![]() “But oftentimes these reflections and deliberations stay academic - Tommy always wanted to make sure he was translating the beliefs he arrived at into practice.” Jamin Ben “Jamie” Raskin ’83 (D-Md.), said in an interview with The Crimson. ![]() “College is a time when people do think about moral philosophy and morality, and that’s wonderful,” his father, U.S. Relentlessly passionate about aiding the global poor, Raskin’s friends and family said they will remember him as a visionary who displayed an intense commitment to justice and the truth, yet had an easy way of talking with people that made them feel heard and respected.ĭemby’s perception of Raskin’s passion to make the world a better place was shared by his family and friends. The cause of death was suicide after a long battle with depression, according to a family spokesperson. Raskin, a second year student at Harvard Law School, died Dec. For that reason, when she learned a few weeks later that Raskin had donated to the anti-poverty organization Oxfam in the names of each of his students, she was not necessarily surprised, but simply “impressed and taken aback by how authentic he was as a person.” What set Raskin apart, though, was that he did not just talk about creating a more just world, he lived his life in pursuit of that goal, Demby said. ![]() ![]() “Tommy” Raskin - asking, “Shouldn’t we all be doing as much as we can to help those less fortunate than us?” Demby ’22 remembers her teaching fellow - Thomas B. During a section discussion in the famed Harvard course “Justice” this fall, Suuba M. ![]()
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