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EDITORS and NEWS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTORS: Press releases can be downloaded at www.fresnostatenews.com. University Relations also provides releases for news media companies via e-mail. To be added to the distribution list, send your e-mail address to tomu@csufresno.edu. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shirley Melikian Armbruster Feb. 1, 2003 (559) 278-2795 or (559) 269-5261
All latest information in the shuttle box on the top page of www.FresnoStateNews.com STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT WELTY ON SHUTTLE TRAGEDY It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy this morning and the apparent loss of the seven astronauts, including Fresno State alumnus, mission Commander Rick Husband. Col. Husband was a true American hero who willingly accepted the risks involved in his job as an astronaut in order to advance this country’s scientific knowledge of space and flight. Col. Husband was a proud Bulldog, who only last fall told the university family how much his education at Fresno State meant to him and to his success in joining the astronaut corps. In fact, he asked us for a Fresno State memento to take with him on the Columbia mission, so that he could honor the university where he earned his master’s degree. We extend our thoughts and prayers to the Husband family, including Rick’s wife and two children, and our sympathy to all of the families of the Columbia crew members.
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