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Columbia has had its share of '''suicides''', much like other elite institutions of higher learning (but unlike [[NYU]], which has had far more). If you or someone you know has made even a passing remark about suicide, it is suggested to contact [[Health Services]] immediately.

== Partial list of suicides ==

{|
|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"
| '''Date'''
| '''Person'''
| '''Position'''
| '''Notes'''
|-
| October 4, 1898
| Henry E. McDermott
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry
| Prussic acid
|-
| Novemeber 11, 1901
| Richard Mayo Smith
| Professor of Political Economy
| Jumped; possible accident
|-
| February 21, 1902
| Isaac N. Henderson
| PhD Candidate
| Self-inflicted gunshot
|-
| January 27, 1906
| William N. Van Reypen Jr.
| Law School Student
| Self-inflicted gunshot
|-
| February 27, 1906
| Ralph C.B. Moore
| Student
| Drowning
|}

'''Lathrop Smith''', January 23, 1907 - Law School student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Lucien M. Underwood''', November 16, 1907 - Professor of Botany (slit throat) 
'''Robert H. Jones''', December 5, 1914 - student (self-infliected gunshot) 
'''John Hipp''', August 8, 1919 - student (slit wrist, throat, and jumped) 
'''Dorothy Wilson''', October 16, 1921 - student (jumped under train at 125th Street New York Central / MetroNorth) 
'''Francis E. Brooks''', August 28, 1924 - Professor French (hanging) 
'''Henry Mead''', March 9, 1925 - student (jumped from sixth floor of [[Hartley]]) 
'''Walton White''', March 14, 1926 - student (hanging) 
'''Oscar Petty''', September 21, 1927 - Professor of Linguistics (drowned) 
'''Rollin F. Lewis''', May 13, 1928 - student (hanging) 
'''David Halfant''', May 23, 1928 - PhD Candidate in Economics (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Russell G. Smith''', June 7, 1929 - Professor of Sociology (jumped) 
'''Louis Finkelstein''', March 9, 1930 - Law School student (jumped) 
'''Edgar F. Grossman''', May 11, 1933 - PhD Candidate in Philosophy (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Fred Lester Acer''', June 16, 1937 - student (lethal dose of sleeping medication) 
'''Robert E. Chaddock''', October 21, 1939 - Professor of Statistics (jumped) 
'''Marvin Krueger''', April 13, 1941 - Assistant Professor of Education (gas) 
'''Rudolf Schoenheimer''', September 11, 1941 - Professor of Biological Chemistry (toxic acid) 
'''Marion Ellis''', May 3, 1942 - student (gas) 
'''Habeeb Ahmed Faruqi''', January 15, 1948 - Teachers College student (jumped from ninth floor of [[Furnald]]) 
'''Dorothy Bordes''', October 5, 1951 - student (hanging) 
'''Edward R. Fenn''', October 20, 1953 - student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Madeline Jean Sommers''', July 21, 1954 - summer student (fire) 
'''Lawrence Goldsmith Jr.''', January 3, 1955 - student (sedative overdose) 
'''Frank William Ritchie Jr.''', April 28, 1958 - General Studies student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Michael Bogost''', April 17, 1960 - student (potassium cyanide) 
'''Richard Kulick''', November 26, 1961 - Dental School student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Deborah Daniels''', May 4, 1965 - Teachers College student (jumped) 
'''Christine Gallant''', November 25, 1968 - librarian (sleeping pill overdose, drowned in bathtub) 
'''Hsio Min Feng''', February 18, 1974 - Professor of Chinese (jumped in front of subway in Queens) 
'''Jonathan A. Spohn''', September 24, 1988 - student (jumped from fourteenth floor of [[John Jay]]) 
'''Shirley Yoon''', September 20, 1998 - student (jumped from twentieth floor of [[East Campus]]) 
'''Darren Pascual''', September 21, 1998 - student (hanging) 
'''Brian Malmon''', March 24, 2000 - student (suicide while on leave) 
'''Puneet Bhandari''', April 20, 2000 - student (train collision) 
'''Andrea Melendez''', December 6, 2000 - student (jumped off stairwell in Mcbain) 
'''Nick Kemnitzer''', November 9, 2001 - student (unknown) 
'''Fraser Lunan''', December 13, 2003 - student (suicide while on leave) 
'''Richard Ng''', May 7, 2006 - student (jumped from the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]) 

''(note: the above list is very incomplete as major media outlets, for the most part, stopped reporting on college suicides during the 1960s).''

