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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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| − | '''Henry E. McDermott''', October 4, 1898 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry (prussic acid)<br>
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| − | '''Richard Mayo Smith''', Novemeber 11, 1901 - Professor of Political Economy (jumped; possible accident)<br>
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| − | '''Isaac N. Henderson''', February 21, 1902 - PhD Candidate (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''William N. Van Reypen Jr.''', January 27, 1906 - Law School Student (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''Ralph C.B. Moore''', February 27, 1906 - student (drowning)<br>
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| − | '''Lathrop Smith''', January 23, 1907 - Law School student (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''Lucien M. Underwood''', November 16, 1907 - Professor of Botany (slit throat)<br>
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| − | '''Robert H. Jones''', December 5, 1914 - student (self-infliected gunshot)<br>
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| − | '''John Hipp''', August 8, 1919 - student (slit wrist, throat, and jumped)<br>
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| − | '''Dorothy Wilson''', October 16, 1921 - student (jumped under train at 125th Street New York Central / MetroNorth)<br>
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| − | '''Francis E. Brooks''', August 28, 1924 - Professor French (hanging)<br>
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| − | '''Henry Mead''', March 9, 1925 - student (jumped from sixth floor of [[Hartley]])<br>
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| − | '''Walton White''', March 14, 1926 - student (hanging)<br>
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| − | '''Oscar Petty''', September 21, 1927 - Professor of Linguistics (drowned)<br>
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| − | '''Rollin F. Lewis''', May 13, 1928 - student (hanging)<br>
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| − | '''David Halfant''', May 23, 1928 - PhD Candidate in Economics (self-inflicted gunshot)<br>
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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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| − | '''Richard Ng''', May 7, 2006 - student (jumped)<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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