Christopher James Jamie Bishop

A 35-year-old German instructor who was known as Jamie, he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in German linguistics from the University of Georgia, in Athens, and then attended Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, on a Fulbright scholarship. During four years in Germany, he wrote in a journal on his Web site, memory39.com, he "spent most of his time learning the language, teaching English, drinking large quantities of wheat beer, and wooing a certain fraulein."

The fraulein, Stefanie Hofer, became his wife. She teaches in Virginia Tech's German department, too, but was not injured.

His father, Michael Bishop, a science fiction writer, and his mother, Jeri, live in Pine Mountain, Ga.

Photo from www.memory39.com.