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    UTEP alumnus Maj. Eduardo Caraveo killed at fort hood, Texas. He was one of 13 people killed last week by another u.s. Army official. "He loved this country that took him in, that gave him his education," brother says.

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    UTEP alumnus Maj. Eduardo Caraveo killed at fort hood, Texas. He was one of 13 people killed last week by another u.s. Army official. "He loved this country that took him in, that gave him his education," brother says.

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    UTEP Alum Slain at Fort Hood

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    UTEP alumnus Maj. Eduardo Caraveo killed at fort hood, Texas. He was one of 13 people killed last week by another u.s. Army official. "He loved this country that took him in, that gave him his education," brother says.

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    10/25/12

    UTEP alum slain at Fort Hood News The Prospector University of Texas at El Paso

    UTEPalumslainatFortHood
    ByByPamelaPrieto Published:Tuesday,November10,2009 Updated:Monday,January18,201010:01

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    rInwhathasbeencalledoneoftheworstmasskillingsonaU.S.militarybase,amanwhose humblebeginningsarerootedintheElPasoCiudadJurezborderlandlosthislife. Maj.EduardoCaraveo,whowasaUTEPalumnus,wasoneofthe13peoplekilledlast ThursdaybyanotherU.S.ArmyofficialatFortHood,Texas.CaraveowasattheReadiness ProcessingCenterwhenMaj.NidalMalikHasanopenedfireintheenclosedbuilding,leaving morethan30otherpeoplewounded. CaraveowasraisedinElPasoandCd.JurezandlivedinSegundoBarrioformostofhis youth.AfterhegraduatedfromBowieHighSchool,heattendedUTEPtoachievehisbachelor's andmaster'sdegrees.Hereceivedhismaster'sdegreeincounselingin1980.Heearneda Ph.D.attheUniversityofArizona. Hisfamilydescribedhimasajoyfulandcharitablemanwhowasanexcellentfatherandbrother, andsaidhealwaysstoodoutfromhissiblings. "Hewasverydifferentfromallofus,maybebecausehewastheonlyprofessionalinthefamily," hisbrotherRafaelCaraveo,60,said."HepraisedUTEPhealwayssaiditwasagreatschool." Despiterelocationsaroundthecountry,EduardoCaraveomaintainedstrongtiestoElPaso.His familyconsistedofsevensiblings,fourofwhichstillliveinthebordercity. HisolderbrotherFernandoCaraveo,71,saidhewaseveryone's"consentido,"orfavorite,and thathewasalwaysveryloving. "It'sveryhardit'satragedy,"RafaelCaraveosaid."Helovedthiscountrythattookhimin,that gavehimhiseducation.Hewasanexcellentperson." BetoLopez,UTEPvicepresidentofuniversityrelations,initiallymetEduardoCaraveowhenhe Maj.EduardoCaraveo,wasamongthe13 wasstillahighschoolstudent.Hesaidheremembershimasveryoptimisticabouthisfutureand servicememberskilledNov.5atFortHood. thatheknewabouttheimportanceofacquiringaneducationtodevelopabetterlifeforhimself. "HeremindsmeofsomanyUTEPgraduates,"Lopezsaid."Thatdespitehumblebackgrounds,throughtheeducationreceivedat UTEP,goontomakecontributionstoournationandourlocalcommunity." SomeofthecontributionsthatEduardoCaraveomadeincluderunningmarriagecounselingseminars,diversitytrainingsessions,and pre/postdeploymentworkshopsformilitaryfamilies. Healsohelpedsoldiersdealwithposttraumaticstressdisorderandothertraumasfromwar,accordingtoElaineLeVine,whoworked closelywithEduardoCaraveoduringhisquestforhighereducationwhenheattendedNMSU.Sheisthetrainingdirectorofthepost doctoraldegreeinclinicalpharmacologyforpsychologists,theprogramthathetookpartin. "Hewasawonderfulperson,verysmart,veryenergetic,absolutelycommittedtohelpingpeople,"LeVinesaid. LeVineaddedthatshebelieveshisbackgroundandchildhoodweregreatcontributorstohissuccessasaclinicalpsychologist. "Hehimselfcamefromaverydifficultbackground,raisedinpoverty.Heovercameitanddedicatedhislifetohelpingothersdothat," shesaid."Hereallybelievedinpeople'sabilitytoovercometheenvironmentalandpersonallimitationsintheirlives." AccordingtoLeVine,theAmericanSocietyfortheAdvancementofPharmacotherapyisplanningtosetupamemorialfundinhisname. Theprojectisalreadyintheplanningstages,andtheyareworkingoncontactinghisfamilyandsettingupthescholarshipfund. "Asformeandhiscolleagues,wefeelanenormouslossforourselvesandforsociety,"LeVinesaid.
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    TheU.S.flagonMemorialTrianglefliesat halfmasttohonorthosekilledandwounded duringtheshootingatFortHoodNov.5.

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    UTEP alum slain at Fort Hood News The Prospector University of Texas at El Paso

    However,thelossfeltbyhisfamilyisincomparable,asRafaelCaraveosaidhisbrothertookgreatdelightinseeinghisfamilytogether. "Hehadthissayingthathealwaystoldme:'Smileatlife,solifewillsmileatyou,andliveeverydayasifitwereyourlast,'"hesaid. RafaelCaraveoandhisfamilywillbeattendingthememorialceremonythatwillbeheldtodayat1p.m.atFortHood,atwhich PresidentBarackObamawillbepresent.EduardoCaraveowillbelaidtorestatArlingtonNationalCemetery.Survivorsincludehis wife,AngelaRiveraandsixchildren. DonationsfortheEduardoCaraveoscholarshipfundarealreadybeingacceptedattheInstitutefortheAdvancementofthe PsychotherapyatNMSU,locatedat1395MissouriAvenueinLasCruces,N.M. PamelaPrietomaybereachedatprospector@utep.edu.

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