The video is a recording of 2015 Remembrance Scholar Cameron MacPherson (grandson of legendary Syracuse coach Dick MacPherson) reading a poem dedicated to Thomas Schultz during “A Celebration of Life,” a series of student performances during last year’s Remembrance Week. As an attendee that evening, I can personally attest to the power of this poem.
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…
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholarship program began in 1990 and fittingly, Remembrance Week, now generally celebrated in October, was the brainchild of the Remembrance Scholars themselves several years later. By the early 1990s, there were few students left on campus with direct ties to the 35 students lost in the bombing of Pan Am 103. Concerned…
The map below, a larger version of the map on the London, 1988 page, shows the locations of students’ flats, local pubs, and other sites frequented by the Syracuse students in the fall of 1988.
The Daily Orange has extensive coverage of last week’s events. Highlights include feature articles on remembrance scholar Taylor Miriam Henry’s unique connection to Miriam Luby Wolfe and a thoughtful, retrospective piece on the retirements of Judy O’Rourke and Ed Galvin. Judy and Ed played key roles in establishing and maintaining connections with Lockerbie and developing…
The following information appears on Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholars website: Remembrance Week – October 25-31, 2015 Saturday, October 24, at the Carrier Dome – SU vs. Pitt game, Homecoming Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will distribute information to students about Remembrance Week; participate in the Pre-Game ceremonies; and observe a Moment of Silence during game Sunday,…
Last year, I cited an article detailing the possibility that Suse Lowenstein’s Dark Elegy had finally found a permanent home. Though the plan to place the sculptures in Montauk’s Kirk Park fell through, several Remembrance scholars approached her with the idea of petitioning Syracuse University to create a permanent home for the work. The petition…
Syracuse University’s 2015 Remembrance Week is scheduled for the week of October 25-31. A detailed schedule should be available after September 15.
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…
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…
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…
