ISRAELI PROFESSOR-HERO KILLED AT VIRGINIA TECH

Israeli Professor Killed in Virginia Tech Shooting - Yitzhak Benhorin (Ynet News)
Prof. Liviu Librescu, a senior researcher and lecturer at Virginia Tech, was among the 32 people killed during a shooting rampage at the university on Monday. One of Librescu's students, Alec Calhoun, said he and classmates heard gunshots from the classroom next door, and saw Librescu trying to block the door to his room as students climbed out the windows.

Librescu taught at Virginia Tech for 20 years and was the professor with the highest number of publications in the history of the school. In the past, he taught at Tel Aviv University and the Technion. Prof. Librescu and his wife are both Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1978. An accomplished scientist, he was allowed to leave Romania only after Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin appealed to President Nicolae Ceausescu.