Since Chalik’s passing two days ago, over 30 people have left him messages on an Adams House online forum entitled “From Adams.”
At the memorial, Sean Palfrey said that the following quote from the page summed up his interactions with Chalik: “No matter what kind of day I was having, it would always be better after talking to [Ilya].”
Remembrances continued after the memorial at a reception in Adams House.
—Staff writer Hana N. Rouse can be reached at hrouse@college.harvard.edu.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction.
CORRECTION: FEB. 15, 2011.
The Feb. 15 article "Friends Honor Ilya Chalik" incorrectly stated that Alexander K. Sherbany '11 had fallen into a river with water up to his knees. It was, in fact, a stream, and the water reached only his ankles.