I signed up for project 2996 about a month ago, and was assigned a name of one of the 2,996 people killed in the WTC atrocity. The name was chosen at random.
The name I drew was Michael J. Berkeley.
Michael J. Berkeley was murdered, along with many of his co-workers, on his 37th birthday, while working for Merrill Lynch’s sales and trading section at the World Trade Center.
Michael Berkeley was born on September 11, 1963, in New Rochelle, New York. He was a standout athlete as early as grade school, playing both basketball and football, but his real love was golf, starting at the age of 12, when he started caddying at the Winged Foot Golf Club. His passion for golf never subsided. At the time of his murder, he was a member at Winged Foot Golf Club, Atlantic Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, and Hudson National Golf Club.
Michael is survived by his wife, Lourdes, and his two sons, Eric, and Jason. His wife founded, and serves as the chairperson of, the Michael J. Berkeley Foundation, a charitable organization that provides scholarships and other assistance to minority youth, helping them to realize their highest potential in the sport of golf, through education, business ventures, or a professional golf career.
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