Syracuse University just announced the selection of the 35 Remembrance Scholars for the 2015-16 academic year. The scholars are: Mehak Ali – College of Arts and Sciences/S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Samuel Bailey – College of Engineering and Computer Science Julie Bengis – David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics/Martin J. Whitman…
Our thoughts are with the families of those lost aboard Germanwings Flight 9525.
Those who first met Eric Coker could be forgiven for dismissing him as a consummate prankster, yet the young man from Mendham, New Jersey was also a serious and dedicated student with a far deeper grasp of world events than the majority of his peers. Eric was a passionate photographer, harbored a fascination for economics,…
Katherine Augusta Hollister was born on August 26, 1968. After graduating from the Bronx School of Science in 1986, Katherine matriculated at the University of Rochester where she majored in English. Her fondness for the theater, particularly Shakespeare’s plays, partially influenced her decision to study in England in the fall of 1988. Katherine’s friends remembered…
Today’s post is the first in a series of brief entries commemorating the individuals who were lost on Pan Am Flight 103. Family, friends, and classmates created the first memorial websites in the 1990s; unfortunately, the majority of these were lost when Yahoo shut down Geocities in 2009. There is a vast disparity in information…
While a loose communication network of 50-100 persons has been operating for several weeks, a more formal support group of family members is still to be formed. A general organizational meeting will be held Sunday, February 19, 1989, at 3:00 p. m. at the Crow’s Nest meeting room on Rt. 17 in Hasbrouck Hts., N.J.…
Karen Lee Hunt, Pi Beta Phi Portrait, 1988. Photo Credit: Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University: The Karen Lee Hunt Family Papers. Karen Hunt. Chicago, Spring, 1988. This image is a color-corrected photograph of the poster that appears on the Remembrance Week, 2013 page. Karen Lee Hunt (right) in London early…
“You are truly a light, Karen, that touched the hearts and souls of so many. Your keen awareness of the feelings of others and the sounds of your character enabled you to understand the true meaning of friendship and love. You will remain forever beautiful; your kind of beauty can never die. We love you.”…
In addition to these photos, I’ve posted a larger gallery of full-resolution images from the 26th anniversary service at Arlington National Cemetery on Smugmug.
Note that the addresses for the victims’ material guides and finding aids have changed since I compiled this list in 2014. I am in the process of updating the links. In the meantime, a list of material guides can be found at this address: https://panam103.syr.edu/victims/index.php, and the finding aids are available here: http://findingaids.syr.edu/xtf/search?brand=ead;collection=ead;f1-subjectLocal=Pan%20Am%20103%20–%20Victims%20and%20Families The following list contains…
August, 2016: additional reflections follow this post. I am not, in a traditional sense, a religious person. However, on a cold December night in 1988, I discovered that I was in fact (and remain to this day) a spiritual person. Though the trappings, sanctuaries, and iconographies of traditional religions mean comparatively little to me, there…