On Wednesday, May 17th, the City of Peachtree Corners installed a Memorial Children’s Little Free Library at the Town Green in the Children’s Corner. The little library was donated by Steve Cloer on behalf of Mr. Cloer’s son, Benjamin ”Lloyd” Cloer. The little free library encourages kids to take a book and leave a book to encourage increased literacy and the love of reading.
Benjamin, A Norcross High School graduate in 2011, lost his life in an act of senseless gun violence on November 10th, 2019.
While at Norcross, Benjamin was an Honor Student, President of the Science Club, Co-Founder and Co-President of the Philosophy Guild, a member of the Math Team and a violinist in the Orchestra. He earned numerous academic awards and achieved an SAT score that put him in the top 2% of students in the nation.
Following high school, Benjamin was awarded an academic scholarship to attend the prestigious and selective Pomona College in Claremont, CA. In addition to his course studies, Benjamin worked as a Research Assistant studying biological neural networks and the binding of diabetes drugs. He was a member of the Future-Tech Club, Bit Coin Club and Nu Alpha Phi. He spoke Spanish fluently and was a member of the International Club. Being an accomplished violinist, he was awarded several scholarships to study advanced violin while at Pomona. In 2015 he earned a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience with a minor in mathematics.
After completing his undergraduate degree, Benjamin continued to pursue his education at Georgia State University as a full-time student. While taking graduate classes there he served as a Professor Assistant. He also worked full-time as a tutor at C2 Education and had many of his own clients he tutored evenings and weekends while going to Georgia State.
In the fall of 2018, Benjamin entered the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) program at the University of Georgia. He also served as a Professor…
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