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Columbia has had its share of '''suicides''', much like other elite institutions of higher learning (but unlike [[NYU]], which has had far more). If you or someone you know has made even a passing remark about suicide, it is suggested to contact [[Health Services]] immediately.

== Partial List of Suicides ==
'''Henry E. McDermott''', October 4, 1898 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry (prussic acid) 
'''Richard Mayo Smith''', Novemeber 11, 1901 - Professor of Political Economy (jumped; possible accident) 
'''Isaac N. Henderson''', February 21, 1902 - PhD Candidate (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''William N. Van Reypen Jr.''', January 27, 1906 - Law School Student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Ralph C.B. Moore''', February 27, 1906 - student (drowning) 
'''Lathrop Smith''', January 23, 1907 - Law School student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Lucien M. Underwood''', November 16, 1907 - Professor of Botany (slit throat) 
'''Robert H. Jones''', December 5, 1914 - student (self-infliected gunshot) 
'''John Hipp''', August 8, 1919 - student (slit wrist, throat, and jumped) 
'''Dorothy Wilson''', October 16, 1921 - student (jumped under train at 125th Street New York Central / MetroNorth) 
'''Francis E. Brooks''', August 28, 1924 - Professor French (hanging) 
'''Henry Mead''', March 9, 1925 - student (jumped from sixth floor of [[Hartley]]) 
'''Walton White''', March 14, 1926 - student (hanging) 
'''Oscar Petty''', September 21, 1927 - Professor of Linguistics (drowned) 
'''Rollin F. Lewis''', May 13, 1928 - student (hanging) 
'''David Halfant''', May 23, 1928 - PhD Candidate in Economics (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Russell G. Smith''', June 7, 1929 - Professor of Sociology (jumped) 
'''Louis Finkelstein''', March 9, 1930 - Law School student (jumped) 
'''Edgar F. Grossman''', May 11, 1933 - PhD Candidate in Philosophy (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Fred Lester Acer''', June 16, 1937 - student (lethal dose of sleeping medication) 
'''Robert E. Chaddock''', October 21, 1939 - Professor of Statistics (jumped) 
'''Marvin Krueger''', April 13, 1941 - Assistant Professor of Education (gas) 
'''Rudolf Schoenheimer''', September 11, 1941 - Professor of Biological Chemistry (toxic acid) 
'''Marion Ellis''', May 3, 1942 - student (gas) 
'''Habeeb Ahmed Faruqi''', January 15, 1948 - Teachers College student (jumped from ninth floor of [[Furnald]]) 
'''Dorothy Bordes''', October 5, 1951 - student (hanging) 
'''Edward R. Fenn''', October 20, 1953 - student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Madeline Jean Sommers''', July 21, 1954 - summer student (fire) 
'''Lawrence Goldsmith Jr.''', January 3, 1955 - student (sedative overdose) 
'''Frank William Ritchie Jr.''', April 28, 1958 - General Studies student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Michael Bogost''', April 17, 1960 - student (potassium cyanide) 
'''Richard Kulick''', November 26, 1961 - Dental School student (self-inflicted gunshot) 
'''Deborah Daniels''', May 4, 1965 - Teachers College student (jumped) 
'''Christine Gallant''', November 25, 1968 - librarian (sleeping pill overdose, drowned in bathtub) 
'''Hsio Min Feng''', February 18, 1974 - Professor of Chinese (jumped in front of subway in Queens) 
'''Jonathan A. Spohn''', September 24, 1988 - student (jumped from fourteenth floor of [[John Jay]]) 
'''Shirley Yoon''', September 20, 1998 - student (jumped from twentieth floor of [[East Campus]]) 
'''Darren Pascual''', September 21, 1998 - student (hanging) 
'''Brian Malmon''', March 24, 2000 - student (suicide while on leave) 
'''Puneet Bhandari''', April 20, 2000 - student (train collision) 
'''Nick Kemnitzer''', November 9, 2001 - student (unknown) 
'''Fraser Lunan''', December 13, 2003 - student (suicide while on leave) 
'''Richard Ng''', May 7, 2006 - student (jumped from the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]) 

''(note: the above list is very incomplete as major media outlets, for the most part, stopped reporting on college suicides during the 1960s).''

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