To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Liviu Librescu, 76
Romanian-born Liviu Librescu, an engineering science and mathematics professor at Virginia Tech, was killed in the Virginia Tech massacre April 16, 2007. According to Librescu's son, students sent e-mails explaining that the professor risked his life for his students by blocking the doorway of his classroom and allowing students to flee through windows. He was fatally shot. Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, had an international reputation for his work in aeronautical engineering.
Ryan "Stack" Clark, 22
A triple graduate in psychology, biology and English, was a member of the school's marching band and a student resident assistant. He was just one month away from graduating, and was shot in the neck in West Ambler Johnston Hall, where the shootings started. A public memorial will be held for Clark at his alma mater, Lakeside High School in his hometown of Martinez, Ga., April 21 at 4 p.m.
(Augusta Chronicle via Lakeside High School yearbook
Emily Hilscher, 19
Of Woodville, Va., was also killed in the dorm shooting. Hilscher was a freshman animal and poultry sciences major who lived next door to victim Ryan Clark. She came to Virginia Tech from rural Rappahannock County, where she was known as an animal lover, according to a family friend.
Freshman Mary Karen Read, 19
Killed during French class in room 211 of Norris Hall, where many were slain on the campus. Read was born in South Korea into an Air Force family, and lived in Texas and California before settling in the suburb of Anannandale, Va. According to her aunt, Read considered a number of schools before choosing Virginia Tech, which was a popular choice among her classmates.
German professor Jamie Bishop, 35
One of the first hit in the shooting at Norris Hall. Known for his long hair and gentle manner, Bishop was an avid hiker who rode his bike to campus and worked alongside his wife in the foreign languages department.
Daniel Perez Cueva, 21
Shot during French class in room 211 of Norris Hall. The native of Lima, Peru, was studying international relations. His father, Flavio Perez, lives in Peru and is trying to obtain a humanitarian visa from the U.S. Consulate. According to The Associated Press, a spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Lima said the student's father "will receive all the attention possible when he applies" for the visa.
Juan Ramon Ortiz, 26
A native of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, was a graduate student in civil engineering. He recently married another student at Virginia Tech, Liselle Vega.
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico)
Matthew La Porte, 20
A freshman from Dumont, N.J., was an Air Force cadet at Virginia Tech, and reportedly credited the Carson Long Military Institute in New Bloomfield, Pa., with turning his life around during his duration there in high school. Carson Long released a statement saying, "Matthew was an exemplary student at Carson Long whose love of music and fellow cadets were an inspiration to all on campus."
Kevin Granata
A professor at Virginia Tech's Engineering Science and Mechanics department, was another victim of Monday's shooting. Granata served in the military before coming to Virginia Tech, where he and his students researched muscle and reflex response and robotics. Granata is described by colleagues as one of the top biomechanics researchers in the country, working on movement dynamics in cerebral palsy, who still found time for his graduate students and above all, his family.."
freshman Reema Samaha, 18
One of the victims of the shooting at Virginia Tech, graduated from Westfield High School in Chantilly, Va. -- the same high school as the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho. Samaha was killed inside Norris Hall, along with almost 30 other people. On Tuesday morning, flags were flying at half-staff outside of Westfield High in Samaha's honor. Another Westfield High student was also killed in the massacre -- freshman Erin Peterson.
Jocelyn Couture-Nowak
A French professor at Virginia Tech, is among the victims of Monday's massacre. A Montreal native, Nowak taught at Virginia Tech with her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticultural department.
Caitlin Hammaren, 19
A sophomore and International Studies and French major at Virginia Tech, where she was killed in the shooting Monday.
"She was just one of the most outstanding young individuals that I've had the privilege of working with in my 31 years as an educator," said John P. Latini, principal of Minisink Valley High School, where she graduated in 2005. "Caitlin was a leader among our students."
Ross Alameddine, 20
A Saugus, Mass., native, was killed Monday in the Virginia Tech shootings. A sophomore English major, Alameddine was in French class in room 211 of Norris Hall where he was slain along with many of his classmates.
"I just got word he was of the ones killed in the classroom," said a sobbing Lynnette Alameddine, moments after a chaplain called with word that her son was among the dead. She was too grief-stricken to speak further.
