Giancarlo Colombo '02

 Endowed Scholarship Fund

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GIANCARLO COLOMBO was born on November 16, 1983, in Dallas, TX, and died tragically on May 30, 2005, as a student at Stanford University in California. This site is dedicated to keeping his memory alive and funding an endowed scholarship at Cistercian Preparatory School in his name.

Pictured: Fr. Gregory Schweers, O. Cist (left), Giancarlo Colombo (right)


"Salimmo su, el primo e io secondo,  

"Tanto ch'I'vidi de le case belle 

Che porta 'l ciel, per un pertugio tondo. 

 E quindi uscimmo a riverder le stelle"   - Dante Alighieri

We climbed up, he first and I behind him, Far enough to see, through a round opening, A few of those fair things the heavens bear. Then we came forth, to see again the stars. Cistercian Abbey, June 11, 2005 

Class of 2002

Giancarlo is sitting in the first row, third from left.