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The man who died while working at Yale’s golf course last week was identified Friday as Luís Alberto Morocho Marcatoma, 54, of New Haven.

Yale’s head of public safety, Duane Lovello, released Marcatoma’s name in an email to the News. Marcatoma, a contractor working on a restoration project at the Yale Golf Course, died on Thursday, Aug. 21, after being electrocuted by a downed power line, according to a previous statement from Yale’s media office.

The Yale Police Department did not identify the victim for a week after the incident. The Connecticut medical examiner’s office, which deemed the electrocution death an accident, has declined to name him.

Marcatoma was born in Ecuador and moved to New Haven two years ago, according to an online obituary posted Tuesday. He spent most of his life in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and lived in Spring Valley, N.Y., for a year before arriving in New Haven, the tribute says. 

The obituary describes Marcatoma as a devoted husband, father and grandfather who cherished spending time with his loved ones. He enjoyed watching volleyball and soccer and “very much appreciated nature, the green fields, lakes and wild animals,” the obituary says.

In his eyes, the obituary says, “everything was beautiful,” and he encouraged others to value God.

Marcatoma’s family and friends held a visitation time at a North Haven funeral home on Wednesday, according to plans outlined in the Tuesday obituary.

Marcatoma is survived by his wife, three children, seven siblings and a large extended family in Ecuador and the United States, according to the obituary.

He was expected to be buried in Ecuador.

The News was not immediately able to contact Marcatoma’s family.

The circumstances surrounding the electrocution incident — including the nature of Marcatoma’s work — remain unclear. Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell ’95 DIV ’09 previously told the News that Lovello, Yale’s top public safety administrator, had personally examined the scene.

“There is no additional information being released at this time,” Lovello wrote Friday in the email identifying Marcatoma.

Eastern Land Management President and CEO Bruce Moore Jr. expressed sympathy for the victim without naming him in a Monday statement to the News.

“Our focus has been supporting our employee’s family and our team members that were affected by this tragic accident,” Moore wrote.

The Yale University Golf Course, which has been closed for restoration since 2023, is located at 200 Conrad Dr.

Sabrina Thaler contributed reporting.