December 21, 1988
Beyond Vassar
Two hundred and seventy people lost their lives when a bomb exploded on Pan American Airways flight 103, a flight from London Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, over Lockerbie, Scotland. Among the dead was a Vassar student returning from a semester abroad in Abingdon, England.
A memorial service was held in memory of the student on February 1, 1989, in the Chapel.