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Phil Clancy's Story
Phil was
an experimental engineer with General Motors Truck Group and a FIRST©
advisor for the Truck Town Thunder team. He passed away December 29,
2002 after a brief battle with Leukemia.
Phil was
very dedicated to the FIRST© cause and
gave many hours of his spare time to not only the Truck Town Thunder
team, but to many other teams that needed technical assistance at the
various competitions that he attended.
Our event
was started in 2004 by a core group of Phil's friends that knew him
for over 20 years (having worked together in the early 1980's at the
Structural Kinematics Division of Lamb Technicon) to honor his memory
and pass on his legacy of exploration, love of technology and desire to
see that love of technology passed on to future generations.
In a day
and age when people are saying that America is rapidly losing the
technology and innovation skills that we need to remain globally
competitive, the FIRST© program, it's
participants and FIRST© mentors like
Phil Clancy are a fabulous source of new talent for not only our
Automotive Industry in SE Michigan, but American Industry in general.
We all
believe very strongly in this program and this scholarship fund raising
effort. Since starting, our cause has raised thousands of dollars
through multiple events to help fund annual scholarships to worthy
students. Our scholarship funds are managed by the Community
Foundation for Greater Rochester.
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