The LeRoi Moore Fund announced this week that the late musician's estate will fund three new scholarships, including one to the University's Nursing School starting in the 2010-11 academic year.\nKevin O'Halloran, director of donor relations at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, said the scholarships reflect Moore's values.\n"Education was very important to him," O'Halloran said. "It was a value that his parents had instilled in him."\nMoore, a saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, passed away last August because of complications of an ATV crash he suffered earlier in the year. O'Halloran said Moore had received excellent care at the University Medical Center following the crash and established the scholarship to honor the Nursing School.\nNursing Dean Dorothy Fontaine stated in an e-mail that the first scholarship will be awarded to a nursing student who has a history of community service. The student will receive $5,000 dollars each year for four years.\n"Society needs more nurses," she said. "We are grateful to have one of our students receive a scholarship in honor of LeRoi Moore."\nThe other scholarships are being established at Moore's parents' alma mater North Carolina Central University - also a four-year scholarship worth $5,000 a year - and a four-year $2,500 per year scholarship at Albemarle High School, which Moore attended.\nO'Halloran emphasized Moore's desire to honor his parents, noting that the scholarship for Albemarle High School honors his father, who taught at the school.\nThe Charlottesville Community Foundation, with which Moore previously worked, will distribute the local scholarships through the Bama Works Fund, the Dave Matthews Band's charitable fund.
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