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Philanthropist, College of Education alum Harry B. Kropp passes away at age 84 | Penn State University
- Harry B. Kropp, a Penn State College of Education alumnus and philanthropist, has died at age 84.
- The Kropp–Legutko Award for Student Teaching was created in 2016 to support aspiring teachers.
- The award honors undergraduates who show professional promise during student teaching at Penn State.
- Harry Kropp was a State College native who earned a degree in secondary education in 1963.
- Kropp also taught in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the FLES program before moving to a general elementary classroom.
- The couple retired in 2003 and later volunteered with Penn State's LGBTQA Center and Catholic Campus Ministry.
- Harry B. Kropp and Ed Legutko were married in Provincetown in 2005 after Massachusetts recognized marriage equality.
- The couple shared 59 years together and were active in campus and community causes.
- Donations in Kropp’s memory support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, The Trevor Project, and Penn State’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
- The Penn State College of Education mourns the loss of a longtime educator and donor who supported future teachers.
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