Stern Community Remembers September 11 in Special Ceremony
On September 11, a special ceremony was held in Schimmel Auditorium to remember
those in the Stern community who lost their lives in the tragedy last year.
Dean Thomas F. Cooley, Vice Dean and Undergraduate College Dean Frederick D.S. Choi and former Dean George Daly
offered special remarks in tribute of those lost. Andrew Gribben, President of Student Corporation (SCorp), and
Jerry Revich, a senior in the Undergraduate College, also spoke. Celebrated novelist and Lewis and Loretta Glucksman
Professor in American Letters at New York University E.L. Doctorow presented a reading from his book, Lamentation 9/11.
Two Stern students and nearly 50 members of the Stern community, including alumni, family and friends, perished
on September 11. The Commons Room in Shimkin Hall was recently dedicated by Joseph H. Gardner, BS '49, in honor
of his son, Douglas B. Gardner, a top executive at Cantor Fitzgerald, who was lost in the tragedy. The Commons
will be known hereafter as the Joseph H. and Douglas B. Gardner Commons Room.
Following the tragedy, the Stern community was actively involved in relief and volunteer efforts. Students initiated
a program called Stern Rebuilds, a
student-based consulting program devoted to the economic rebuilding of lower Manhattan that has evolved into a
full-scale programmatic initiative.
New York University sponsored a University-wide ceremony of remembrance in the morning and a candlelight vigil
in the evening.
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