Daniel M. Lewin

Daniel "Danny" M. Lewin was a mathematician and entrepreneur. He died at age 31 in the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. Danny Lewin co-founded Akamai Technologies[?], Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the Chief Technical Officer (CTO), and board member. At the time of his death, he was a Ph.D. candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was said to have become a paper-billionaire when Akamai stock first became available.

Lewin was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, where he served as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces. He was survived by his wife and two sons.

His parents visited him from Israel in the week before his flight.

The MIT Alumni Association also hosts a memoriam to Mr. Lewin at [1] (http://alumweb.mit.edu/are-you-ok/lewin.shtml).

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See September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties.