Michael represented Interlake in many chess tournaments, where his trophies are still on display. He entered college at age 15 and graduated from the University of Washington third in his honors program with degrees in both biochemistry and chemistry when he was only 19 years old. He had just finished his second year of medical school at the University of Iowa when he died from complications of depression on May 4, 2016. He was only 23 years old.
His obituary can be found here.
