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On a quiet, snowy Friday, November 1, 1991, the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 44-year-old White male, Dwight R. Nicholson. A professor and the chairman of the Physics and Astronomy Department, Nicholson was one of five people killed by Gang Lu, a 28-year-old former graduate student.

The tragic events began to unfold in the late afternoon in Van Allen Hall. Lu, who had received his Ph.D. from the university months earlie ...Read More

Victim Details

Dr. Dwight R. Nicholson

Male

White / Caucasian

Iowa City

IA

1991-11-01

44

Dwight

Nicholson

04/15/2026