Albany Law School celebrated the tremendous life of Peter M. Pryor ’54 and officially announced a scholarship that will perpetuate his legacy with future lawyers of color on May 25, 2022.
Pryor, a prominent civil rights attorney and public affairs leader in the Capital Region, died on January 17, 2022—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—at age 95.
On May 25, 2022, Pryor’s son Marcus and his family, friends (including Hon. Randolph F. Treece '76), members of the law school community, and public officials Rep. Paul Tonko and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan ’94 spoke in the law school courtyard to officially launch the Peter M. Pryor ’54 Scholarship.
The scholarship will be awarded to Black, Indigenous, or people of color who are pursing law.
Give to the scholarship: https://alumni.albanylaw.edu/s/977/21/interior.aspx?sid=977&gid=1&pgid=2106
