On a quiet, snowy Friday, November 1, 1991, the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City was shattered by a shocking act of violence. Among the victims that day was Robert Alan Smith, a 45-year-old White male and an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He had joined the university's faculty in 1989. The tragic events unfolded in the afternoon within the confines of Van Allen Hall, a place of academic pursuit that would become a scene of unimaginable horror.
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