Steve Yetiv
Old Dominion will hold an on-campus memorial service April 24 to honor the life of Steve Yetiv, the University's Louis I. Jaffe Professor of International Relations, who died March 21.
The 6 p.m. service will be held at Chandler Recital Hall in the Diehn Center for Fine and Performing Arts and will include remarks by Yetiv's brother Jack, and Â鶹´«Ã½ President John R. Broderick.
Other featured speakers will include Jonathan Lieb and Glen Sussman, from the Department of Political Science and Geography; Regina Karp, from the Graduate Program in International Studies; and Betty Rose Facer, from the Department of World Languages and Cultures; as well as Â鶹´«Ã½ Eminent Scholar Simon Serfaty and alumae of the Graduate Program in International Studies. A reception will follow in the Diehn Atrium.
Parking will be available in Garage E (levels 3-5) and Lot 26 (VIP) on 49th Street.
In addition to his academic work at the University, Yetiv's widely respected expertise on the global oil industry made him a popular interview subject for major media outlets around the world.
He was also a prolific author, writing or co-writing a number of books, including "Myths of the Oil Boom: American National Security in the Global Energy Market." That book earned him a guest spot on a 2015 British Broadcasting Corporation newscast, where he discussed Britain's bombing of eastern Syria oil fields controlled by the terror group ISIS.
Yetiv suffered a heart attack Feb. 25 and was treated at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. A private funeral ceremony was held March 23.
For those who are unable to attend, the memorial service will be .
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