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April 16, 2007
A Celebration of Life
Dante DaVaughn Angerville was born on July31, 1987 at St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, the beloved son of Alinda and Samson Angerville. he received the foundation and basis for his education at Bridge Street Preparatory School and attended Philippa Schuyler School for the Gifted and Talented. Dante's understanding of the importance of education was well known and his life reflected that. He was on the honor roll in school every single year from the 5th grade all the way through high school.
He attended the Presidential Classroom Science and Technology week in Washington DC where he attended a session of congress and visited the halls of the senate and was treated with a rare inside look ino the inner workings of this country's government.
Having obtained a 1350 on his SAT's as a sophomore on his first try, Dante would continue to define excellence in education and was named Valedictorian of the graduating class of 2005 of East new York Transit Tech High School. He was also named to Who's who of American High School Students and graduated with an Endorsed Regents Diploma , the Challenger Award, A gold Medal in social Studies and Science, and The Michael Wallace Award.
After Sending out applications to Drexel, Temple, Howard, Penn State and Villanova - and receiving acceptance to all, he decided to attend Drexel University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and pursue a degree in civil Engineering. he was awarded the AJ Drexel Scholar award which consisted of an academic scholarship and is given to applicants chosen from teh top 15% of all applicants to the school.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Dante was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers. Dante's love of Trains was legendary and he was also a member of the "Sub Chat" group which is dedicated to those who have an interest in Railroading and public transportation systems.
Dante developed an interest in photography and has photos not only on his own website but on several sites on the internet as well as having some of his images used on the "TransitTalk" website.
because of his interest and love of trains Dante was also blessed to be a part of a documentary on the NY City Cubway System - NYC Underground - which was filmed and shown on the NY TImes Discovery Channel where he participated as apart of a group taking the "Ultimate Train Ride" a mission to pass through every single train station in t the NYC Subway system on just one token.
On the afternoon of Thursday April 5th , Dante was called from Labor to reward at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
"You fought the good fight - and in spite of what it may seem - You won"
Posted by digitalmuse at April 16, 2007 1:43 AM
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