Paul DeRuosi, a retired director of development for the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and a 2016 Top Dog Outstanding Alumnus award recipient, died Feb. 4. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at The Shrine of Saint Therese in Fresno. President Castro ordered Fresno State’s flags to be posted at half-staff from sunrise to sunset that day, in honor of Mr. DeRuosi.

A native of Fresno, he graduated from Fresno State with a bachelor’s in criminology (corrections option) in 1972 and a master’s in counseling in 1985. He joined Fresno State in 1979 and retired in 2010 after serving in the Career Center as director of the University Scholarship Program and as a development officer.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that remembrances be made in support of Fresno State student scholarships. Donations in his name may also be made to UCSF's Heart Disease Program or Donate Life California.

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