2008 Woodie Awards
Senior Snapshot: Tony Farro
Sean Updegrave '08
Issue date: 5/10/08 Section: Features
"I felt like there was nothing he couldn't handle," said long-time friend and senior food marketing major Anthony McDonald. "When he had a goal, he reached it."
With Tony Farro, almost nothing was a struggle. A biology major, Farro rarely complained about work and never let things interfere with his studies until he finished everything he needed to get done.
In every graduating class, there are students who should be there but aren't.
Farro is one of them.
He died during his sophomore year at Saint Joseph's.
When Farro passed away, his brother, Devon, parents, Cathy and Tony, and his large group of friends encouraged each other to stay strong and go on with life, as the people closest to him know he would have wanted.
Farro was born on Jan. 25, 1986 and died on Oct. 18, 2005. When not at school, he resided at his parents' house in Langhorne, Pa.
He graduated with honors from St. Andrews Catholic Education School in Newtown, Pa., and Holy Ghost Preparatory in Bensalem, Pa. At Saint Joseph's University, he had one of the highest grade point averages in his major.
Although Farro's tenacity and perfectionism led to his success in his short life, his physical appearance may have suggested someone who did not take life as seriously.
Farro's preference for wearing dark-colored matching sweat suits and sporting a symmetrically lined haircut was often a target for friendly ridicule among his peers.
Senior finance major Joe Dunn was also a good friend and avid study-partner of Farro's through the young mens' freshmen year.
"My first year of chemistry, I scanned the class for a familiar face and was immediately drawn to those ridiculous pointed sideburns," said Dunn. "Later that week, he busted into my room and asked if I had done the chemistry homework."
Dunn admitted to being a little intimidated at first, but informed Farro that he had not started the assignment.
"From that point forward, we did so much work together that we had no choice but to become friends," said Dunn.
Despite his tough-guy front, Farro's peers knew what type of person he really was. He was loyal and would have gone to any length to help out. He needed a solution to every problem, and most of the time, he found one.
Ultimately, Farro was the kind of guy who expected the best from himself and others.
"He was always there for me and his friends," said younger brother Devon, a sophomore at Catholic University. "He watched out for everyone he cared about."
With Tony Farro, almost nothing was a struggle. A biology major, Farro rarely complained about work and never let things interfere with his studies until he finished everything he needed to get done.
In every graduating class, there are students who should be there but aren't.
Farro is one of them.
He died during his sophomore year at Saint Joseph's.
When Farro passed away, his brother, Devon, parents, Cathy and Tony, and his large group of friends encouraged each other to stay strong and go on with life, as the people closest to him know he would have wanted.
Farro was born on Jan. 25, 1986 and died on Oct. 18, 2005. When not at school, he resided at his parents' house in Langhorne, Pa.
He graduated with honors from St. Andrews Catholic Education School in Newtown, Pa., and Holy Ghost Preparatory in Bensalem, Pa. At Saint Joseph's University, he had one of the highest grade point averages in his major.
Although Farro's tenacity and perfectionism led to his success in his short life, his physical appearance may have suggested someone who did not take life as seriously.
Farro's preference for wearing dark-colored matching sweat suits and sporting a symmetrically lined haircut was often a target for friendly ridicule among his peers.
Senior finance major Joe Dunn was also a good friend and avid study-partner of Farro's through the young mens' freshmen year.
"My first year of chemistry, I scanned the class for a familiar face and was immediately drawn to those ridiculous pointed sideburns," said Dunn. "Later that week, he busted into my room and asked if I had done the chemistry homework."
Dunn admitted to being a little intimidated at first, but informed Farro that he had not started the assignment.
"From that point forward, we did so much work together that we had no choice but to become friends," said Dunn.
Despite his tough-guy front, Farro's peers knew what type of person he really was. He was loyal and would have gone to any length to help out. He needed a solution to every problem, and most of the time, he found one.
Ultimately, Farro was the kind of guy who expected the best from himself and others.
"He was always there for me and his friends," said younger brother Devon, a sophomore at Catholic University. "He watched out for everyone he cared about."
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