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* [[Jim Yao Memories]] - ''Peyton Smith'' | * [[Jim Yao Memories]] - ''Peyton Smith'' | ||
* [[a true mentor]] - ''Karen Chou'' | * [[a true mentor]] - ''Karen Chou'' | ||
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== Memorials == | == Memorials == | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 28 December 2009
Contents
The James Yao Wiki
This Wiki web is being set up to collect stories about Jim Yao as well as to collect useful information for those who suffer from Parkinson Disease as Jim does. Jim's wife Anna passed away in 2006; there is a Wiki web site set up to celebrate her life].
Also take a look at http://squarearts.com which is Jim's site for his paintings and paper foldings.
In August (2007), Jim (with help from Tina, Tim, Kristiana and Sunny) gave a wonton folding class at the Benedale Center].
December 23, 2009: Jim Yao passed away at home at the Benedale Center (under hospice care) with his son Tim, daughter-in-law Nan and granddaughter Kristiana holding his hands. Here is the draft obituary.
Funeral logistics
The Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Sacred Heart Monastery Chapel in Lisle, Illinois (googlemap). The address there is 1910 Maple Ave., Lisle, IL 60532. There will be visitation in the antechamber of the Chapel from 9:30-11 am that morning. Our contact there is Sister Joanna Williams (the Benedale Center concierge phone number is: 630 725-7000).
Inurnment
Jim's ashes will be interred beside Anna's in Assumption Cemetery, Wheaton, Illinois at some later date to be scheduled.
Stories about Jim
Please feel free to create a login for yourself and to enter your stories here.
- Messages of condolence - Hojjat Adeli, Donn Hancher, Felix Wong, Tami and Hitoshi Furuta, Jose Roesset, Lee Lowery
- Origami Mobile - Carol Hsiung
- Origami in Kyoto - Emin Aktan
- Jim the basketball player - Robert Hsiung
- the kindest man I know - Lily Loh
- the Texas A&M years - John Weese
- compassionate - Mike Gaus
- when Jim wanted me to do something - Ross Corotis
- memories of Jim - Fred and Ruby Ju
- how I met Jim - Anshel Schiff
- the self-starter - Roberto Lee
- a personal tribute to my respected lifetime colleague and forever dear friend Jim - Henry Yang
- Tribute to Jim Yao - Paul H. Wirsching
- Jim Yao Memories - Peyton Smith
- a true mentor - Karen Chou
- the first paper folding - Tina
Memorials
Jim and Anna established three scholarships in Civil Engineering in their name:
- Anna Lee and James T. P. Yao scholarship at the University of Illinois
- Anna Lee and James T. P. Yao scholarship at Purdue University
- Anna Lee and James T. P. Yao scholarship at Texas A&M University
Links
- Instructions for the folded paper superfrog, which was one of Jim's favorite things to fold (pages designed by Tina)
