Columbians Who Have Died of AIDS
| The names below have been identified in obituaries, articles and by friends as Columbians who have died of AIDS. The list surely reflects only a tiny percentage of Columbians overall who have died from the epidemic, which itself only a tiny percentage of those worldwide who have died of AIDS.
This list was originally compiled as part of the 1994 CU Libraries exhibition Stonewall & Beyond. You can find the link to the webpage that Columbia Archives maintains at the bottom of the page. If you have first-hand knowledge of others who should be included, please contact Columbia University Archives. Make sure to supply full name; Columbia affiliation, degrees, etc.; year of death; and any obituaries or remembrances. |
2015: 130 names |
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| Abreu, Danny William (1995) | Instructor, Theater Management Program |
| Almeida, Felisberto (Beto) | Library Staff |
| Amili, Adimu | Alumnus, Law School |
| Anderson, Larz F., 2nd (1992) | Alumnus, Business |
| Anderson, Olin | Staff, Law Library |
| Aromando, Anthony R. (1994) | M.A., Social Work |
| Austin, David Craig | Alumnus, School of the Arts |
| Baker, Gary (1989) | Alumnus, Columbia College, '84 |
| Barber, Charles Andrew | School of the Arts |
| Barnett, Allen O. | Alumnus, School of the Arts |
| Beddow, Reid (1992) | Alumnus |
| Belmonte, Thomas (1995) | PhD & Instructor, Anthropology |
| Bennett, Richard | Faculty, Speech Program |
| Berger, Ira | Alumnus |
| Bittern, Arwin (aka Andrew) (1995) | Alumnus |
| Boyd, Brian | Alumnus, Law School |
| Brookner, Howard (1989) | Alumnus, CC |
| Brown, Charles (1992) | Master's, exercise physiology and counseling |
| Brown, Jacob (1993) | Former Ass't Dean, Student Affairs, GS |
| Brown, Jay (1994) | Faculty, Dept. of Medicine |
| Bucholtz, Jeffrey (1990) | Alumnus, Architecture |
| Burton, Scott (1939-1989) | Alumnus, |
| Carples, Jeffrey L. (1994) | former V.P., CU Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse |
| Cassidy, Tom (1991) | Alumnus, Journalism |
| Chenitz-Manley, Carole (1992) | Alumna, School of Nursing |
| Cohen, Daniel H. (1995) | Former Dir., Photography Program, Sch. of Journalism |
| Cohen, David H. (1992) | Alumnus, GSAS |
| Cohn, Roy | Alumnus, CC and Law |
| Contini, Alan | Student, GS |
| Cooney, Neil | Former admissions counselor, GSAS |
| Coste, Jean-Roland | Alumnus, Law School, '81 |
| Cox, John | Union Theological Seminary Library |
| Cumpiano, Hiram | Staff, Administrative Information Services |
| Dawson, Kenneth L. (1992) | Graduate, Inst. of Non-Profit Mgmt. |
| De Rugeriis, Joseph (1996) | Alumnus |
| Del Ponte, Joseph (1995) | Graduate, School of Journalism |
| DeSipio, George, Jr. (1993) | Alumnus |
| Diaz Alejandro, Carlos (1985) | Professor, Economics |
| Douglas, Paul (1995) | Alumnus, Computer Science Dept. Co-Founder, CU Gay Health Advocacy Proj. |
| Dixon, Melvin | Former instructor, English Dept. |
| Donaldson, Stephen "Donnie" (1996) | Alumnus, Founder, CU Student Homophile League |
| Dunn, James (1991) | Financial Administrator, Writing Project, TC |
| Failla, Richard (1993) | Alumnus, Law School |
| Fedornock, Frank (1992) | School of Social Work (mention in Times, 12/21/95) |
| Ferri, Roger | Faculty, School of Architecture |
| Fortuin, Thomas M. (1993) | Alumnus, Law School |
| Fox, John | Alumnus, School of the Arts |
| Friedman, Lewis M. (1992) | Alumnus, CC |
| Garcia, Stuart (1986) | Alumnus, CC '84 |
| Gardner, James | Asst. Dean, GSAS |
| Gewirtz, George (1994) | Alumnus, CC, P&S; Faculty NYSPI |
| Gingell, Barry (1989) | Former student |
| Gottesman, Edward H. (1992) | Alumnus, CC |
| Greenspan, Stuart (1990) | Alumnus, CC |
| Hall, Shelton | Staff, Bursar's Office |
| Halpern, Kenneth S., (1996) | Former Instructor, Urban Design |
