SHA graduate Lisa Frost (pictured
with a fellow student advisor)
courtesy of Matthew Toomey
SHA graduate Lisa Frost (pictured with a fellow student advisor) courtesy of Matthew Toomey |
On Tuesday, however, she perished on United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles, which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Frost, the commencement speaker at this year’s School of Hospitality graduation, was 22 and hailed from Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Described by friends as extremely involved in school and a prominent face on campus, Frost was an orientation leader, a student interviewer for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and a peer advisor. She was the president of the SHA student government last year, an employee at the Boston College Club and is credited with starting the SHA honor society’s involvement in community service.
Those who knew her said, above all, she was a good friend.
"She just would go out of her way to make you feel completely at ease and comfortable with her," said 2001 School of Management graduate Tim Moore. "She never seemed bored or upset or angry at all."
"She made it easy to like her," said former fellow student advisor Matthew Toomey, a 2001 graduate of the College of Communication.
Many of her student advisees and fellow student leaders expressed that Frost was ambitious and fearless, the type of person who balanced multiple tasks seemingly effortlessly.
"She was flying to California to start a new life with absolutely no fear on her part and the part of others that she could be successful. She did BUCOP and graduated from both the College of Communication and SHA. She could easily juggle 12 balls at one time without even being fazed. She was a totally, totally dynamic woman," said SHA junior Kiran Pinto, one of Frost's student advisees.
Her friends last saw her Monday when she stopped by SHA to say goodbye before her move to California, where her marketing job offered the opportunity to start another branch of a company food review magazine.
According to Frost's boss Jill Epstein, publisher of Where to Eat, Frost originally planned to fly to California three weeks ago, but opted to stay to get the next issue of the magazine to press.
"Daily we marveled at her organization skills, art of time management and dedication to us," Epstein said.
Pinto said Frost's friends are trying to organize a memorial for her. Frost's parents couldn't be reached last night.
"She was amazing," Moore said. "Lisa was just one of those people you will never forget in life."