凯瑟琳·布鲁姆在20世纪50年代和60年代在SI周围长大。 Her mother worked in the school treasurer's office, and her older brother, Richard Bloom, graduated in the Class of 1960. 毕业几年后，理查德加入了海军陆战队。1966年，他在越南驾驶飞机时去世，布卢姆一家遭受了巨大的悲剧。

Ms. Bloom was devastated by her brother's death, but she was also grateful for the experience he received in high school, and now, many decades later, she has chosen to honor his life by gifting her estate to SI.

"Richard was outstanding in every way," Ms. Bloom said. "Whether it was athletics or academics, he just always seemed to know what to do, and he was well respected by his classmates at SI and, later, fellow pilots."

她说，她纪念他的最好方式就是确保未来的学生接受高质量的教育。 Because she had long admired how Jesuits run schools, and because she was deeply impressed with SI students when she visited the Sunset campus a short time ago, giving a gift to her brother's alma mater felt like the best way to achieve that goal.

"I am pleased to work with SI to set up a scholarship fund that will help kids. There are a lot of options for how to engage with philanthropy, but I am so happy to know that there will be generations of students to come who will receive an SI education thanks to this fund, and each of them will get to learn a little bit about my brother, and perhaps take a little inspiration from him to go and lead full, passionate lives, themselves."

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