| Hawkeswood, William | Alumnus, GSAS |
| Hill, Christopher | Law School |
| Israel, Franklin D. (1996) | Alumnus, School of Architecture |
| Johnson, Ross | Columbia College |
| Kadet, Sandford | Former instructor, English Dept. |
| King, Dan (1995) | Director of Development, Libraries |
| Kish, Tony | Development Officer, Law School |
| Kwalick, Barry | Alumnus, GSAS |
| La Giglia, Anthony (1996) | Staff, Administrative Information Services |
| Langdon, Bruce | Library staff |
| Lerblace, Penn | Alumnus, Law School, '79 |
| Licata, Sal | Teacher's College |
| Lida, Mark | Former staff, Amer. Language Program |
| Lieberson, Jonathan (1989) | Ph.D., Philosophy |
| List, Theo | Neurologist, Columbia-Presbyterian |
| Manford, Morty (1992) | Founder Gay People at CU |
| Martin, John L. (1992) | Professor, Health Sciences |
| Mashburn, Robert J. (1995) | Ph.D., Education |
| Massa, Robert (1994) | M.A., English |
| Mayerson, Robert | Graduate student, SG |
| McAliley, Robert | Student, School of the Arts |
| McGarry, Shawn (1994) | Student, School of Social Work |
| McGinty, Timothy Edwin (1993) | Alumnus, Law '87 |
| Mederos, Peter | Graduate School of Architecture |
| Medoff, Peter (1994) | B.A.; Masters, Urban Planning (1982) |
| Mitchell, Michael | Union Theological Seminary |
| Monroe, Ronald B. (1990) | Former student |
| Nadelson, Andrew (1993) | Ph.D., School of Music |
| Neumeier, Charles (1985) | Alumnus, GSAS |
| Norton, Joseph (1986) | Alumnus, CC, 1984 |
| O'Brien, Kevin | School of Engineering |
| Olanoff, Gerald B. (1995) | Graduate, School of Architecture |
| Oppenheim, Philip | Staff, UDAR |
| Patterson, George | Associate Director, Bursar's Office |
| Peduto, Stephen A. (1992) | Former student |
| Perkins, Anthony | Former student, GS |
| Peters, Eddie | Alumnus, CC, 1981 |
| Post, Rick | Former student, GS |
| Preston, Erwin | Former instructor, Amer. Language Program |
| Ramos, Robert | Student, School of the Arts |
| Rango, Nicholas (1993) | Ph.D., Sociology; Former faculty, Barnard |
| Ratliff, Neil M. (1994) | M.S., Sch. of Library Service |
| Revson, James (1991) | Alumnus, Journalism |
| Richardson, David | Student, School of the Arts |
| Riley, Dennis (1999) | Former Assistant Professor, Music Dept. |
| Rinaldo, Tony | Staff, University Printing Services |
| Rozeli, Ron | Alumnus, GS |
| Ryan, Michael | School of the Arts |
| Sachner, Paul M. (1992) | Alumnus, School of Architecture |
| Santomasso, Eugene | Alumnus, GSAS, GSAP |
| Schaeffer, Martin M. (1996) | M.A.,School of the Arts |
| Schmalz, Jeffrey (1993) | Alumnus, CC |
| Schultz, Gene (1994) | Alumnus, Law School, '68 |
| Schutz, Prescott (1990) | Alumnus, CC |
| Sircello, Guy (1993) | Alumnus |
| Smith, Mark A. (1993) | Alumnus |
| Starr, Richard | Alumnus, Business School |
| Steinke, William (1988) | Former Library staff; alumnus, SLS |
| Stonehouse, Joseph | SIPA |
| Stuart, Otis (1995) | M.A., English Lit. |
| Sykes, Curtis (1994) | Alumnus, Law '88 |
| Sullivan, Victor Thomas, Jr (1984) | Alumnus, CC, '71 |
| Thim, Dennis (1992) | Alumnus, CC, '81 |
| Thompson, David R. | Former Library staff; alumnus, SLS |
| Towlen, Gary (1988) | Alumnus, CC, '63 |
| Tyus, Victor | Alumnus, Law School |
| Van Ryzin, John (1987) | Professor, Dept. of Statistics |
| Venet, Steven | Dept. Administrator, Earl Hall Center |
| Ward, Matthew | Alumnus |
| White, Robin | Staff, GSAS |
| Whitington, G. Luther | Graduate, Harriman Institute/SIA |
| Widdowfield, Joseph | Alumnus, CC; former Library staff |
| Wiley, Mason (1994) | Alumnus |
| Wilson, William (1999) | Graduate School of Journalism |
| Wright, Jason | Alumnus, SLS |
Last upload: Nov. 22, 2023
Key to abbreviations:
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CC = Columbia College |