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Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn G’14 has curated an exhibit reflecting on the Pan Am 103 tragedy over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students.
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Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn G’14
Curating an Exhibit Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Pan Am 103 Tragedy BY: J.D. ROSS
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n exhibit currently featured at the Special Collections Research Center in Syracuse University’s Bird Library honors and remembers the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Airways flight 103 that occurred over Lockerbie, Scotland 30 years ago. On December 21, 1988 the New York City-bound aircraft exploded over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, the result of a terrorist attack. The disaster claimed the lives of all 259 passengers on board and 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. Among the aircraft victims were 35 Syracuse University students,
returning home after spending their fall semester at Syracuse’s London and Florence programs. Since the day of the attack, Syracuse University has been dedicated to preserving and honoring the memory of all who lost their lives that day. Through archival materials donated by families of victims, friends, advocates, and affected communities, the exhibit, We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103, is intended to document not only the terrorist act itself, but the lives of those lost and the ways in which they are remembered.
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The exhibit, which opened in Sep tember 2018, was curated by Pan Am 103 Archivist and Assistant University Archivist Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn G’14, a graduate of the Library and Information Science program at the iSchool. St.Oegger-Menn has served as the Pan Am 103 Archivist for four years. In addition to her archival responsibilities, she is also one of the advisors for the Remembrance Scholars and the Lockerbie Scholars. Remembrance Scholars are 35 senior students studying at Syracuse, and Lockerbie Scholars are
