Kyri Kincade

Kyri Kincade J95 was a freshman at Tufts who passed away in October 1991 from a meningitis infection. In an Editor’s View column, The Daily referenced her “joy, energy, wisdom, and warmth she imparted on others.” Kincade was also heavily involved on campus, as a member of the Pan-African Alliance, the secretary of Richardson House, and a participant in the then African-American Center’s Big Sister/Little Sister program. Additionally, Kincade had been attending Tufts as a Balfour scholar, a testament to her academic drive and success.[2]

Though only on campus for one month, Kincade’s death had a large impact on multiple groups of students. Members of the Pan-African Alliance wrote about the difficulty of losing a member of an already small and marginalized group on campus. Additionally, the Third Day Gospel Choir performed a concert in honor of Kincaid, who was a member of the group. Besides mourning her personal loss, many students were dissatisfied with the way in which Tufts Health Services handled the situation, citing the lack of transparency of the cause of Kincaid’s death, and the way antibiotics were distributed to students who were close with Kincaid on a daily basis. Students complained that Health Services had prescribed them an antibiotic without telling them what it was for.

Biography written and researched by Peter Lam

Sources:

Billy, Janine. “Student passes away from unknown virus.”Tufts Daily. 10 October, 1991.

Joseph, Sharon. “A personal view.” Tufts Daily. 15 October, 1991.

Rosenberg, Jeremy, and Allison Smith. “One Less Light.” Tufts Daily. 11 October, 1991.

“Third Day Gospel Choir to perform Saturday.” Tufts Daily. 6 February, 1992.

Denaro, James. “Students Allege Misinformation.” The Observer. 17 October, 1991.