Celebrating the life of Nicolas E. Del Castillo (MIT)
Nicolas E. Del Castillo, an MIT sophomore, was found deceased last weekend in
his East Campus dorm room. He was 18.
MIT Chancellor Eric Grimson called Del Castillo’s death “a tragedy for the MIT
community.” A memorial Mass will be held Sunday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. in the
MIT Chapel.
Del Castillo, a native of Bogotá, Colombia, was born Aug. 13, 1993, and
attended the Colegio Calasanz de Bogotá before arriving at the Institute as a
freshman in fall 2010. His parents, Henry Del Castillo and Sandra Muñoz, say
that in his relatively short life, their son “left footprints” in the lives of
many people both at home and abroad.
“He was a good son, a good brother, a good student, a good teacher,” Muñoz
says. “Everyone who knew him had a great deal of respect for him.”
Del Castillo had been planning to major in math at MIT, where he excelled in
his freshman year courses. His family and friends say he was a kind, self-
motivated young man who held himself to high standards and lived his life with
an exceptional degree of integrity.
“He didn’t care much about style or external appearances,” …
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