A Scholarship Award of $5,000 will be awarded to a high school senior who will perpetuate Sullivan’s memory. There will also be awards for the other finalists.

A cocktail hour at 6 p.m. will be followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and then the awards. The cost of the dinner is $50. Reservations may be made by calling Eleanor Donato at 617-484-5569, or Thomas Sullivan at 617-924-7589. For information email donatomom@aol.com. Reservations should be made by June 2nd.

Sullivan was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Watertown and a 1961 graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Waltham. He was a 1965 graduate of Boston College. During those years he participated on area athletic teams, most notably for basketball and baseball. He worked for the Watertown Recreation Department as a park instructor. After his college graduation, Paul taught at the West Jr. High School in Watertown and coached at Sacred Heart High School in Newton and at St. Patrick’s High School in Watertown. He volunteered for the Army, graduating from OCS and Ranger training. He was sent to Vietnam in early July 1968 and was killed in combat on Aug. 9, 1968. Lt. Paul J. Sullivan left behind his wife, his family, and his friends.