SIOR: New England Chapter

Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the following recipients of the Robert W. Holmes Scholarship.

2009

Mike Zieja, Associate of Colliers Meredith & Grew and Evan Gallagher, Assistant Vice President of NAI Hunneman were co-recipients of the 2009 Scholarship award. They took their first SIOR course in Toronto while attending the 2009 Fall Conference.

2008

Tim Brodigan, Vice President of Klemmer Associates, was the 2008 recipient, and took his first SIOR course while attending the 2008 Fall Professional Conference in Minneapolis.

2007

Jeremy Freid, Director of Boston Realty Advisors, was the 2007 recipient, and took his first SIOR course in St. Louis, and attended the Fall Conference.

Scholarships

2010 Recipients

Bill Lynch, Assistant Vice President of Colliers Meredith & Grew and John Dolan, Associate who is also with Colliers Meredith & Grew were co-recipients of this year's 2010 Scholarship award. They took their first SIOR course in Dallas at the Core Components of Commercial Brokerage event.

Pictured L-R: Bill Lynch, Greg Klemmer, John Dolan, and National SIOR President, David Zimmer.

In 2007, the New England Chapter of SIOR established a Scholarship in memory of Robert W. Holmes. Bob Holmes was a past Chapter President and a strong supporter of SIOR for many years. He was a person of integrity and high ethical standards. He started the R.W. Holmes Realty Company in 1976 serving the Metro West/495 Market. Today the Company still thrives under the leadership of his son Garry Holmes, SIOR. Garry followed in his father's footsteps and has been actively involved in SIOR, and is a past Chapter President. Garry is the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee and presides over the selection of qualified candidates for the scholarship program.

The purpose of the scholarship is to provide up and coming commercial real estate brokers that have been in the business for a minimum of three years, with the opportunity to expand their education and knowledge of the industry by taking an SIOR Professional Course, and attend an SIOR Conference. The goal is to imake them aware of the many benefits that SIOR has to offer, and encourage them to pursue the SIOR designation.