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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.
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| − | == Partial list of suicides ==
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| − | | '''Date'''
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| − | | '''Person'''
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| − | | October 4, [[1898]]
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| − | | Henry E. McDermott
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| − | | Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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| − | | Prussic acid
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| − | | November 11, [[1901]]
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| − | | Richard Mayo Smith
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| − | | Professor of Political Economy
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| − | | Jumped; possible accident
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| − | | February 21, [[1902]]
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| − | | Isaac N. Henderson
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| − | | PhD Candidate
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | January 27, [[1906]]
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| − | | William N. Van Reypen Jr.
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| − | | Law School Student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | February 27, [[1906]]
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| − | | Ralph C.B. Moore
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Drowning
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| − | | January 23, [[1907]]
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| − | | Lathrop Smith
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| − | | Law School student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | November 16, [[1907]]
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| − | | Lucien M. Underwood
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| − | | Professor of Botany
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| − | | Slit throat
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| − | | December 5, [[1914]]
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| − | | Robert H. Jones
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | August 8, [[1919]]
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| − | | John Hipp
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Multiple: slit wrist, throat, and jumped)
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| − | | October 16, [[1921]]
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| − | | Dorothy Wilson
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped under train at 125th Street New York Central / Metro North
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| − | | August 28, [[1924]]
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| − | | Francis E. Brooks
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| − | | Professor of French
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | March 9, [[1925]]
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| − | | Henry Mead
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped from sixth floor of [[Hartley]]
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| − | | March 14, [[1926]]
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| − | | Walton White
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | September 21, [[1927]]
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| − | | Oscar Petty
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| − | | Professor of Linguistics
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| − | | Drowning
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| − | | May 13, [[1928]]
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| − | | Rollin F. Lewis
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | May 23, [[1928]]
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| − | | David Halfant
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| − | | PhD Candidate in Economics
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot)
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| − | '''Russell G. Smith''', June 7, [[1929]] - Professor of Sociology (jumped)<br>
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| − | '''Louis Finkelstein''', March 9, [[1930]] - Law School student (jumped)<br>
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| − | '''Edgar F. Grossman''', May 11, [[1933]] - PhD Candidate in Philosophy (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''Fred Lester Acer''', June 16, [[1937]] - student (lethal dose of sleeping medication)<br>
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| − | '''Robert E. Chaddock''', October 21, [[1939]] - Professor of Statistics (jumped)<br>
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| − | '''Marvin Krueger''', April 13, [[1941]] - Assistant Professor of Education (gas)<br>
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| − | '''Rudolf Schoenheimer''', September 11, [[1941]] - Professor of Biological Chemistry (toxic acid)<br>
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| − | '''Marion Ellis''', May 3, [[1942]] - student (gas)<br>
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| − | '''Habeeb Ahmed Faruqi''', January 15, [[1948]] - Teachers College student (jumped from ninth floor of [[Furnald]])<br>
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| − | '''Dorothy Bordes''', October 5, [[1951]] - student (hanging)<br>
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| − | '''Edward R. Fenn''', October 20, [[1953]] - student (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''Madeline Jean Sommers''', July 21, [[1954]] - summer student (fire)<br>
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| − | '''Lawrence Goldsmith Jr.''', January 3, [[1955]] - student (sedative overdose)<br>
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| − | '''Frank William Ritchie Jr.''', April 28, [[1958]] - [[General Studies]] student (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''Michael Bogost''', April 17, [[1960]] - student (potassium cyanide)<br>
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| − | '''Richard Kulick''', November 26, [[1961]] - Dental School student (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''Deborah Daniels''', May 4, [[1965]] - [[Teachers College]] student (jumped)<br>
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| − | '''Christine Gallant''', November 25, [[1968]] - librarian (sleeping pill overdose, drowned in bathtub)<br>
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| − | '''Hsio Min Feng''', February 18, [[1974]] - Professor of Chinese (jumped in front of subway in [[Queens]])<br>
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| − | '''Jonathan A. Spohn''', September 24, [[1988]] - student (jumped from fourteenth floor of [[John Jay]])<br>
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| − | '''Shirley Yoon''', September 20, [[1998]] - student (jumped from twentieth floor of [[East Campus]])<br>
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| − | '''Darren Pascual''', September 21, [[1998]] - student (hanging)<br>
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| − | '''Brian Malmon''', March 24, [[2000]] - student (suicide while on leave)<br>
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| − | '''Puneet Bhandari''', April 20, [[2000]] - student (train collision)<br>
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| − | '''Andrea Melendez''', December 6, [[2000]] - student (jumped off stairwell in Mcbain)<br>
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| − | '''Nick Kemnitzer''', November 9, [[2001]] - student (unknown)<br>
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| − | '''Fraser Lunan''', December 13, [[2003]] - student (suicide while on leave)<br>
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| − | '''Richard Ng''', May 7, [[2006]] - student (jumped from the [[Brooklyn Bridge]])<br>
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| − | ''(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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