Julia Kathleen Pryde, age 23

Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Tech shooting
Julia died along with Prof. Loganathan and 8 other students in the Advanced Hydrology class.

She was a Master's Student (first year)from Middletown, NJ her Major was Biological Systems Engineering

Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.

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