Jon O. Habib ’24

Jon O. Habib ’24, of Hillsdale, Mich.; Apr. 11, following a fall while hiking in Morocco. At the time of his passing, he was studying Chinese, philosophy, and economics. He was a cofounder of the Brown Private Equity Club, participated in the Brown Journal of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, the Brown/RISD Arab Society, the economics Departmental Undergraduate Group (DUG), and the chess club. He also helped review college essays by victims of the Syrian conflict so they could access higher education. He was deeply proud of his Lebanese heritage and his family connection to the Bahamas and founded the Island Time Company, a nonprofit clothing company whose proceeds are donated to the Bahamas Hurricane Restoration Fund. He was a self-taught guitarist. The day after his accident the family was informed that he had been accepted into the most prestigious summer banking internship program, the Barclays Financial Sponsors group in New York City. He is survived by his parents and a brother.