UMBC Alumnus Alan M. Scherr (’85 Visual and Performing Arts) and his daughter Naomi were among the victims of the terrorist attacks at the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai, India on November 26. Scherr was a part of the early days of the visual arts department at UMBC, teaching photography here in the 1980s. Scherr worked as a freelance photographer and master printer specializing in palladium and platinum printing.

A tribute site has been created in memory of Scherr and his daughter at www.alanandnaomi.com

Source: http://www.umbc.edu/insights/2008/12/umbc_alumnus_killed_in_mumbai.html