HUST-Michigan Calls for Donations to Dr. Wu Ya's Memorial Fund

cai 发表于 2000/01/06 10:51 华中科技大学校友论坛 (www.hust.org)

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From: "Xu, Xingyi (X.)" <xxu @ ford . com>

Subject: HUST-Michigan Calls for Donations to Dr. Wu Ya's Me morial Fund

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 19:02:47 -0500

Dear CAI Yidao:

During the holiday break, a tragety happened to Dr. WU Ya, one of the

HUSTers in the North America. Michigan HUST Alumini association has issued

following announcement and call for donation. Would you please post it to

the US HUST network? Thanks.

Xingyi Xu

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HUST-Michigan Calls for Donations to Dr. Wu Ya's Memorial Fund

Dr. WU Ya, a distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering of Huazhong

University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, died in a

tragic traffic accident on Dec. 25, 1999 near Los Angeles, CA. Her

daughter, LEI Yin was fatally injured in the accident, and died on Dec.

31, 1999.

Dr. WU Ya was a graduate of 1978, and soon became a faculty member in the

Mechanical Engineering of HUST. She later received a Ph.D. in 1991 and

was promoted to a full professorship soon after due to her outstanding

contributions to the computer-aided manufacturing and artificial

intelligent applications in China. She was the director of Institute of

Information and Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering in HUST, and a

Distinguished University Professor. Dr. WU joined, as a visiting scholar,

the University of Windsor, Canada, in 1994, and later joined a

now-subsidiary of Federal-Mogul Corp, as a research engineer.

Dr. WU's daughter, LEI Yin (Jessie), was a freshman at the University of

Toronto, Canada, having received many awards for her excellence in

academic achievement, particularly in mathematics. She was the only child

of WU Ya and Mr. LEI Yuanxue.

Among injured in the accident were Mr. LEI Yuanxue, mother, brother, and

sister-in-law. Mr. LEI Yuanxue, WU Ya's husband, has gradually recovered

from the physical injury, but has since emotionally suffered gravely. Mr.

LEI is also a professor in HUST and an engineer at Federal-Mogul Corp.

According to Dr. WU's wish, her remains will be buried in Windsor and in

Wuhan, China. The funeral services are currently under arrangement by

Chinese Association of Greater Windsor. The date and time will be

announced shortly after the cremation of the bodies in California.

Mr. LEI would like to express his sincere gratitude to many of our alumni

all over the States who have expressed their condolence to Mr. LEI, and he

would like to particularly thank the HUST alumni in Greater Los Angeles

for the help during the last days of LEI Yin in the emergency care.

Many of our alumni have expressed their condolence through various

channels, and would like to make donations in memory of Dr. WU Ya and LEI

Yin. After consulting with Dr. WU's family, the HUST-Michigan Alumni

Association has set up an account to accept the donations from our alumni

and friends. For HUST alumni, please make your donation in checks and

mail to:

Ya Wu and Jessie Lei Memorial Fund/CAGD Foundation

(Note: Use 2 lines to write the fund name in your check)

c/o Xingyi Xu

47231 Glenn Hurst Dr.

Canton, MI 48187

The account will be open until Feb. 20, 2000. The fund will be present to

Mr. LEI Yuanxue to partially cover funeral expenses and the medical bills

of Dr. WU's mother. Mr. LEI has expressed that he will donate the unused

portion to a Chinese-concern charity in WU Ya's name.

The HUST-Michigan will keep all of our alumni informed on the issues

related to the funerals and donation. If you have any question or

concern, please contact the persons listed below:

Xiaomin Deng mdeng @ ford . com

Haoran Hu hhu01 @ detroitdiesel . com

Gongfu Li fglee @ gmr . com

Dazong Wang dazong . wang @ gm . com

Xingyi Xu xxu @ ford . com

Fan Yang fanyang @ engin . umd . umich . edu

Dongming Zhao dmzhao @ umich . edu

The HUST-Michigan Alumni Association would like to thank you for your kind

contribution to Dr. WU's Memorial Fund.

_____________________________________________________________________

Frank Lee (LI, Gongfu) Ph. D.

Tel: 810-986-1648 (GM 8-226-1648), Fax: 810-986-9204 (GM 8-226-9204)

E-Mail: fglee @ gmr . com, Lotus Notes: Frank Lee@GMR

Research & Development Center, General Motors Corporation

30500 Mound Road, RML 1-138, MC# 480-106-212

P. O. Box 9055, Warren, MI 48090-9055, USA

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