Scholarship to honour engineer’s thirst for life

Friends of an Irish energy engineer who died in a yachting accident in San Francisco Bay last year have set up a special college scholarship in his honour.

The Dr Elmer Morrissey Scholarship will be available to a UCC student in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science who best reflects Elmer’s vibrant character, his enthusiasm for living and his devotion to excellence, both academic and extra-curricular.

Younger sister Kelda, who lives in London, said her family and Elmer’s friends wanted to do something positive to ensure his name lived on.