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University of Michigan medical school graduates and faculty celebrating Friday's commencement remembered a student killed during a burglary at his off-campus fraternity house. <\/p>\n
Rebekah DeWolf walked across a stage at the Ann Arbor school in place of her brother, Paul, to accept his medical degree. <\/p>\n
The 25-year-old Paul DeWolf was shot to death last July. Three men have been charged in the slaying. <\/p>\n
The university's Board of Regents voted to award DeWolf his degree. <\/p>\n
His father, Thom DeWolf, told reporters following the ceremony that it was a milestone the family had been looking forward to, according to The Ann Arbor News. <\/p>\n
\"He spent 20 years of his life going to school for this day and so it was hard to realize he couldn't be there for the moment he'd been living for, but we had the opportunity to see it and that was exciting,\" Thom DeWolf said. <\/p>\n
Paul DeWolf also was posthumously awarded the John Patrick Niland Award. The annual award is given by the graduating class to the student who \"most exemplifies the important attributes of empathy, compassion, patience and a love of medicine,\" according to a release from the school. <\/p>\n
The Medical School's Student Council will begin presenting the Paul DeWolf Award next year. <\/p>\n
A tree dedication ceremony is scheduled Sunday morning at the school. That will be followed in the afternoon by the Paul DeWolf Memorial Hero Run. <\/p>\n
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