Anthony Galluzzo, of Londonderry, N.H., has been named the first recipient of the Heritage Property Investment Trust Inc. Scholarship.

The most comprehensive award in the history of the college, the Heritage scholarship includes not only full, four-year tuition, but also a stipend for room, board, fees, books and supplies. Galluzzo will receive a paid summer internship at Heritage and, upon graduation, the opportunity for a permanent job with the company.

“I was psyched and my parents were thrilled,” Galluzo said upon receiving the news personally from college president Fr. Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B. “Money is a big issue when you’re planning to go to college, and I’m the oldest of seven.”

Thomas C. Prendergast ’72, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Heritage Property Investment Trust, helped establish the scholarship for a student who is admitted to Saint Anselm and wants to attend, but cannot afford it. Boston-based Heritage Property is one of the largest owners and operators of neighborhood and community shopping centers in the United States.

Galluzzo, who entered Saint Anselm as a freshman in the fall, was an honors student at Londonderry High School, ranking 12th in his graduating class of 400. He was captain of the soccer team and earned varsity letters in indoor and outdoor track.

He annually joins the Pan-Mass Challenge, a two-day, 192-mile bike ride for the Jimmy Fund, in order to give back to those who helped his father become a two-time cancer survivor.

“I hope the money I raise can help cure and even prevent future cases of cancer,” he says.