Gregory Jarvis: Buffalo's connection to the Challenger disaster 30 years ago

Published January 27, 2016 This content is archived.

A feature on the front page of the Buffalo News quotes UB faculty and graduates about the life and legacy of alumnus Gregory Jarvis, who was one of seven astronauts who died when the Challenger space shuttle exploded just over a minute after takeoff 30 years ago today. “He gave a very — an excellent commencement address, and he ended with, they could reach for the stars," Mark Karwan, Praxair Professor of Operations Research and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, recalls of the 1985 commencement speech Jarvis delivered to 1985 graduates of UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Stories also appeared on WIVB-TV, Syracuse.com and Rare.us.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/university-at-buffalo/gregory-jarvis-buffalos-connection-to-the-challenger-disaster-30-years-ago-20160127

http://wivb.com/2016/01/28/ub-grad-was-1-of-7-who-died-in-challenger-explosion/

http://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2016/01/throwback_thursday_remembering.html

http://rare.us/story/thirty-years-later-a-nation-remembers-one-of-its-greatest-tragedies/