Professor identified as victim of UCLA murder-suicide
The man killed during a murder-suicide Wednesday morning on the University of California, Los Angeles campus has been identified by multiple sources as William S. Klug, 39, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Klug was a married father of two, a 10-year-old son and a younger daughter. He coached his son's Little League team, and was described by friends as a calm, quiet person who loved to learn and teach. "I am absolutely devastated," Alan Garfinkel, a professor of integrative biology and physiology who worked with Klug to develop a computer generated virtual heart, told the Los Angeles Times. "You cannot ask for a nicer, gentler, sweeter, and more supportive guy than William Klug." Klug earned his undergraduate degree in engineering physics from Westmont College in 1997; his master's degree in civil engineering from UCLA in 1999; and his PhD in mechanical engineering from Caltech in 2003.
His body was found in an engineering building on campus at around 10 a.m., along with the body of an unidentified man. UCLA's campus was put on lockdown until authorities determined Klug was the victim of a murder-suicide. A note was found near the scene, but its contents have not been shared.
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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