Marymount professor was a 'beautiful soul'
I got a some more nice comments about Jamel Kammoun, the Marymount College professor
killed in that awful crash Sunday in Rancho Palos Verdes.
The 49-year-old father was struck by a car as he took his morning walk along Hawthorne Boulevard nor far from his home Sunday. Deputies said a 17-year-old driver with two passengers was speeding down the hill, lost control of his car, ran up onto the curb and struck the professor.
His college is holding a memorial service today. It's not open to the public.
He was very popular, however, at that campus and at El Camino College, where he also taught math.
"He was just the nicest, kindest gentlest man," said Susie Martin, articulation officer at Marymount. "His eyes twinkled when he talked about his little girls."
They were girls. I initially didn't know that when I wrote the story that appeared in the print edition Tuesday. I knew he had three children, one a newborn. But I didn't know they were girls. Martin told me the older girls were 3 and 4 years old.
Martin called Kammoun a "beautiful soul" and a "good husband." He had a "cute little laugh" and a sweet smile.
"He was just a real family man," she said. "His last walk was on a beautiful day."
killed in that awful crash Sunday in Rancho Palos Verdes.The 49-year-old father was struck by a car as he took his morning walk along Hawthorne Boulevard nor far from his home Sunday. Deputies said a 17-year-old driver with two passengers was speeding down the hill, lost control of his car, ran up onto the curb and struck the professor.
His college is holding a memorial service today. It's not open to the public.
He was very popular, however, at that campus and at El Camino College, where he also taught math.
"He was just the nicest, kindest gentlest man," said Susie Martin, articulation officer at Marymount. "His eyes twinkled when he talked about his little girls."
They were girls. I initially didn't know that when I wrote the story that appeared in the print edition Tuesday. I knew he had three children, one a newborn. But I didn't know they were girls. Martin told me the older girls were 3 and 4 years old.
Martin called Kammoun a "beautiful soul" and a "good husband." He had a "cute little laugh" and a sweet smile.
"He was just a real family man," she said. "His last walk was on a beautiful day."
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