Megumi Yamamoto, a UNM graduate student, died in a helicopter crash June 9 after she was rescued from a hike on Mt. Baldy near Santa Fe.
Sgt. Andy Tingwall, the helicopter pilot, was also killed.
New Mexico State Police spokesman Peter Olson said the bodies of Yamamoto and Tingwall were recovered from the crash site June 11. A representative from the Office of the Medical Examiner said a complete cause-of-death report would be released Monday.
Salazar and Sons Funeral Services will hold a viewing for Yamamoto's family and friends Monday. After the service, Yamamoto's remains will be cremated and returned to Japan.
Counseling services are available at the Student Health and Counseling Center on Cornell Plaza across from the SUB.
In a statement issued June 12, GPSA President Lissa Knudsen offered condolences to Yamamoto's family and friends.
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"Megumi's passage is a loss to the entire graduate student community at UNM," she said. "Our organization is here to support all of our members, especially International students as well as those in the Physics and Astronomy department, as they go through this difficult time."
Physics and Astronomy Professor Ivan Deutsch, who was Yamamoto's academic advisor, said she was a talented student and he deeply regrets her death.
"We're extremely saddened by this news," he said. "Our sympathies certainly go out to her family. She was a new and promising young student and we're very sad by the loss."
President David Schmidly said in a statement Thursday that the University is reaching out to Yamomoto's family in Japan.
"The University of New Mexico community is saddened to learn of the death of Megumi Yamamoto, one of our Physics and Astronomy graduate students," Schmidly said. "We are sending condolences to Megumi's family in Japan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them and to her many friends here at UNM."
The Daily Lobo will provide updates to this article online as information becomes available.
