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Executive Director Emeritus Bill Schwartz (Oklahoma, ’50) wrote a Chapter Eternal tribute to the members of Sigma Alpha Mu who died in the terrorist attacks. He wrote the following in the Fall Octagonian in 2001:
The terrorist attacks of September 11 claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people. The precise number is yet unknown; nor is it known with certainty how many members of Sigma Alpha Mu perished. As this is being written, the deaths of seven fratres have been confirmed:
Scott H. Saber (Lehigh, ’86), an employee of UBS Warburg, his office was in Connecticut, but he went to the World Trade Center the morning of September 11 to deliver a speech on the 106th Floor. His family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Scott Saber Memorial Fund, Central Park Conservancy, 14 E. 60th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, to maintain in perpetuity in his memory the East 76th Street Children’s Playground. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Brian J. Terrenzi (SUNY-Oneonta, ’95) was with Cantor Fitzgerald, the Wall Street brokerage company in the World Trade Center. His widow is scheduled to give birth to their child in December.
Nicholas C. Lassman (Miami FL/Maryland ’95) was also employed by Cantor Fitzgerald. Fra Lassman was the son of Fra Ira F. Lassman, U. of Miami, ’60, and the nephew of Fra Martin Lassman, Syracuse ’54. The high school youth program at his synagogue has been renamed in his memory.
Laurence M. Polatsch (Michigan ’91), Gregory D. Richards (Michigan, ’92), and Scott J. Weingard (Michigan, ’93), all employed by Cantor Fitzgerald, knew each other from Sigma Iota chapter days in Ann Arbor. The families, friends, and fratres of all three have organized a charitable foundation to honor their memories. The fund’s purpose will be to endow scholarships for needy University of Michigan students who are either related to someone lost in the World Trade Center attack or have a police officer or firefighter or emergency medical technician in their immediate family.
Brian P. Williams (Columbia, ’94), was another of the Cantor Fitzgerald employees lost in the World Trade Center. A Kentuckian, he remained in New York after graduating from Columbia where he also played tight end on the football varsity.
The Fraternity shares a measure of the grief their loved ones suffer. There [was] special eulogies for them at the Memorial Service at the 2002 Convention in Pittsburgh.
