Andrew Grene ( 1965 – 2010 ) was a dual Irish-American citizen who worked with the United Nations . He was the sole Irish citizen lost in the Haiti earthquake of 2010 . Prior to Haiti , he worked at the United Nations as a speechwriter for Boutros Boutros-Ghali , and then as a civil affairs officer in peacekeeping in the Central African Republic , Eritrea , and East Timor . He served in Haiti from 2008 until his death . He was the son of David Grene , classics translator and professor at the Committee on Social Thought , University of Chicago , and the twin brother of musician Gregory Grene . The Irish State inaugurated a perpetual scholarship in his name following his death , the Andrew Grene Conflict Resolution Scholarship . The Andrew Grene Foundation was established in his memory , to promote education and microfinance in Haiti , through the Andrew Grene High School in Port-au-Prince and a Fonkoze branch in Aken , in southwest Haiti
Haiti earthquake of 2010
2010 Haiti earthquake
Andrew Grene