University of Memphis civil engineering professor Jamie Hurleycollapsed Wednesday shortly after 9:30 a.m. while teaching,University officials said.
After Hurley's collapse, students in the Transportation SystemsEngineering class he was teaching at the time began CPR and calledU of M Police Services for emergency assistance, said CurtGuenther, U of M director of communication services.
Despite attempts by U of M physician Wayne Capooth and themembers of the Memphis Fire Department, Hurley, 63, never regainedconsciousness.
Members of the fire department tried unsuccessfully to reviveHurley, using thei emergency defibrillators. He later died at St.Francis Hospital of an apparent cardiac arrest.
Before beginning his 22-year academic career in 1981 at The U ofM, Hurley received a litany of professional accolades, includingthe 1969 National Aeronautics and Space Administration ApolloAchievement Award and a fellowship at the Boeing-Huntsville SpaceInstitute.
Although Hurley had a distinguished career as a professionalengineer, he chose to leave Boeing and NASA for The U of M where hespent more than two decades preparing young men and women to beprofessional engineers.
