A small memorial to Anna Nicole Smith sits against a tree Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 in Dania Beach, Fla. in front of the Broward County Medical Examiner’s office where her body is kept as lawsuits continue. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

Anna Nicole Smith is dead. OK– I said it. And now, I’ve moved on. Yes, she was wealthy. But other wealthy people died yesterday too — people who have contributed much more to society (particularly our local one). One person whom I’ve come to respect and admire after reading his obituary is John R.H. Thouron. He created a scholarship that has allowed more than 700 Penn students and British students to study in each others’ country for free. And, yes, I applied for (and was subsequently rejected from) receiving the scholarship that bears his name. Thouron’s contributions to the University of Pennsylvania community are amazing — and though Sir John Thouron outlived his son by a year, their legacy will surely live on through the discourses created between American and British students for years and years down the road.

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