Alison Michener '06 died Friday in a rafting accident while on vacation with friends in Peru. She was 21. Michener was vacationing with a "close friend from Brown," according to a campus-wide e-mail sent yesterday by David Greene, vice president for campus life and student services, and Dean of the College Paul Armstrong.
According to the e-mail, Michener's friend survived the accident, but another passenger who was not affiliated with the University drowned when the raft capsized.
The e-mail described Michener as "an exceptionally talented student." A biology concentrator, she "had hoped to earn a Ph.D. in biology and direct research projects leading to discoveries that would improve the lives of others," according to the e-mail, which also stated that Michener enjoyed traveling and studied abroad in Austrailia during her junior year.
Michener was born in Colorado but attended high school in California, where her parents reside.
In the e-mail, Armstrong and Greene wrote they will inform community members of memorial services as soon as information becomes available.
