Dear Dr. Xu Xingyi:
I am really sorry to hear the tragic news of Dr. WU Ya and her family. I would like to express my deep condolence to Mr. LEI and his family. I am sure that members of HUAAN share my feelings.
I have put the "Calls for Donations" on the web site and soon will send
emails to those on our list.
Yidao CAI
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