Ross A. Alameddine, 20
sophomore
Major: English
Hometown: Saugus, Mass.
High school: Austin Preparatory School (Reading, Mass.)
Blacksburg residence: Cochrane Hall
Brian Bluhm, 25
Graduate student
Undergraduate degree: Virginia Tech
Hometown: Louisville, Ky.
Christopher "Jamie" Bishop, 35
tenure-track professor of German
Hometown: Pine Mountain, Ga.
Education: University of Georgia (bachelor's and master's degrees)
Blacksburg residence: a one-story house on Cranwell Circle
Survivors: Stefanie Hofer, wife; Michael & Jeri Bishop, parents
Ryan Christopher Clark, 22
senior
Hometown: Martinez, Ga.
High school: Lakeside High School
Blacksburg residence: West Ambler Johnston Hall
Survivors: Stan & Letitie Clark, parents
Member of the Marching Virginians band
Austin Cloyd, 19
Freshman
Major: International studies
Hometown: Champaign, Ill.
Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva, 21
student
Major: international relations
Home: Woodbridge, Va.
High school: C.D. Hylton
Blacksburg residence: Foxridge Apartments
Survivors: Betty Cueva & Flavio Perez, parents
Kevin Granata
professor of engineering science and mechanics
Served in the military and later conducted orthopedic research in hospitals before coming to Virginia Tech
Residence: Blacksburg
Survivors: a wife, two sons and a daughter
Matthew Gregory Gwaltney
graduate student
Discipline: environmental engineering
Hometown: Chesterfield, Va.
Caitlin Millar Hammaren, 19
sophomore
Major: international studies
Hometown: Westtown, N.Y.
High school: Minisink Valley High School (Slate Hill, N.Y.)
Jeremy Herbstritt, 27
graduate student
Discipline: civil engineering
Hometown: Bellefonte, Pa.
Rachael Elizabeth Hill, 18
freshman
Major: undecided, but leaning toward biology
Hometown: Henrico County, Va.
High school: Grove Avenue Christian School
Blacksburg residence: West Ambler Johnston Hall
Survivors: Alen & Tammy Hill, parents
Emily Jane Hilscher, 19
freshman
Major: animal and poultry sciences
Hometown: Woodville, Va.
High school: Rappahannock County High School
Blacksburg residence: Ambler Johnston West
Survivors: Eric & Elizabeth Hilscher, parents
Jarrett Lee Lane, 22
senior
Major: civil engineering
Hometown: Narrows, Va.
High school: Narrows High School (2003 valedictorian)
Survivors: Tracy Lane, mother; Nancy Morgan, grandmother
Partahi Lombantoruan, 34
Doctoral student
Indonesia
Matt La Porte, 20
Major: Leadership and political science
Hometown, Bergen County, N.J.
Liviu Librescu, faculty
engineering and math lecturer
Home: Israel
A Holocaust survivor who had taught at Virginia Tech for 20 years
G.V. Loganathan, 53
professor of civil and environmental engineering
A native of India who had taught at Virginia Tech since 1982
Henry Lee, aka Henh Ly, 20
freshman
Major: computer engineering
Hometown: Roanoke
Graduate of William Fleming High School
Lauren Ashley McCain, 20
Major: International studies
Hometown: Hampton
Jocelyne M. Couture-Nowak, faculty
French instructor
Hometown: Blacksburg
Daniel Patrick O'Neil, 22
graduate student
Major: Environmental engineering
Hometown: Lincoln, R.I.
High school: Lincoln High School
Undergraduate degree: Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)
Juan Ramon Ortiz Ortiz, 26
graduate student
Discipline: civil engineering
Hometown: Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate degree: Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Blacksburg residence: apartment on Appalachian Drive
Survivors: Liselle Vega Cortes, wife; Juan & Brunilda Ortiz, parents
Minal Hiralal Panchal
graduate student
Discipline: architecture
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Erin Peterson, 18
freshman
Major: unknown
Hometown: Centreville, Va.
High school: Westfield High School
Parents: Celeste & Grafton Peterson
Michael S. Pohle Jr.
Major: Biological sciences
Hometown: Flemington, N.J.
High school: Hunterdon Central High School
Tended bar at Nerv Restaurant and Lounge in Blacksburg
Julia Pryde, 23
Graduate student
Major: Biological systems engineering
Hometown: Middletown, N.J.
Mary Karen Read, 19
freshman
Major: interdisciplinary studies
Hometown: Annandale, Va.
Reema Samaha, 18
freshman
Major: university studies
Hometown: Centreville, Va.
High school: Westfield High School (Chantilly, Va.)
Blacksburg residence: Slusher Wing
Survivors: Joseph & Georgette Samaha, parents
Waleed Mohamed Shaalan
Ph.D. candidate
Discipline: civil engineering
Hometown: Blacksburg (formerly of Egypt)
Leslie Geraldine Sherman
sophomore
Major: history/international studies
Hometown: Springfield, Va.
High school: West Springfield High School
Blacksburg residence: Campbell Hall
Survivors: Anthony & Holly Sherman, parents
Maxine Shelly Turner, 22
senior
Major: chemical engineering
Hometown: Vienna, Va.
High school: James Madison High School
Survivors: Paul & Susan Turner, parents, and a younger brother
Nicole White, 20
Major: International studies
Hometown: Smithfield, Va.