Dell Help Desk employee dies
By: Meredith McGrady
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: News
A Dell Help Desk employee passed away Sunday due to a traffic collision.
William Lee Gooch III, 23, was a BMC employee contracted by the laptop initiative. He worked at the Dell Help Desk in Information Services in the Union Building.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Gooch was ejected from a 2002 Lincoln on I-70 on 3:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Though not actually employed by the University, Gooch was active on campus. He played 'Noon Hoops' - lunchtime basketball - with faculty and staff members. Deborah Salman, Gooch's coworker, recalls him as a quiet, thoughtful person, who she felt honored to know.
"He'll be missed by those whose lives he touched," Salman said.
Fellow Dell Help Desk employee P.J. Majors considered him a "true friend."
Gooch's student co-workers remember him as kind and personable, with a great sense of humor.
"If you needed a laugh, he'll get you one," said senior LaVaughn Johnson.
Services for Gooch will be held Saturday, March 1, at 12 p.m. at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis.
William Lee Gooch III, 23, was a BMC employee contracted by the laptop initiative. He worked at the Dell Help Desk in Information Services in the Union Building.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Gooch was ejected from a 2002 Lincoln on I-70 on 3:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Though not actually employed by the University, Gooch was active on campus. He played 'Noon Hoops' - lunchtime basketball - with faculty and staff members. Deborah Salman, Gooch's coworker, recalls him as a quiet, thoughtful person, who she felt honored to know.
"He'll be missed by those whose lives he touched," Salman said.
Fellow Dell Help Desk employee P.J. Majors considered him a "true friend."
Gooch's student co-workers remember him as kind and personable, with a great sense of humor.
"If you needed a laugh, he'll get you one," said senior LaVaughn Johnson.
Services for Gooch will be held Saturday, March 1, at 12 p.m. at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis.
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