Megan Butz ’12 Memorial Scholarship Honors Carmel Grad Helps Reduce School’s Carbon Footprint, Assists Service-Oriented Students in Need Larry Butz fondly recalls his daughter as one of the most caring individuals he has ever known. Whether it was participating on three weeklong mission trips during her sophomore, junior, and senior years at Carmel Catholic, multiple Big Brothers Big Sisters programs, or being active in a North Texas nonprofit that provides education and foster programs to eliminate the killing of dogs, Megan Butz was always thinking of others before herself. Following the untimely passing of Megan in January of 2020, Larry and his wife Mary Jo say that navigating the family’s grief would take them in one of two directions. “You can choose to live in the light or live in the dark,” recalls the executive with Lake Zurich-based OEO Energy Solutions, a company that provides commercial and industrial customers the latest in LED technology. With two younger daughters who are also Carmel graduates and a business partner who has put four children through Carmel, it didn’t take long for another light bulb to go off: What if OEO could help Carmel replace all of its lighting with energy-efficient LED and help the school save hundreds of thousands of dollars in electricity?
“Megan was a source of light for everyone that she ever came in contact with during her time on earth, and this is such a wonderful way to honor her memory.” 4