Jarrett Lee Lane, 22
Of Narrows, Va. 2003 Narrows high school graduate.
Senior at VT
was killed by the gunman at Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16, 2007.(Undated photo provided by family)
Jeremy Herbstritt, 27
Was a Penn State graduate attending graduate school at Virginia Tech for civil engineering. According to his grandfather, "He liked to work on machinery, take a lot of stuff apart and fixed it," Thomas Herbstritt said. "He was a studious kid." Herbstritt was also reportedly an avid runner who liked to kayak. He had been an altar boy, and was involved in research on the West Nile disease while at Penn State.
G.V. Loganathan, 51
Born in the southern Indian city of Chennai and had been a civil and environmental engineering professor at Virginia Tech since 1982. Loganathan, 51, had won several awards for excellence in teaching, had served on the faculty senate and was an adviser to about 75 undergraduate students. His brother, G-V Palanivel, told the ND-TV news channel in India that "We all feel like we have had an electric shock. We do not know what to do." He says his brother "has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force."
Daniel O'Neil, 22
In this image released by Coulter Photography , of Lincoln, R.I., shown at the Bushkill Creek on July 28, 2005 in Easton Pa. O'Neil was killed by the gunman at Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16, 2007.
Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34
An Indonesian student who was killed in Monday's deadly shootings.He was a civil engineering doctoral student and according to his aunt, wanted to teach in America after earning his degree. His family in Indonesia sold off property and cars to financially support Lumbantoruan's education.(undated photo obtained from the family)
Lauren McCain, 20
of Hampton, Va., in a photo on display Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at a local Baptist Church in Hampton. McCain was a freshman and was planning to major in international studies. Family members who flew out from Oklahoma, where McCain spent her early childhood years, described McCain as an avid reader and deeply religious. Additionally, McCain taught Sunday school and worked in a department store to save money before enrolling in college.(This photo provided by friends of the family)
Austin Cloyd, 18
Of Blacksburg, Va. Cloyd was an 18-year-old international studies student at Virginia Tech, who, according to her father, wanted to work for the United Nations one day, "in hopes of fostering peace in a troubled world." Cloyd, who was an active Methodist, started a program that sent mission trips from Illinois to Appalachia to rehab homes.
(Family Photo via Blacksburg Baptist Church/AP Photo)
Brian Bluhm, 25
Brain smiles before a Virginia Tech home football game in Blacksburg, Va., in 2006. Bluhm was a master's student in water resources. Having already received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering, Bluhm was getting ready to defend his thesis and had already accepted a job in Baltimore. According to friends, the Cedar Rapids native was a staple at Hokie sporting events and a devoted member of his Bible study group.
Maxine Turner, 22
Of Vienna, Va., was a honors engineering student. She was taking German as an elective in the final spring of her senior year at Virginia Tech and was killed with other students in that class on the second floor of Norris Hall on Tuesday morning, April 17, 2007. Turner was set to graduate next month with a degree in chemical engineering and had lined up a job working for W.L. Gore & Associates, the maker of Gore-Tex. This image from her high school prom in 2003 in Vienna, Va. was provided by the Turner family.
Henry Lee
Freshman, majoring in computer engineering and French. The Roanoke, Va., native enjoyed racketball, engineering and Frisbee. Lee emigrated from China, by way of Vietnam, and couldn't speak English when he arrived in the United States. But by the time Lee left high school, he was a class salutatorian with a grade-point average of 4.47. He wrote, "I'm just your typical short Asian (Chinese) guy.".
Julia Pryde, 23 From Middleton, N.J.Pryde was a 2001 graduate of Middletown North High School in central New Jersey, where she was a standout on the swimming team. She also played softball in youth recreation leagues.
On Monday afternoon, not knowing where Pryde was, her parents headed straight for Blacksburg, where they learned after a nearly nine-hour drive that their daughter was among the dead
Waleed Shaalan, 32 An Egyptian national, a doctoral student in Engineering
Nicole White Carrollton, Va., Junior, International Studies and German
Erin Peterson, 18 Of Centreville, Va.
Mike Pohle, Flemington, N.J.
Minal Panchal, of Mumbai, India.
Leslie Sherman, Springfield, Va., junior, History.
Photos and info. of the victims are provided by friends, family and associated press.Thank you.
