obituary and memorial service

[Dan Cao]

The obituary is kind of expensive, see the email below. I'm thinking about skipping it after final approval from his family. They've got enough media coverage now any way: Stanford daily, mercury news, palo alto daily, stanford report tomorrow. plus chinese media.  Let me know if you have different opinion.

Also, the stanford reporter asked me if the public memorial service is in stanford or not, which I think is actually a good idea if the family want more people to come.  I've told Ma Jian about this. Maybe other people around his family can convey this idea to them.

If anybody ask any of you regarding the final time and location of memorial service, ask them to check CMAIN website for updated information.

thanks.

Dan Cao, Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics & Genetics

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA 94305-4205

650-815-5732

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Krieger, Lisa" <lkri...@mercurynews.com>

Date: February 21, 2010 2:02:08 PM PST

To: "Dan Cao" <cao...@stanford.edu>

Subject: RE: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

Hi Dan,

 

How nice of you to write. Thank you.

 

The bad news is that the Mercury News obits are shockingly expensive. It's not my business to advise, but if you'd like to get word out, I'd instead recommend the Stanford Daily, if they do obits. Or Palo Alto Daily or Palo Alto Online/Weekly. (I realize there isn't much time.)

 

I'm guessing the Merc is in the $200-500 range and the family's money is far better spent elsewhere. I have no leverage there at all, regretfully, because it all handled through our ad department.

 

If you hear from the Stanford Daily editor, a lovely guy named Devin, you might ask that he include the tentative date of the funeral, so the Stanford community knows.

 

I said a prayer for him at church this morning. I'm so so sorry.

 

Lisa Krieger

SJMN 

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From: Dan Cao [mailto:cao...@stanford.edu]
Sent: Sun 2/21/2010 1:11 PM
To: Krieger, Lisa
Subject: Re: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

Hi Lisa, I saw your article on mercury news yesterday.Thank you so much for writing this to help the family. I have another question, if the family wants to put a mortuary on mercury news, how much would that cost? We are in the process of arranging his funeral now. The tentative date is next Sat Feb 27th. Thanks a lot again! Dan

----- Original Message -----

From: Krieger, Lisa

To: Dan Cao

Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:45 PM

Subject: RE: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

Dan, I am so so so sorry.

 

Thank you so much for telling me.

 

Question: Could the family still use financial support in the next two or three days? I assume it will be expensive to fly him home.

 

Might you offer a quote about the loss? We are quickly trying to re-tool to story so it is still useful.

.

Regards,

 

Lisa Krieger

SJMN

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Cao [mailto:cao...@stanford.edu] 
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:40 PM
To: Krieger, Lisa
Subject: Re: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

 

Hi Lisa,

 

I just wanted to tell you that Yichao passed away at 4:30PM today.

 

Thanks,

 

Dan

Sent from my iPhone

 

On Feb 19, 2010, at 12:44 PM, "Krieger, Lisa" <lkri...@mercurynews.com> wrote:

Hi Dan,

 

It was held on Wednesday (for Thursday publication) due to use-of-last-name problem, then held on Thursday (for Friday publication) due to lack of editors/plane crash coverage.

 

I think we’re aiming for editing today for publication on Saturday BUT I was just told by Stanford that Redwood City CHP has completed its investigation and will release findings today or Monday.  We should really get their findings rather than say “the accident is under investigation” because the investigation is closed. I have placed a call to the Sergeant at Redwood City CHP and am awaiting his return call!!

 

Thanks again

 

Lisa Krieger

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Cao [mailto:cao...@stanford.Edu] 
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 12:38 PM
To: Krieger, Lisa
Cc: yichao...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

 

Hi Lisa, 

 

How's it going?

 

I just scanned through Mercury News and couldn't find your article. Do you have any idea when will it be out?

 

Thank you very much for your help again!

 

Dan

Dan Cao, Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics & Genetics

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA 94305-4205

650-815-5732

 

 

On Feb 18, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Krieger, Lisa wrote:

 

Hi Dan,

 

Yes, since we held it yesterday (for today’s paper), it is now likely to be edited today for tomorrow’s paper, now that we have your OK!

 

Fingers crossed it will run tomorrow!

 

Regards,

 

Lisa Krieger

SJMN

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Cao [mailto:cao...@stanford.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:46 AM
To: Krieger, Lisa
Subject: Re: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

 

Hi Lisa, will this report out today or tomorrow? I was going through mercury news website and haven't been able to find it yet. Again, thank you very much for your help! Have a good day, Dan

 

Dan Cao, Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics & Genetics

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA 94305-4205

650-815-5732

 

 

On Feb 17, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Krieger, Lisa wrote:

 

Hi Dan,

 

Me again - can you explain an application of "absorption of pharmaceuticals" - is it medical, i.e. absorption by the body of pharmaceuticals?  or...?

 

Let me know as soon as there is a last name to be used, so we can attribute the material accurately and publish the piece.

 

Thank you!

 

Lisa Krieger

SJMN

 

 

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From: Dan Cao [mailto:cao...@stanford.edu]
Sent: Wed 2/17/2010 12:02 PM
To: Krieger, Lisa
Cc: yichao...@googlegroups.com; GAOYUYING
Subject: final Fwd: please double check the mercury news draft

Hi Lisa, We just made another minor change and here is the final version. Forwarded below is the accurate information about the projects Yichao was working on (Yichao was working on adsorption of pharmaceuticals on reverse osmosis membranes, among other things.). Thanks again! Dan

 

 

[singletondev singletondev]

put it on stanford daily is a good idea. I am in the middle of translation. will send out within 30 min.

[Xiaomeng Milton Yu]

A memorial service at Stanford could be very costly. The memorial church may not do it at all at such short notice. Besides, it would be a very Christian service. Yuankai would have more expertise on this issue. 

 

Xiaomeng Milton Yu
Luo Lab, Stanford University
385 Serra Mall, Rm 152
Stanford, CA, 94305

[singletondev singletondev]

华商年鉴上有针对华人的，但是我没有最新的一本了。 fremont的在mitbbs上有人说5000$

讣告的话，是不是请stanford daily写一个小小的报道，费用比在水晶报上要小？ 墓碑什么的也不会在这里做吧？
那么就应该只是一些文字报道？

[Dan Cao]

http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-11-19/opinion/17322133_1_chinese-students-uc-berkeley-wang-s-mother

 

here is what they did to Wang Jie's ashes:

 

A small pine tree was planted on the UC Berkeley campus last spring, behind Hildebrand Hall. It has grown 3 feet or so but is still not very big. The only people who notice it, as they pass by, are those who know that half of the ashes of a chemistry doctoral student from China named Wang Jie are buried beneath the tree.

The other half of Wang's ashes are in Shanghai, where his parents live. They are both teachers, members of the Chinese middle class, and their son's future was the center of their aspirations. He died at 24, in the intensive care unit at Oakland's Highland Hospital, 15 days after an Albany man fleeing police blew through a red light and smashed into his car.

[singletondev singletondev]

i think it is all his parents' call.

although i think this is a good idea.

[Lijian Liu]

sigh, 怎么也是15天左右去世的？真是巧合。

both R.I.P.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Dan Cao <cao...@stanford.edu> wrote: