(WACO) – The compassionate spirit of Antonio Barragan Jr. will live on at Texas State Technical College.

The memory of Barragan was recently honored by his family, friends and the Electrical Power and Controls program’s faculty and staff with a plaque unveiling and scholarship announcement. Barragan was a 2007 TSTC Electrical Systems and Instrumentation graduate who died Sept. 6, 2017.

“Antonio loved you guys so much,” said Maria Barragan, his widow. “I’m proud of the person that he became. He was a very hard worker, a good student. He was very happy to push his family and friends to better themselves in their education and their lives. It made him proud – I know it did. I know he would be really happy that we all came together.”

People entering the Electronics Center’s offices at TSTC will now see a plaque bearing a photo of Barragan. And, future Electrical Power and Controls majors at TSTC will have an opportunity to receive a scholarship in Barragan’s honor. The scholarship will be for second- and third-semester students, said Dan Bateman, senior instructor in the Electrical Power and Controls program.

This semester, two $1,000 scholarships were awarded to TSTC students Colton Janik of Yoakum and Jason Mallory of Rosebud. Bateman described the students as standouts in the program.

Besides Barragan, his sister, brother and four cousins attended TSTC and majored in the same technical program.

“We know that when we serve one student well, it’s not just the one student, it’s their whole family,” TSTC in Waco Provost Adam Hutchison said. “I can’t think of a better example than this family.”

Barragan was born Oct. 8, 1984 in Waco and worked at Brazos Electric, according to his obituary in the Waco Tribune-Herald.

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