Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
A Bachelor of Environmental Design student who succumbed to heart failure July 26 was among the honorees Sept. 1 during one of Texas A&M’s most hallowed traditions.
Michael Fountain, 40, who died at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, was memorialized during Silver Taps, a tribute to students who die while enrolled at Texas A&M, at the Academic Plaza.
In 2007, Fountain was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in both of his lungs and received a double-lung transplant in the fall semester. He returned to classes in the spring 2008 semester.
He is survived by his wife, Lynette Fountain of Bryan-College Station; daughter, Charlene Fountain of Bryan-College Station; sons, Christian Fountain, Aidan Fountain, both of Bryan-College Station, and Jace Fountain of Lufkin.
An article featuring Michael's struggle and initial triumph over lung disease was published in the College of Architecture's Spring 2009 archone.newsletter: http://tiny.cc/fountain263.
Fountain was honored along with Robert Warren Hofmeister, Erin Kellie Shehan, Patrick Justin Smith, Serena Chen Swanland, Jonathan Louis Urbanosky, and Andres Felipe Uribe.
For more information about the Silver Taps tradition, visit http://studentlife.tamu.edu/studentwelfare/silvertaps.html
- Posted: Sept. 23, 2009 -
