Event to support scholarship fund in memory of alumna

2:26 p.m., Aug. 27, 2012--A golf tournament on Monday, Oct. 1, will benefit the foundation established in memory of Megan Ashley Perry, a 2005 communication graduate of the University of Delaware, who died in a 2008 accident while a passenger in a car in New Jersey.

To register as a tournament participant or sponsor, visit the website. The registration deadline is Sept. 15.

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The tournament, now in its third year, has been moved to Deerfield Golf Club near Newark, Del., to better accommodate interest from the University community. Proceeds support the educational and charitable mission of the nonprofit foundation, including a scholarship that, when funded, will benefit a female UD undergraduate in the Department of Communication.

The tournament opens for registration and warm-ups at 11:30 a.m., with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. A "beef and root beer" event begins at 5 p.m.

After graduating from UD, Ms. Perry worked as a recruiting specialist in human resources for the Christiana Care Health System. Her stepfather, Edric Mason, is a 1968 graduate of the University, where he was a member of the football team.