"The reading room"

Early last May, 2001, much-loved students Efe Erel and Kerem Uğurel were killed in a car accident.  Everyone felt devastated by this tragedy.  During the early fall, the parents of Efe and Kerem decided to create a memorial for their sons.  They donated and oversaw the remodeling of the large corner room H-135 into a reading room for the use of department students.  The room was officially inaugurated in December, with family members present. Once a dusty office and then a run-down classroom, the reading room is now an elegant and comfortable place, with attractive tables, chairs, plants, and steadily filling bookcases. In addition to reading and studying, the room is used for graduate seminars.  We are all most grateful to the Erel and Uğurel families for their generous gift.

Charles Gates

Openings speech held by the chair of the department

Mrs. Uğurel Mr. Erel

Kerem

 
Efe

(photos: B. Claasz Coockson 1999 and 2001)

Newsletter No. 1 - 2002, Pg. 20

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