The terrible events of September 11, 2001, forever changed New York City, including the Columbia University community. On this page, our community remembers that day, those we lost, and the impact that the attacks have had on our world.
September 11 was a defining moment for everybody who went to [Columbia] at that time. We all remember where we were that day and who was lost. We had so many people impacted from every corner of the school.
In Memoriam
The Columbia University community honors the memories of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the tragedies in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
This is a list of the Columbia alumni who perished in the attacks.
PAUL A. ACQUAVIVA
LAW'97
RICHARD A. ARONOW
CC'75
PAUL V. BARBARO
SEAS'91
DANIEL D. BERGSTEIN
SEAS'84
MICHAEL J. BERKELEY
BUS'87
JOSHUA D. BIRNBAUM
GS'01
GAVIN CUSHNY
SEAS
JOSEPH A. DELLA PIETRA
CC'99
JOHN B. FIORITO
CC'82
ARLENE E. FRIED
LAW'93
RICHARD P. GABRIEL, SR.
BUS'72
ROCCO NINO GARGANO
GS
VASSILIOS G. HARAMIS
SEAS'71
JOHN C. HARTZ
BUS'62
BROOKE A. JACKMAN
CC'00
DOUGLAS G. KARPILOFF
SEAS'71
HOWARD L. KESTENBAUM
GSAS'69, GSAS'72
SEILAI KHOO
CC'86
ANDREW J. KIM
SEAS'96
KAREN J. KLITZMAN
SIPA'88
NAUKA KUSHITANI
TC'86; SIPA'88
MATTHEW G. LEONARD
LAW'87
CHARLES A. LESPERANCE
BUS'73
ALISHA C. LEVIN
TC'92
EDWARD LICHTSCHEIN
SEAS'93
ARNOLD A. LIM
SPS'01
JOSEPH MATHAI
BUS'76
DIARELIA J. MENA
SPS
ROBERT M. MURACH
CC'78
BRIAN J. MURPHY
BUS '87
THERESA (GINGER) RISCO NELSON
GS'80
LEAH E. OLIVER
SEAS'98
JEAN HOADLEY PETERSON
TC'77
EHTESHAM U. RAJA
SEAS'96
THOMAS M. REGAN
BUS'98
NASIMA H. SIMJEE
BUS'93
HARRY TABACK
BUS'84
RONALD TARTARO
SEAS'85, '86
TYLER V. UGOLYN
CC'01
VICTOR WALD
SIPA'75; BUS'76
WEIBIN WANG
GSAS'94
BRIAN P. WILLIAMS
CC'94