A memorial service for Alan Comerford, a Cornell University student who died Nov. 20, will be held Friday, Nov. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Founders Room of Anabel Taylor Hall.

Officiating will be Rabbi Edward Rosenthal, executive director of Cornell Hillel, and Janet Shortall, associate director of Cornell United Religious Work.

Comerford was a senior in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences. He had a position in the department as a student research and laboratory assistant.

A native of Carmel, N.Y., Comerford, 21, was a trained emergency medical technician (EMT). With an interest in pediatric emergency care, he was taking advanced EMT training at Tompkins Cortland Community College at the time of his death.

He is survived by his parents, Liam and Elise Comerford, and sister Rachel, all of Carmel, who will attend the memorial service.

The Ithaca Police Department, with the assistance of Cornell Police, are conducting an investigation into the cause of Comerford's death. His body was recovered from Cascadilla Creek gorge Nov. 20.