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Heidi Stevens: Selfless for Scott movement uses kindness to honor Northwestern student who died by suicide

Scott Boorstein was a sweet and solid guy. Destined, truly, for greatness.

“Kind and lovable and friendly and curious and smart and athletic and just so kind,” Nina Boorstein, his mom, answers when asked to describe her only son. “I can’t even express how kind he was. He was a learner. He knew everything about everything. He’s who I would go to when I didn’t know something.”

He was an All-Conference golfer at Deerfield High School. After graduating in 2013, he attended Northwestern University and studied economics and business institutions. He pledged a fraternity.

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