Family with local and longtime friends of Laura Ditka, a prominent prosecuting attorney in Allegheny County who passed away suddenly in 2018, have come together to establish a non-profit in her honor and introduced Laura’s Light.
An inaugural fundraising event “Let Laura’s Light Shine” was held on October 7th in Wexford. The cocktail party event featured an online auction and a special video interview presentation with Dr. Cyril Wecht. Through the generosity of the community, Laura’s Light presented a check to Duquesne University Forensic Science and Law for the Laura Ann Ditka Service Award. This award is granted to graduate students of the FSL Program who demonstrate service to others. Dr. Pamela Marshall, Director, and Associate Teaching Professor, Forensic Science, and Law founded the award and accepted the check on behalf of the scholarship.
