A man who once served as the chief psychologist at a federal prison in Cambria County was among the victims of the Fort Hood shootings last week.

Maj. Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va., had been at Fort Hood for only one day before he was shot and killed in a rampage that left 13 dead and dozens wounded.

Maj. Caraveo, who was assigned to the 467th Medical Detachment, Madison, Wis., had recently been recalled to active duty and was expected to be deployed to Afghanistan.

He previously deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Maj. Caraveo joined the federal Bureau of Prisons in 1991 as a psychologist at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Ariz.

He became chief psychologist at FCI Loretto in June 1996 and served at the Cambria County facility until December 1999.

Jeff Trimbath, a spokesman for the facility, worked with Maj. Caraveo throughout his three years there.

As chief psychologist, Maj. Caraveo, who earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Arizona in 1986, was responsible for overseeing the needs of the entire inmate population -- now at 1,400 people -- as well as oversee the mental health staff.

"He was very well-liked, very caring," Mr. Trimbath said. "The Bureau of Prisons is mourning the loss of a person who gave much to the system."

After leaving FCI Loretto, Maj. Caraveo was chief psychologist at FCI Safford in Arizona and Federal Correctional Complex Victorville in California.

In July 2007, he went to the bureau's central office, where he served as a psychologist in the Sex Offender Certification Review Branch.

According to the Bureau of Prisons, Maj. Caraveo was a leading trainer for cultural diversity. In 2007, he was given the Norman A. Carlson Award for his contributions to the agency's ability to track the needs of mentally ill inmates.

Maj. Caraveo is survived by his wife, Angela; three sons, Jose, John and Eduardo; and two stepdaughters, Tiffany and Megan Rivera.

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