The family of Scott Wendel has launched a memorial scholarship program. Wendel, vice president, Material Damage at Nationwide General Insurance, passed away suddenly in April while in Atlanta, Ga. to participate in the Collision Industry Conference. Scott was just 53.
The Scott Wendel Scholarship Fund will benefit members of the football team at Ronald Wilson Reagan High School to which he dedicated so much of himself.
In establishing this Fund, The Wendel family has found a way in which to honor Scott's memory, while benefiting the student athletes whom he so passionately coached and cared for.
All contributions in honor of Scott are deeply appreciated by his family, friends, industry associates and colleagues, players, coaches, students and faculty of and Ronald Wilson Reagan High School.
Contributions to the fund can be made online. Or, by check to:
Ronald Wilson Reagan High School Booster Club
C/O Scott Wendel Scholarship
PO Box 306
Pfafftown, NC 27040 FEIN: 2032353492
Wendel's career in the automotive collision repair and claims industry included roles directly in collision repair facilities, then with Allstate, Hartford, AIG, Amica, and National General. His strong support for our industry, both from the automotive claims and collision repair perspectives was significant.
Longtime colleague and close friend Tammy Martin said, "Scott's ability to rapidly build interpersonal relationships with colleagues, business partners, others was quite remarkable. Mentoring was a pillar of Scott's DNA, just second nature to selflessly, consistently, yearningly find ways to help others succeed."
The Ronald Wilson Regan H.S. football coaching staff, who memorialized Scott during the services in North Carolina, described and revalidated those qualities— a level of character and an approach to business and life that paved the roads for friendships and success.
"Scott was deeply passionate and committed to coaching football, teaching, mentoring, helping in any way he could to shape the character and lives of young people. His impact on studentathletes was significant; essentially almost always immediate. Scott will not be forgotten by the many he touched and positively impacted both in the industry he loved, and just as importantly outside of it. This scholarship fund helps those who knew and loved Scott achieve that," commented industry veteran Thomas Adams.
Wendel touched people in a very unique way, positively influencing the lives of so many of us with a sincerity we all strive to achieve and an optimism we all hope to live by. All who knew him will miss his great sense of humor, humility, commitment to excellence, and unforgettable smile. Scott is survived by his wife Shelley, and sons Eric and Matthew whom he lived with in WinstonSalem N.C. He was the beloved brother of Lisa Hathaway, and son of Marge and Calvin Wendel, all of Milford, Conn.
