2010 Dr. Thomas N. Pesola Memorial Scholarship Winner
Tom's family awarded St. John's Prep senior Anthony Gatti the fund's first scholarship. Pictured from left is Dr. Edward Hardiman, St. John's Prep principal, Gatti, Joni Pesola, Kirstin Pesola-McEachern, and Kara Pesola.
The Dr. Thomas N. Pesola Memorial Scholarship Foundation has named Anthony Gatti, a senior at St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, as its first scholarship recipient. Anthony, the son of Joanne Leary and Mark Gatti of Peabody, will enroll in Fordham University in the fall.
A member of the National Honor Society and Foreign Language National Honor Society who devotes his summers to serving as a camp counselor for the Joslin Camp, Anthony was selected from a pool of applicants throughout the state. The scholarship committee awarded Anthony the scholarship in a ceremony at St. John’s Preparatory School on Thursday, June 3.