Summer 2007 Volume 103 Issue 3 : letters
In Memoriam: Noveed Shakibai '95
I wanted to share my thoughts about Noveed Shakibai, class of 1995, and the very sad news I read about him in the last Vassar Quarterly. When I glimpsed his name at the bottom of our Class Notes, I smiled and kept reading. I didn’t want to skip to the end because I was saving Noveed for last. And then when I got there, the news was the worst I could get.
I lived with Noveed in the THs during my senior year, which wasn’t a particularly easy one for anyone in our house, even if it wasn’t on the surface. But when I think back to that time I remember all the warm, funny moments, and Noveed was a big part of them. So many times since graduation I have told someone who has never met Noveed a story about something he said or something we did together that had them, and me, cracking up.
I know that there are many people out there who were much closer to Noveed than I was, and I’ve been thinking about them, too. He made a huge impression on me, and even though I haven’t seen him for years, I’m really going to miss him.
Chrissy Persico ’95
New York, New York