Alcor Announcement · April 15, 2026
We are reaching out today with news that will be difficult for many in our community to hear.
Last evening, our colleague Dr. R. Michael Perry was involved in a motor vehicle accident as a pedestrian. He was transported to the ICU in critical condition, where unfortunately, he was not able to recover.
He was declared today, Wednesday April 15th at 9:59am. Alcor’s DART team was on standby and transported him back to the Alcor facility.
Mike has been successfully cryopreserved and is now an Alcor patient. He is in our care, where he always intended to be.
The Alcor team performed at the highest level while simultaneously mourning the loss of their own friend and colleague. Every measure was taken to give Mike the best possible cryopreservation. Alcor’s operational, administrative, legal, and leadership staff all came together in full coordination. There could not have been a better group of people in place at the time. By all accounts, his cryopreservation went exceedingly well.
A member of Alcor’s staff since the 1980s, Mike dedicated nearly four decades of his life to this organization and to cryonics. He came in early, stayed late, and often remained at the facility for days at a time to ensure Alcor’s patients were always properly cared for.
He was also one of the most prolific contributors to documenting the history of cryonics, and his written body of work is among the most significant in our field.
Mike was gentle, soft-spoken, and principled. He was an anchor in this community for decades, and the cryonics movement owes him a debt of gratitude that cannot be overstated.
There is much more to say about Mike and his contributions, and this will be far from the last word. In the coming weeks we will share a more detailed tribute that does fuller justice to his legacy.
We will also be holding a memorial for Mike at the Alcor facility in the coming weeks. We want to give those who wish to attend enough time to make travel arrangements, and details will be shared shortly.
For almost four decades, Mike watched over Alcor’s patients. Now it is our turn to watch over him.
A word from Alcor’s co-founder, Linda Chamberlain:
“It is with mixed emotions that I contemplate today’s cryopreservation of one of Alcor’s greats, Mike Perry. Known and revered by almost everyone actively involved in cryonics, Mike Perry will leave a large hole in the heart of Alcor. The silver lining to the dark clouds of this day is that everyone at Alcor did their very best to ensure that Mike got the best cryopreservation possible. My thanks to all involved.”
— Linda Chamberlain, Co-Founder, Alcor Life Extension Foundation
