43-year-old UC Berkeley professor killed in Greece, family says
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, an associate professor of marketing at the University of California, Berkeley, was killed in Greece on July 4, his family said.
Jeziorski, 43, was headed to visit his two children when he was killed on a street near where his children live, his brother Lukasz Jeziorski said in a statement on Facebook.
UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business on July 14 confirmed Jeziorski's death, which it said occurred in the outskirts of Athens.
The school said Greek and international authorities are investigating Jeziorski's death as a homicide.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Hellenic Police.
Perpetrator in UC Berkeley professor's killing still at large, family says
Lukasz Jeziorski said on a fundraising page that investigations into his brother's death are ongoing.
"He was the victim of a terrible crime, and the perpetrator is still at large," Lukasz Jeziorski said on the page. "Our family is heartbroken, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that justice is served."
Przemyslaw Jeziorski "was a loving father to two young children and a beloved professor," his brother wrote.
"He was a leading scholar in marketing science, industrial organization and data analytics," Lukasz Jeziorski said. "He loved teaching and sharing his passion for the intricacies of marketing analytics and marketing science with his students."
Slain UC Berkeley professor was Poland native, earned degrees in US
Przemyslaw Jeziorski was born on April 24, 1982, and raised in Gdynia, Poland, UC Berkeley said. To colleagues and students, he went by Przemek or PJ.
Growing up, Jeziorski loved metal music, sci-fi movies and playing guitar, his brother told UC Berkeley.
Jeziorski earned bachelor's and master's degrees in quantitative methods and information systems from the Warsaw School of Economics in Poland, according to UC Berkeley.
He then moved to the U.S. to complete two more master's degrees − one in economics and one in mathematics − from the University of Arizona. After, he completed a doctoral program in economics at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
Tributes pour in for 'kind and compassionate' UC Berkeley professor
Jenny Chatman, dean of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, said in a statement that she is "heartbroken" by the news of Jeziorski's death.
'While authorities are investigating what happened, our focus is on supporting our community during this difficult period," Chatman said. "My heart goes out to Przemek's family and loved ones. We will miss him.'
In tributes shared by UC Berkeley, Jeziorski was remembered by colleagues, students and friends.
"He was an amazing person, friend, and colleague. He was a loving father of two young children and always there if someone needed help,' said Zsolt Katona, another marketing professor at UC Berkeley.
Olga Adamkiewicz, a high school classmate of Jeziorski's, told UC Berkeley that he was "an exceptionally gifted and hard-working person."
'Beneath his sharp intellect, he was a kind and compassionate soul," Adamkiewicz said. "He was a dreamer at heart, filled with hopes and ambitions, with an innate curiosity about the world.'
Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at melina.khan@usatoday.com.
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