Joshua Eisenstat Memorial Scholarship

Joshua Eisenstat Memorial Scholarship

Weber State University

April 15, 2014

 

Joshua did not complete very many sentences, and Joshua wasn’t into the performing arts, 

but Joshua loved, loved, loved counting.

Donor:
Mark Larson - Joshua's Uncle
 
Mark's Tribute Read by:
Ashley Larson - Joshua's Cousin

Presented by:
Selma Van Buren - Joshua's Mom
Hunter Joshua Larson - Joshua's Cousin
Ellie Rose Larson - Joshua's Cousin

Mark's Tribute:
The Joshua Eisenstat Memorial Scholarship is named after Mark's nephew who was six years younger than him. He was autistic and was mentally between two and three years old. They were the best of friends his entire life and he always tried to see Joshua after a stressful finals week, for the only math he cared that Mark could do was count to ten if they were boxing, or three if they were wrestling. A little over two years after Mark graduated, Joshua passed away at age 22. This scholarship is in his honor, and to support mathematics here at Weber State. Mark feels a math scholarship is appropriate, as Joshua did not know any historical facts, Joshua did not complete very many sentences, and Joshua wasn’t into the performing arts, but Joshua loved, loved, loved counting.

 

Evening Highlights:
 

1. Driving with Hunter and Ellie to Ogden and Hunter asking me to "tell him a story." We told lots of Joshua stories!
2. Hunter's bloody nose - so sad!
3. The happy news that my cute niece Ashley was going to the program with us!
4. Presenting the award together as Ashley read Mark's tribute, and Hunter and Ellie stood with us.
5. Cookies and strawberries!
6. The museum in the Lind Lecture Hall.
7. McDonalds!!
8. Ice Cream.
9. Throwing a french fry out the window!!
10. But we missed having Uncle Mark there!!!