Dear alumni,

We're very sorry to inform you a tragic death of a PKU alumnus, Mr. Zheng Luo,

on July 28, 2004. Please see the following message from CSSA-UCLA for more

details.

Mr. Luo has no family member in the US. CSSA-UCLA is trying to help his family

back in China to come here and deal with all the related issues, and they're

calling for donations from every corner. Please see the contact information

below if you'd like to offer your help. Thanks a lot.

Sincerely,

PUAASC

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Dear CSSA members,

We are very sorry to inform you that our fellow member, Mr. Luo Zheng,

passed away on July 28, 2004, at the young age of 35. Luo was a staff

researcher in Department of Neurology, UCLA school of Medicine. He

suffered from a sudden unknown disease and left only after a couple of

days.

Luo was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He graduated from

Zhejiang University in 1991 with a BS degree in Biological Sciences

& Technology, and obtained his MS degree in Cell Biology from Peking

University in 1995. He came to US in 1996 and obtained a MS degree in

Molecular Medicine from University of Texas Health Science Center in

1999. Since then he worked in the Department of Neurology of UCLA with Dr

Daniel H Geschwind.

On Sunday, July 24th, Luo experienced fever-like symptoms, and was

sent to Brotman Medical Center in Culver City the next day. The disease

was so aggressive and acute, and he was lost on the morning of July 28th.

The cause of the death is still under investigation.

The loss of Luo is an unbearable shock to all that know him -- He was so

young; he was still working on the previous Friday and hailing his

colleagues in the Reed Building, and he was still making phone calls to

his parents in China on that Sunday. It broke our hearts to realize that

these all became our last pieces of memory of him, and the last words

from him.

Life is so fragile sometimes. We can hardly bear the sorrow and pain of

losing a good friend and a wonderful colleague, and we can imagine what a

overwhelming shock it is to his family in China. Luo Zheng has no family

members or relatives in the United States. His aged parents and his

brother were all heart-broken when they heard the tragic news. They

want to see his face one last time, but as a family with average income,

they are having financial difficulties to handle the travel and

funeral related expenses.

As CSSA members, we share the same feelings of Luo Zheng's family, and we

want to help them as much as we could. Therefore, CSSA-UCLA is calling

for donations from our Chinese community. The fund raised will be used

for the expenses of Luo's family's travel, as well as the funeral. The

rest of the donation, if any, will be passed to Luo Zheng's family.

On behalf of all CSSA members, CSSA will donate $100 to Luo's family.

To make your personal donation, please make your check payable to

"CSSA-UCLA", and make note "For Luo Zheng" on the check. Please send the

check to the following address:

Jing Ou

Department of Neurology

Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

710 Westwood Plaza, RNRC B-105

Dr Daniel Geschwind Lab

Los Angeles, CA, 90095

or Campus Address (if mailed on campus):

Jing Ou

B-105 RNRC

176919

If you prefer to donate cash, please send directly to Jing Ou at above

address.

If you have any questions or would like to offer other ways of help,

please write to cssa@ucla.edu and mention "Luo Zheng" in the title of

your email.

Your help and love is greatly appreciated!

With great condolence

CSSA-UCLA Committee

07/30/04

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致联谊会全体成员：

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(硕士)，一九九六年赴美，就读于德州大学圣安东尼奥健康科学中心 (Univ.

of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)，一九九九年硕

士毕业，而后在UCLA神经学系任职至今。

罗正于本月25日(周日)突发头痛症状，次日上午紧急送入Brotman Medical

Center (Culver city, California)，至二十八日(周三)上午去世，前

后仅三天。周日晚罗正尚同国内的母亲通话、报安，不想竟成永别。

罗正在美孑身一人，父母兄嫂均在国内。得此噩耗之后，其家人正办理手续从

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外遗体的妥善安葬或转运回国、父母家人的旅居费用，开销不菲，对于一个在

国内中等收入的家庭确是一笔负担，为此希望大家解囊相助。

捐款细则详见以上英文讣告。捐助款项将用于其家人赴美的开销及遗体的妥善

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同学、同事们的慰籍之情。

UCLA中国学生学者联谊会执委会

2004年7月30日