Coroner identifies student who died on USC’s Columbia campus
The Richland County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a student who died last week on the campus of the University of South Carolina.
Coroner Naida Rutherford’s office said in a news release Tuesday the deceased was Stephen J. Black, 20, of Greenville. The coroner’s office did not list a cause of death for Black.
University of South Carolina confirmed on Friday, Sept. 2 that two people had died on campus, one a student and the other a faculty member. State law enforcement officials said that the deaths did not appear to be related.
One of those that was deceased was Black, who university officials said was found at a residence hall.
The other was faculty member Anna M. Gawlicka-Chruszcz, who was found near the Discovery parking garage on Park Street, according to the university.
“It is with great sadness that I learned (Friday) morning of the death of one of our students in a residence hall and the death of a faculty member found near the Discovery parking garage on campus,” USC President Michael Amiridis said in a statement Friday. “My condolences go out to the families impacted by these deaths.”
