Masoud Asadi-Saravi Obituary (1940

Masoud Asadi-Saravi passed away on September 17, 2019 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with his loving family by his side. Masoud, known by many of his friends as "Mac," immigrated to the United States in 1962, studied at East Tennessee State University and Bethany College in West Virginia before settling in New Jersey. Masoud spent the next twenty-five years working as a chemical engineer at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Later, he set out to become a commodities broker, starting a company out of a closet in his house which would eventually become a presence on the 85th floor of the World Trade Center. Masoud was a devoted husband, father and friend. He enjoyed his time as a soccer coach and spending many days with his pals at the Belmar Fishing Club and the Monroe bar. Masoud is survived by his beloved wife, Leila, his daughter and son-in-law, Sherin Luizzi and David Luizzi of Brick Township, his son and daughter-in-law Kevin Asadi and Geraldine Asadi of Freehold Township, and six grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at www.stjude.org/donate.