BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) - Memorial service for Virginia Tech President Emeritus Paul Torgersen has been set for Tuesday.
University officials announced the service will be held at noon on April 7 at Saint Mary's Catholic Church located at 1205 Old Mill Road in Blacksburg.
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The Rev. Scott West and the Rev. Samantha Torgersen McElwee will officiate. A reception will follow.
Torgersen was Virginia Tech's president from 1994-2000 and a member of its faculty since 1967. He died on Sunday, March 29, at age 83.
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The Virginia flag outside the university's main administrative building, Burruss Hall, has been lowered to half-mast in memory of Torgersen. The university's governing Board of Visitors observed a moment of silence in his honor during its March 30 meeting