David Schaefer was a 22-year-old Rosen College of Hospitality Management student who loved the industry, golf and had a promising future. Tragically, his life was taken in an auto accident on October 4, 2010.
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The sold-out tournament generated over $35,000 that will support the new David Benjamin Schaefer Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund.
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Various members of the Rosen College family supported the event, including the student chapters of the Future Theme Park Leaders Association and Eta Sigma Delta.