I would have liked to have not have had to make this list…

In memory of those who tragically had their lives taken from them this past week at Virginia Tech.

1. Emily Jane Hilscher, 19, a freshman from Woodville in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Animal and Poultry Sciences.
2. Ryan Christopher “Stack” Clark, 22, a senior from Martinez, Georgia, United States.A resident advisor at the West Ambler Johnston Hall Dormitory.
3. Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, a sophomore from Saugus, Massachusetts, in University Studies.
4. Brian Bluhm, 25, a graduate student from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in Civil Engineering.
5. Austin Cloyd, 18, a freshman from Blacksburg, Virginia, in International Studies and French.
6. Matthew Gregory Gwaltney, 24, a graduate student from Chester, Virginia, in Environmental Engineering.
7. Caitlin Hammaren, 19, a sophomore from Westtown, New York, in International Studies and French.
8. Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, a graduate student from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, in Civil Engineering .
9. Rachael Elizabeth Hill, 18, a freshman from Richmond, Virginia.
10. Matthew Joseph La Porte, 20, a sophomore from Dumont, New Jersey, in University Studies.
11. Jarrett Lane, 22, a senior from Narrows, Virginia, in Civil Engineering.
12. Henry J. Lee (birth name Henh Ly), a sophomore from Vietnam and resident of Roanoke, Virginia, in Computer Engineering.
13. Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan, 34, a postgraduate student from Medan, Indonesia, in Civil Engineering.
14. Lauren Ashley McCain, 20, of Hampton, Virginia, in International Studies.
15. Daniel Patrick O’Neil, 23, a graduate student from Lincoln, Rhode Island, in Environmental Engineering. Juan Ramón Ortiz, 26, a graduate student from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in Civil Engineering.
16. Minal Hiralal Panchal, 26, a graduate student from Mumbai, India, in Architecture.
17. Daniel Pérez Cueva, 21, a student from Lima, Peru, in International Relations.
18. Erin Peterson, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Virginia.
19. Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., 23, a senior from Raritan Township, New Jersey, in Biological Sciences.
20. Julia Pryde, 23, a graduate student from Middletown, New Jersey, in Biological Sciences.
21. Mary Karen Read, 19, a freshman from Annandale, Virginia.
22. Reema Joseph Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Virginia.
23. Waleed Mohamed Shaalan, 32, a postgraduate student from Zagazig, Egypt, in Civil Engineering.
24. Leslie Geraldine Sherman, 20, a sophomore from Springfield, Virginia, in History and International Studies.
25. Maxine Shelly Turner, 22, a senior from Vienna, Virginia, in Chemical Engineering.
26. Nicole Regina White, 20, a junior from Carrollton, Virginia, in International Studies and German.
27. Christopher James Bishop (Jamie), 35, Instructor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
28. Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, Instructor, Foreign Languages. A French instructor from Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
29. Kevin Granata, 45, Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics.
30. Liviu Librescu, 76, Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics, and Holocaust survivor. Killed while holding off the shooter so his students could escape out the window.
31. G. V. Loganathan, 50, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tamil Nadu, India.

May God be with your families and friends…

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