Cal Poly San Luis Obispo school officials sent a campus-wide email Monday morning confirming that student Kenneth Taylor died Saturday “after an accident during a trip to Big Sur.” The 21-year-old was a third-year mechanical engineering student.
Friday’s kickoff of the annual “Make Waves” Film Festival, hosted by the local chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, was slated to be the culmination of months of planning by 21-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo junior Kenneth Taylor. The mechanical engineering student from Richland, Wash. was known as much for his advocacy for the outdoors as he was for his enjoyment of it.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Department, which is in charge of the investigation, did not respond to calls or an email requesting more information. The death left one of Taylor's best friends, Kenneth Bevens, in disbelief. “What stood out to me about Kenneth was how positive and passionate he was,” Bevens said. “If you needed help with photography, with safety instruction, rock climbing tips or whatever, he always helped.
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