a member of the College's board of trustees since 2017. He was a member of the community and belonging committee and enrollment and student experience committee, and most recently sat on the presidential search committee.
West and his wife, Mary Beth Stone West '84, cared greatly for Nazareth and its students and showed their support in April 2018 when they established the Stone-West Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship supports high-achieving high school seniors who qualify for our Young Scholars Program.
In gratitude for this very generous gift, Nazareth College renamed the College's admission house, the Stone-West Admissions House, in honor of the Wests' parents.
West was a graduate of the University of Rochester and was a small business consultant and angel investor. His most recent investment was an advocacy group that helps patients and their caregivers navigate Medicare and Medicaid.
In addition to the their support of Nazareth, West was an active board member for the Horizons Lancaster Country Day School in Lancaster, PA, where his children attend. He previously served on the board for Gladney Center for Adoption, a not-for-profit, licensed adoption agency where they established the West Family ABC Program Scholarship Fund.
Hiry is survived by his wife, Mary Beth, and their four children.
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Julie Long | Chief PR Officer | 585-389-2456 or jlong2@naz.edu
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