Armed University of Georgia Police officers patrol the campus Monday, April 27, 2009 in Athens, Ga. A nationwide manhunt is underway for University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan who is a suspect in the killing of his wife and two others outside an Athens theater Saturday.
'VU geschokt over bericht drievoudige moord
De Vrije Universiteit is geschokt door het bericht dat haar medewerker, professor George Zinkhan gezocht wordt voor een drievoudige moord.'
Wat mij intrigeert is dat het wetenschappelijk milieu van de VU niet doorhad wat zijn Amerikaanse studenten wel zagen. Interessant is ook dat in een wereld bijeengehouden door marketing, reclame en propaganda, zelfs de wetenschap niet meer in staat is de werkelijkheid te zien. De VU liet in een persverklaring namelijk dit weten: 'De faculteit kent hem als een rustige, inspirerende man en een uitstekend wetenschapper met een brede interesse. Hij publiceerde onder meer over electronic commerce, advertizing, innovatie, marketing theory en international marketing. Hij is daarnaast een toegewijd begeleider van jonge onderzoekers.' Tegelijkertijd schilderden zijn Amerikaanse studenten hem af als een 'griezel', 'kil' en 'merkwaardig'.
Een ding is duidelijk: de hoogleraar marketing wist zichzelf uitstekend te verkopen aan afgestudeerde Nederlandse wetenschappers, terwijl zijn Amerikaanse studenten dwars door de facade heen wisten te kijken. Hoe is dat te verklaren? En wat betekent dit in een cultuur die gebaseerd is op marketing, op de onaantastbare wetten van koop en verkoop?
'Police said he left his two young children waiting outside when he went into a community theatre and shot his wife and two others. He then drove to a neighbor's house where he dropped off his kids.'
'Police said he left his two young children waiting outside when he went into a community theatre and shot his wife and two others. He then drove to a neighbor's house where he dropped off his kids.'
'Police say Zinkhan, opened fire with two handguns during a reunion picnic for Town & Gown volunteers Saturday outside the Athens Community Theater. Three of the group's members fell dead, including the professor's wife, and two others were injured by shrapnel.
Authorities still don't know the motive for the shooting, and the search for Zinkhan, 57, continued Monday. Police said they had no leads on his whereabouts.
"I've talked to my friends who were there, and they said he was very methodical and went in and just started (shooting)," said Dina Canup, a Town & Gown member since 2001. "It's just unfathomable."University officials have issued an advisory urging students to remain cautious until Zinkhan is arrested, though police said Monday they don't believe there's any imminent threat to the university.
On Sunday The Vrije Universiteit (Free University) in Amsterdam confirmed that Zinkhan has taught there part time since April 2007, visiting for 6 weeks or so each year. In a statement, the institution expressed shock and said Zinkhan had been "a peaceful and talented researcher."'
'Zinkhan: The man behind the manhunt
DANIEL BURNETT
George Zinkhan in college.
Before he was George Martin Zinkhan III, the alleged murderer, he was Martin - the smart and likable kid from the Boys' Latin School of Maryland.
That smart, likable kid eventually grew into a polished professor at the University of Houston.
William Locander was on the team that hired Zinkhan as a marketing professor there. He said he remembers Zinkhan as a prolific scholar and a family man.
"He liked to get out with his kids - from his first marriage," Locander said. "He was very devoted to his children."
For Locander, memories of Zinkhan are not comprised solely of mug shots and police tape.
There are picnics, social events with families - images of a man with a genuine interest in listening to people.
"This is an absolute, total shocker," Locander said. "People [who knew him] just can't believe it was George."...
"I never got a weird vibe from him," said Kate Larson, a junior from McDonough, who spoke with him after class two days before the incident.
She said everything seemed normal with his demeanor. He helped her with marketing research and even donated to a campus organization she is a part of, she said.
"Of all the professors I have ever had, he would be the last one I'd think would do this," Larson said.
He has two children, ages 8 and 10, with his second wife - Marie Bruce, one of the victims of the shooting. He also has two children in their 20s with his first wife, Lydia Stoiadin, who lives in Texas.
He took classes at Swarthmore College and the University of Michigan. He taught classes at the Universities of Houston, Pittsburgh, Georgia and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
He threw it all away on April 25.'
'Zinkhan: The man behind the manhunt
DANIEL BURNETT
George Zinkhan in college.
Before he was George Martin Zinkhan III, the alleged murderer, he was Martin - the smart and likable kid from the Boys' Latin School of Maryland.
That smart, likable kid eventually grew into a polished professor at the University of Houston.
William Locander was on the team that hired Zinkhan as a marketing professor there. He said he remembers Zinkhan as a prolific scholar and a family man.
"He liked to get out with his kids - from his first marriage," Locander said. "He was very devoted to his children."
For Locander, memories of Zinkhan are not comprised solely of mug shots and police tape.
There are picnics, social events with families - images of a man with a genuine interest in listening to people.
"This is an absolute, total shocker," Locander said. "People [who knew him] just can't believe it was George."...
"I never got a weird vibe from him," said Kate Larson, a junior from McDonough, who spoke with him after class two days before the incident.
She said everything seemed normal with his demeanor. He helped her with marketing research and even donated to a campus organization she is a part of, she said.
"Of all the professors I have ever had, he would be the last one I'd think would do this," Larson said.
He has two children, ages 8 and 10, with his second wife - Marie Bruce, one of the victims of the shooting. He also has two children in their 20s with his first wife, Lydia Stoiadin, who lives in Texas.
He took classes at Swarthmore College and the University of Michigan. He taught classes at the Universities of Houston, Pittsburgh, Georgia and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
He threw it all away on April 25.'
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