CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A body found floating in the Charles River Monday night was positively identified as that of a missing Boston University professor.

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University Mourns Professor's Death

NewsCenter 5's Mary Saladna reported that police said music professor John Daverio, 49, drowned and did not appear to be a victim of foul play.

Daverio disappeared March 16. His body was found by members of a crew team on the Charles Monday night.

"John Devario was one of the most distinguished musical scholars that has graced these portals," BU School of Music director Andre de Quadros said.

A violinist, Daverio came to BU in his junior year of high school and never left.

"He was chairman of the musicology department, an internationally renowned scholar and an award-winning teacher who cared deeply about his students, his colleagues and his work," College of Fine Arts dean Walt Meissner said. "He will be sorely missed, and our lives in this community are forever changed."

Daverio's body was found near the BU boathouse on the Cambridge side of the river.

"The [medical examiner] ruled the cause of death to be drowning," BU Police Capt. Robert Malloy said. "The manner of death is undetermined at this time."

Daverio had been visiting his elderly parents in Pennsylvania over spring break and had stopped back at his Commonwealth Avenue office March 16. Surveillance videos show him leaving the building just before 9 p.m.

"From the time he left this building at 8:55 until the body was discovered last evening, we have no idea of what path he traveled," Malloy said.

Police said they will continue the investigation to determine whether Daverio's death was accidental or a suicide.

Faculty members and student were meeting Tuesday to plan a memorial service.