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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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| − | | 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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| − | |June 7, [[1929]]|Russell G. Smith|Professor of Sociology |jumped
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| − | |March 9, [[1930]] |Louis Finkelstein|Law School student |jumped
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| − | |May 11, [[1933]] |Edgar F. Grossman|PhD Candidate in Philosophy |self inflicted gunshot
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| − | |June 16, [[1937]] |Fred Lester Acer|student |lethal dose of sleeping medication
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| − | |October 21, [[1939]] |Robert E. Chaddock|Professor of Statistics |jumped
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| − | |April 13, [[1941]] |Marvin Krueger|Assistant Professor of Education |gas
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| − | |September 11, [[1941]] |Rudolf Schoenheimer|Professor of Biological Chemistry |toxic acid
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| − | |May 3, [[1942]] |Marion Ellis|student |gas
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| − | |January 15, [[1948]] |Habeeb Ahmed Faruqi|Teachers College student |jumped from ninth floor of [[Furnald]]
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| − | |October 5, [[1951]] |Dorothy Bordes|student |hanging
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| − | |October 20, [[1953]] |Edward R. Fenn|student |self
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| − | |July 21, [[1954]] |Madeline Jean Sommers|summer student |fire
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| − | |January 3, [[1955]] |Lawrence Goldsmith Jr.|student |sedative overdose
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| − | |April 28, [[1958]] , |Frank William Ritchie Jr.|[[General Studies]] student|self inflicted gunshot
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| − | |April 17, [[1960]] |Michael Bogost|student |potassium cyanide
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| − | |November 26, [[1961]] |Richard Kulick|Dental School student |self inflicted gunshot
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| − | |May 4, [[1965]] | |Deborah Daniels|[[Teachers College]] student|jumped
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| − | |November 25, [[1968]] |Christine Gallant|librarian |sleeping pill overdose drowned in bathtub
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| − | |February 18, [[1974]] |Hsio Min Feng|Professor of Chinese |jumped in front of subway in [[Queens]]
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| − | |September 24, [[1988]] |Jonathan A. Spohn|student |jumped from fourteenth floor of [[John Jay]]
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| − | |September 20, [[1998]] |Shirley Yoon|student |jumped from twentieth floor of [[East Campus]]
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| − | |September 21, [[1998]] |Darren Pascual|student |hanging
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| − | |March 24, [[2000]] |Brian Malmon|student |suicide while on leave
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| − | |April 20, [[2000]] |Puneet Bhandari|student |train collision
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| − | |December 6, [[2000]] |Andrea Melendez|student |jumped off stairwell in Mcbain
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| − | |November 9, [[2001]] |Nick Kemnitzer|student |unknown
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| − | |December 13, [[2003]] |Fraser Lunan|student |suicide while on leave
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| − | |May 7, [[2006]] |Richard Ng|student |jumped from the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]
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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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| − | [[Category:Scandals]]
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