In addition to serving as an active member of Harvard Hillel, Chalik was also president of the Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club and worked as a stacks assistant at Widener since 2007.
“He was a friend of everyone,” Adams House Master Judith S. Palfrey ‘67 said. “He was a real campus leader.”
Members of the Adams community were informed of Chalik’s death yesterday at a 4 p.m. meeting with House and College administrators in Adams dining hall.
As per procedure, the Middlesex District Attorney’s office is currently conducting an investigation into Chalik’s passing.
At the meeting, Associate Dean of the College John L. “Jay” Ellison, said that there was no violence involved in Chalik’s death.
Later yesterday afternoon Evelynn M. Hammonds, dean of Harvard college, sent an e-mail informing the College community of Chalik’s passing.
Hammonds’s e-mail stated that counseling services are available to students through Harvard Mental Health Services and University Health Services.
—Staff Writer Monika L. S. Robbins can be reached at mrobbins@college.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Hana N. Rouse can be reached at hrouse@college.harvard.edu.