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liviu librescu

liviu librescu -lrb- ; ; august 18 , 1930 -- april 16 , 2007 -rrb- was a romanian-born israeli scientist and engineer .
he was a professor whose major research fields were aeroelasticity and aerodynamics .
a prominent academic in addition to being a survivor of the holocaust , he is most widely known for his actions during the virginia tech shootings , in which he held off the gunman , giving all but one of his students enough time to escape through the windows .
shot and killed during the attack , librescu was posthumously awarded the `` order of the star of romania '' , romania 's highest civilian honor .
at the time of his death , he was professor of engineering science and mechanics at virginia tech .
