Gregg David Wenzel, on July 9, 2003, formerly of Monroe, NY and Miami, FL, died in a tragic accident in Ethiopia where he was working for the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer. He was 33.
 

Born in Manhattan, November 18, 1969, he was the son of Gladys and Mitchell Wenzel and brother of Maura, Rachel and Heather.
 

Gregg spent his childhood years in the Bronx and in Monroe, NY. He was a graduate of Monroe-Woodbury Senior High School in 1987, and the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1991. He studied abroad at Tel Aviv University and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1994.
 

Gregg was a police academy instructor for the Miami-Dade Community College-North Campus School of Justice and Safety Administration, Assistant Public Defender for Dade County and also served on the Florida Bar Counsel where he tried Supreme Court Cases.
 

Gregg was a ten-time marathon runner and finisher, three-time Ironman finisher as well as a world traveler. He was affiliated with many organizations, some of which include Chabad, the University of Miami Masters Swimming, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, The Florida State and Federal Bar (Southern District), FACDL, Dade County Bar Association (Young Lawyer’s Division), Civil Litigation Committee (DCBA), Miami Runners Club and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team in Training.
 

Gregg leaves behind his parents Gladys and Mitchell, his sister Maura and her husband George Liberopoulos, his sister Rachel and her husband Jay Caplan, his sister Heather and her husband Ron Sznol, his nephews Michael, Joshua and Matthew and nieces Jessica, Leah Dalia and Gwen, his uncle Joe and his cousins Allison, Philip and Julie, and many friends.
 

His memory will be instilled in the many lives he inspired and touched with his positive attitude and motivation toward life.