Michael Davidson ’92

Mike died Jan. 20, 2015, after being shot at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., where he was the director of endovascular cardiac surgery (and assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School) and where he had worked as a cardiovascular surgeon and interventional cardiologist since 2006.

At Princeton, he was in Wilson College, Campus Club, and the Gliding Club. He fenced and played guitar with the bands The Change and Chicago Typewriter. A philosophy major, his thesis was on universal access to health care, advised by Professor Amy Gutmann.

Mike graduated from Yale Medical School in 1996, did surgical training at Duke, then moved to BWH in 2001, completing additional fellowships in cardiovascular surgery and interventional cardiology.   He was a fly-fisherman, chef, runner, musician, and handyman. Mike was known as a brilliant but humble man who was kind, compassionate, patient, hardworking, honest, and gentle.

An adoring husband and father, Mike leaves behind his wife, Terri Halperin, and three children, Kate, Liv, and Graham. Their fourth child was due in April. Remembrances may be made to The Dr. Michael J. Davidson Family Fund c/o RTN Federal Credit Union.