Alex Lagowitz, a bright young 23-year-old credit trading analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, died tragically after he fell out of the window of his bedroom window on the 26th floor. The Colgate University graduate reportedly ingested four grams of magic mushrooms. For those of you who don’t know about these kinds of things, users regularly take anywhere from 1.5-3 grams. 4 grams isn’t an unheard of amount, but it’s higher than normal.
Alex was found dead, lying on the third-floor of his building’s patio on Sunday morning. It’s unknown if he jumped or fell, although it doesn’t really matter anymore because he’s dead.
Alex was an accomplished golfer who played for Colgate University’s Men’s Golf team. He graduated from Colgate last year.
Alex’s roommate, 22-year-old Max Kaplan, was arrested after police found more magic mushrooms in their apartment on East 31st and Lexington Avenue, a building known as Windsor Court. Max was charged with criminal possession of controlled substances.
Kaplan — a George Washington University grad from West Orange, NJ — told cops he fell asleep a short time later, and when he woke up, Lagowitz was nowhere to be found.
It wasn’t until police arrived at their apartment to investigate hours later that the scatterbrained young man came to and realized what had happened [source].
Our thoughts and prayers are with Alex’s family and friends. He leaves behind two parents and a sister. Please be careful out there… The world can be a scary and dangerous place.
Updated–5/24/2016: Here’s Alex’s obituary, published in the Star-Ledger
Alex Harris Lagowitz Lifelong Livingston resident, worked for Bank of America Mr. Alex Harris Lagowitz, 23, of Livingston, N.J., died May 22, 2016. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 24, at 1 p.m. in Temple B’nai Abraham, 300 East Northfield Rd., Livingston, with interment in Menorah Cemetery, Clifton, N.J. Born in Morristown, N.J., Mr. Lagowitz was a lifelong resident of Livingston. Alex was a 2011 graduate of Livingston High School, and then a summa cum laude graduate of Colgate University in 2015. While at Colgate, Alex enjoyed four years of Division 1 Golf, and was the recipient of many awards, both academically and athletically, including the Jack Mitchell Award. Mr. Lagowitz worked at the credit trading desk of Bank of America in New York City. His hobbies included golf, architecture, snowboarding, and geology aside from membership at the Essex County Country Club and the Royal Dornoch Golf Club. Predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Cookye and Arthur Lagowitz, Alex leaves his mother, Andrea Lagowitz; his father, Ian Lagowitz; his sister, Sydney Lagowitz, and his maternal grandparents, Ginger and David Ploshnick.
