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WTC Victims
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Our School Mourns WTC Victims
Dear alumni and friends,
The tragic events of September 11 have
wrought changes not only in the New York skyline but in our national
psyche as well. While we as a nation are responding to the forces
that wreaked such havoc upon innocent victims, we pause to remember
those Columbians who lost their lives in the World Trade Center
disaster.
As of this writing, the Engineering School has confirmed that eight
of its alumni are missing at the World Trade Center. The youngest
is Leah Oliver, Class of 1998, who would have turned 25 on September
12. She had started her job in risk management for Marsh USA, an
insurance company, over the summer. Two members of the Class of
1996 were at the World Trade Center. Andrew J. Kim was an employee
of Fred Alger Management, while Ehtesham Raja changed his plans
and decided at the last minute to attend the Risk Waters conference
at Windows on the World.
Paul V. Barbaro '91 (M.S.) was a software engineer for Cantor Fitzgerald
at One World Trade Center. Ronald Tartaro '85, '86 (M.S.) was at
work as executive vice president and fund manager of Fred Alger
Management. Daniel Bergstein '84 was corporate secretary of the
Port Authority, which had its headquarters in the World Trade Center.
(Mr. Bergstein's wife, Alicia Perez Bergstein, is also a SEAS graduate
from the Class of 1984.)
Another Port Authority executive, Douglas Karpiloff '71 (M.S.),
who was life safety and security director for the Port Authority,
was well-known for his expertise on terrorism and disaster recovery,
having first-hand experience following the Twin Towers bombing in
1993, when he served as director of tenant services. From the same
class, Vassilios G. Haramis '71 (M.S.), who worked for Washington
Group International, Inc. on the 91st floor of Two World Trade Center,
was reported missing by his family.
Along with their families, friends and classmates, the greater Columbia
community mourns their loss. The University will conduct a Memorial
Service on Thursday, November 15 at noon in the Roone Arledge Auditorium
of Alfred Lerner Hall.
Zvi Galil, Dean
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