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\"Joseph<\/a>Financial difficulties almost caused the late Joseph P. Blauvelt \u201980 to drop out of Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University. A work-study job on campus saved his college education and paved the way to a successful career in finance. \u201cSomeone convinced him that he needed to stay at it and got him a job on campus doing masonry,\u201d said his son, James. \u201cThrough that experience, he credited Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s with his success down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

To reflect his family\u2019s gratitude, James has established the Joseph & Donna Marie Blauvelt Annual Renewable Scholarship to honor the legacy left by Joseph and his late wife, Donna Marie (Falconcino) Blauvelt \u201981. Joseph had enjoyed a career in finance spanning more than 30 years, eventually co-founding and serving as chief financial officer for Amherst Pierpont Securities. Before opting to become at stay-at-home mom, Donna Marie was a finance manager with AT&T. Together, they were active in their support of Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s, with Joseph serving on the University\u2019s Board of Trustees. \u201cMy parents always spoke so highly about Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s and its Jesuit mission,\u201d James recalled. \u201cTheir work ethic, the notion of being rewarded for your hard work, came from Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s. Our network of family and friends were all from Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several years before they passed away\u2014Donna Marie in June 2015 and Joseph in August 2016\u2014the couple established the JDJ Foundation to share their good fortune. When his father became ill, James promised to continue the family\u2019s mission as president of the foundation. James has channeled the JDJ Foundation\u2019s support to a new scholarship at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s named for his parents. The first recipient will be selected for the fall 2017 semester. \u201cI understand the financial struggle of affording college today. My parents were there. They went through that,\u201d he said. \u201cI think they would be proud to know that their mission of giving back will be continued at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Financial difficulties almost caused the late Joseph P. Blauvelt \u201980 to drop out of Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University. A work-study job on campus saved his college education and paved the way to a successful career in finance. \u201cSomeone convinced him that he needed to stay at it and got him a job on campus doing masonry,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMemorializing Devoted Parents - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"aboyer1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"aboyer1\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0e6cac7c1e5bde0788515bdfe0adea4b\"},\"headline\":\"Memorializing Devoted Parents\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-16T18:53:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-06T18:35:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2017\/08\/spu\u2014blauvelt-family_cmyk.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/memorializing-devoted-parents\/\",\"name\":\"Memorializing Devoted Parents - 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