Ronald J. Ruben ’87, a finance major, worked on the 89th floor of 2 World Trade Center as a vice president of equity trading for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. He had told his two sisters in separate phone calls after 9:00 a.m. on September 11 that he was fine.

After graduating from Ithaca College he earned a master of business administration degree at New York University. He had worked for the investment firm Kramer Spellman for seven years before moving to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods earlier this year.

Ron lived in Hoboken, New Jersey, with his two cats, Luna and Dusty. He loved children, especially his nieces, Amy Rose and Morgan, and nephew, Pierce.

A golfer and an amateur carpenter and mechanic, he’d been rebuilding an MG and often made furniture and toy boxes for family and friends. "Ron was one of the good guys of this world," says his sister Leslie Dillon.

Ron was predeceased by his parents; he leaves behind his nieces and nephew and two sisters, Dillon and Hillary Hans, both of New Jersey.