Re: " ... His friends and family struggle with the idea that Westhusing could have killed himself. He was a loving father and husband and a devout Catholic. He was an extraordinary intellect and had mastered ancient Greek and Italian. He had less than a month before his return home. It seemed impossible that anything could crush the spirit of a man with such a powerful sense of right and wrong. ..."
I'm sorry, but I see no evidence of Westhusing's "extraordinary intellect" in this article. There is a degree of naiveté that is indistinguishable from stupidity, and this sad story presents just such a case.
Carl