23-year old runner dies during Baltimore Marathon

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/12/24105/

Peter Norman Curtin ’08 died last Saturday after he collapsed while running in the Baltimore Marathon.

Curtin, 23, fell at around 11:20 a.m. at the 25-mile marker near the course's last medical station. He was immediately taken to Union Memorial Hospital, event organizer Lee Corrigan told The Baltimore Sun.

Debra Schindler, a hospital spokeswoman, told The Baltimore Sun that the runner never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1:11 p.m. after doctors unsuccessfully tried to revive him. The state's medical examiner office scheduled an autopsy later Saturday to determine a cause of death.

Neither the hospital nor the police have officially released Curtin's name to the media. Several friends of Curtin confirmed his identity to The Daily Princetonian.

Event organizer Lee Corrigan told the Sun that the race had seven medical stations along the course that were staffed by roughly 250 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals.

"We are heartbroken about it, and it puts a sad note on an otherwise great day for Baltimore," Corrigan told the paper. "Our hearts go out to him and his family."

A native of Wilmington, N.C., Curtin was a chemistry graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Princeton, he was a concentrator in the chemistry department and also received a certificate in applications of computing.

Under the direction of former chemistry professor Stefan Bernhard, Curtin’s research at Princeton focused on the photogeneration of hydrogen from water. He authored a 102-page thesis titled “Structure-Activity Correlations Among Heteroleptic Iridiium (III) Photosensitizers in a Novel Catalytic Water Reducing System."

While at Princeton, Curtin won the Global Photonic Corporation Edith and Martin B. Stein Solar Energy Award, given to a student "who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and innovation in research that significantly advances the field of global renewable energy resources."

A goalie for the University men’s club lacrosse team and a member of Tiger Inn, Curtin was the son of Michael Curtin ’73.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.runnerdeath13oct12,0,3872694.story

Report: City marathon runner who collapsed, died was MIT grad student

Richard Irwin

Baltimore Sun reporter

A 23-year-old man who collapsed and died Saturday during the Baltimore Marathon has been identified as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Boston Globe reported Monday.

Peter Norman Curtin was among some 20,000 runners Saturday when he collapsed about 11:20 a.m. near the 25-mile marker on Guilford Avenue and near the course's last medical station. He was taken by a private ambulance to Union Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead at 1:11 p.m. Debra Schindler, a hospital spokeswoman, said Curtin never regained consciousness. A source said Curtin's temperature was 107 degrees when he arrived at the hospital.

The cause of Curtin's death has not yet been determined by the state medical examiner office, she said. Curtin, a graduate student in inorganic chemistry, was in his second year in the research group of Daniel Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry, and was recently selected to receive a National Defense Science and Engineering graduate fellowship, said Marc Kastner, dean of the School of Science at MIT. "Peter was a gifted member of the MIT community, and our thoughts are now with his family," he said.

Curtin earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 2008.

Lee Corrigan, the event organizer, said the race had seven medical stations along the route that were staffed by roughly 250 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. "We are heartbroken about it, and it puts a sad note on an otherwise great day for Baltimore," Corrigan said.

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