Bay City News Service —The University of California at Berkeley community will hold a moment of silence at today's home football game for slain U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
Stevens, 52, was killed with three other Americans in an attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.
A moment of silence will be observed for Stevens at Cal's 1 p.m. game against Arizona State University at Memorial Stadium on campus.
Stevens attended Piedmont High School, graduating in the class of 1978, and then went to UC Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in history in 1982. His father, mother and stepfather also attended UC Berkeley, university officials said.
Following a stint in Morocco with the Peace Corps after his college graduation, Stevens graduated from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1989.
The campus has also set up a memorial fund for the ambassador. Donations for the J. Christopher Stevens Memorial Fund can be made through the website givetocal.berkeley.edu or mailed to the J. Christopher Stevens Memorial Fund c/o University Relations, 2080 Addison St., University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720.
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