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 |
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:
CC = Columbia College |