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发帖数: 173 | 1 Satto Tonegawa ’15 was found dead in his MacGregor dormitory room yesterday
evening.
Tonegawa, the son of MIT professor and Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa, was
discovered shortly after 5 p.m. by MIT police in his J-entry room. Tonegawa
had not been seen for a week and an odor was noticed near his room. There is
no reason to suspect foul play, the MIT News Office has reported.
Tonegawa lived in Chestnut Hill, MA, about 6 miles from MIT.
“This is a very sad situation, and the entire MIT community shares a deep
sense of loss and grief,” said Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD ‘80 in a
statement on the MIT News Office’s website. “Our thoughts go out to the
family, friends, classmates and dormmates of Satto, as well as to the
graduate resident tutors, housemasters and others in the student-life system
who knew and worked with Satto.”
Tonegawa is the second MIT student to have died in less than two months.
Nicolas E. Del Castillo, a sophomore, was found dead in his East Campus
dormitory room on Sept. 4 in an apparent suicide.
As is protocol in the case of a sudden death, Massachusetts State Police and
the Middlesex County District Attorney have begun an investigation into
Tonegawa’s death.
Tonegawa was an avid musician, playing both piano and cello. He attended the
Milton Academy before coming to MIT this fall, according to the Academy’s
website. Like his father, Tonegawa had an interest in the life sciences —
he worked in the Orr-Weaver lab at the Whitehead Institute as a high-school
student.
Members of the community who feel affected by this death are encouraged to
contact Mental Health Services at 617-253-2916, or talk to their
housemasters or GRTs. | n*********b
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