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Rahsaan J. Glover, a technician at Moto Photo, was standing outside his workplace on Dunster Street across from Holyoke Center at 11 a.m. when he heard glass smashing above him. Glover looked up in time to see Podkopaev step out of the window "like he was just stepping off the sidewalk...
...none of those gathsered knew that Podkopaev took ice skating lessons on early Saturday mornings last winter to improve his rollerblading skills, or that he was an avid ball-room dancer, or that his many friends admired his intelligence, his sensitivity and his zest for life...
Dmitry Valery Podkopaev--known as "Dima" to his friends--was born in a small village in the Ukraine called Vinnitsa. His family was poor; he was raised in a house with no electricity. Academics were his ticket out of poverty. He worked his way to top honors as an undergraduate mathematics student in Russia and went on to receive his master's in economics from the New Economics School in Moscow...
That fall, he began working toward his doctorate at Harvard. According to friends, Podkopaev wanted to graduate in three years, even though the average for doctoral candidates in economics is five...
Unlike his classmates who hoped for careers in academia, Podkopaev sought a career as a professional. He wanted to enter "the real world" as soon as possible, friends said, so he could start making money to support family members, who still live without electricity in Vinnitsa...