Scholarship to honor senior's dad

On Sept. 11, senior Josh Goldflam didn't lose just a father. He lost hundreds of acquaintances, co-workers -- even a cousin. \nGoldflam worked as an intern in the World Trade Center last summer. When terrorist planes crashed into the towers in the morning hours of Sept. 11, they claimed many people close to the senior business student.\nThe tragedy has visibly affected him; when he graduates in May, Goldflam will return to New York City to work and live. \n"I lost hundreds of co-workers, my father, my cousin -- hundreds of people I knew. In a flash, the next day they were gone," Goldflam said. "It is a change I have to live with forever. I am not proud that my father passed away, but I am proud that he died in a more noble cause than anyone will ever. All the people who passed away have to be treated in the highest regard because they died for a major cause for this whole country."\nWhen Josh was notified about IU's plans for a scholarship to honor his father's memory, he said he "was very shocked that they (IUSF) were going to have scholarships forever in our fathers' names, which is amazing…I felt like the school took the proper responsibility that they needed to do."\nThough the criteria for the scholarship has not yet been finalized, Josh has strong ideas for it. \n"Since my father was a chief financial officer, he was very business and financially oriented," Goldflam said. "Mine (as opposed to the other two scholarships) is more geared toward someone who cannot afford to go to school (but) wants to be a business student."\nJosh said he doesn't think a high GPA should be the definitive factor for obtaining the scholarship.\n"I don't think that is the most important thing -- around a 2.7, along with an all-around resume as well in terms of sports and extracurriculars," Goldflam said. "That's what is important to me, and I think it would have been important to my dad too."\nJosh will definitely be a part of the selection process. Though he will be working in New York next Sept. 11, he will have some type of communication with IU concerning the administration of the scholarship. He said he hopes to help with selection for a long time. \nJosh's father Jeffrey G. Goldflam was a devoted husband and father of two children. He graduated from Valley Stream South High School in Valley Stream, N.Y., in 1971, where he was a National Honor Society member and track and soccer star. He graduated cum laude in 1975 from State University of New York at Binghamton, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance through SUNY's School of Management. \nAt the time of his death, Goldflam was managing director and chief financial officer of eSpeed Inc., managing eSpeed's global financial and accounting operations from the company's New York headquarters. \nAside from work, Jeffrey Goldflam was a very warm and friendly person. Josh said his father was shy, but once he got to know someone, he was very genuine and honest. \nSince Sept. 11, Josh's priorities have changed. He says he's had to grow up, to learn to appreciate those close to him. His family has become more close-knit after the tragedy, making him reconsider his priorities in certain ways. \n"My family has come so much closer, so work and money are definitely not going to come first," Josh said.