Memorial Service for Daryl Carr (GRS’17) to be Held Sunday
Marsh Chapel mourners will recall the life of sociology grad student
A memorial service for Daryl Carr (GRS’17), a beloved member of the BU sociology community, will be held April 19 at Marsh Chapel. Carr died in February.
The hour-long service will begin at 2 p.m. and be followed by a reception. Carr was a teaching fellow studying for a PhD in the College of Arts & Sciences sociology department, which is organizing the service. Letters and notes to Carr’s family will be collected at the service; they may also be mailed to the department, care of Keryn Egan, 100 Cummington Mall, Boston 02215. A memorial book is being planned, and memorial notes and photos for that project will be gathered at the ceremony as well. For those unable to attend, material can be mailed to Emily Philipp at 100 Cummington Mall.
The 30-year-old grad student was found on the ice-covered Charles River under the BU Bridge on February 21. Foul play was not involved. At the time of his death, Carr was a Middle East scholar researching national identity, state formation, and citizenship laws in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. He spoke Turkish, Arabic, German, and some Spanish. A graduate of Roger Williams University, where he majored in political science, and the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned an MA in Middle Eastern studies, Carr had spent two years teaching English in Jordan with the Peace Corps.
Organizers of the memorial suggest allowing an extra 10 to 15 minutes to get to the service because travel and parking delays can be expected from that day’s Red Sox home game and preparations for the next day’s Boston Marathon. Find directions to Marsh Chapel here.
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