Chris Packala(1966-1993)
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Chris was a 1990 graduate of the Film program at San Diego State University, where a scholarship was established in his name after his death. While a student he worked at the San Diego Film Bureau under Wally Schlotter. At the time of his death he was working as a film producer for Arnold Shapiro Productions. He won a local Emmy for a PSA he created while a student at SDSU. At the time of his death, he was working on an independent film on women inmates who were training as firefighters. A Michigan native, he was a 1985 graduate of Southfield Senior High School.