On January 19, 1989, over 10,000 family members, friends, and classmates gathered to mourn and remember the 35 students enrolled in Syracuse University’s Division of International Programs Abroad who were killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. In the closing moments of the service, Chancellor Melvin Eggers made the following promise: “Your sons and daughters will be remembered at Syracuse University, so long as any of us shall live, so long as the university shall stand.” He then briefly described 2 initiatives to ensure that his promise would survive: the creation of the Place of Remembrance and the establishment of annual scholarships in memory of each of the 35 victims.
Each of the $5,000 scholarships is funded “through an endowment supported by gifts from alumni, friends, parents and corporations. Significant support for the Remembrance Scholarships has been provided by C. Jean Thompson ’66 and Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Richard L. Thompson G’67 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry ’43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson’s parents; Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Steve Barnes ’82 and Deborah Barnes; and by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation,” according to today’s press release announcing the selection of the 2016-2017 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars.
The Lockerbie Scholars are:
Shona Beattie and Sian McLaughlin.
The Remembrance Scholars are:
- Clayton Baker of Milton, Mass., School of Information Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Charlotte Balogh of Sudbury, Mass, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Amber Barrow of Houston, Texas, College of Arts and Sciences
- Katherine Barymow of Wilton, Conn., School of Architecture, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences
- Jourdann Borski of Indianapolis, Ind., College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Farrell Brenner of Sugar Loaf, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Rachel Brown-Weinstock of Gloversville, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences
- Lynsey Cooper of West Chester, Pa., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences
- Emily Dang of Hull, Mass., School of Information Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Malik Evans of East Stroudsburg, Pa., Martin J. Whitman School of Management and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Ryan Gibson of Glenmore Landings, N.Y., College of Visual and Performing Arts and College of Arts and Sciences
- Kimberly Juarez of Los Angeles, Calif., David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and College of Arts and Sciences
- Joyce LaLonde of Albion, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Emily Lindberg of Holden, Mass., College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Paola Louzado-Feliciano of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
- José Marrero-Rosado of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, College of Arts and Sciences
- Kelsey May of Arcade, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Nigel Miller of Lauderdale Lake, Fla., College of Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Megan Minier of Webster, N.Y., School of Information Studies
- Claire Moran of Wayne, Pa., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Francis Morency of North Miami, Fla., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Genevieve Pilch of Ambler, Pa., College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Andrew Ramos of San Diego, Calif., College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Alexis Rinck of Pacifica, Calif., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Miracle Rogers of Hialeah, Fla., School of Education
- Nedda Sarshar of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Elaine Sartwell of Baldwinsville, N.Y., Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
- Kelly Sheptock of Berwick, Pa., Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Ilana Siegal of Beachwood, Ohio, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
- Samantha Steinert of Penn Yan, N.Y., Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
- Patricia Terhune of Manahawkin, N.J., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Jamie Weiss of McKinney, Texas, Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Terence Wells of Abington, Mass., Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Sarah Whittaker of Allentown, Pa., Whitman School of Management and College of Arts and Sciences
- Soleil Young of Syracuse, N.Y., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences
