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| GSB Student Mourned |
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JAMES HSU
News Service |
the number of dead—estimates
ranged as high as 300,000—following the tsunami
was almost too large to grasp. But at Stanford, the
tragedy had a face and a name. James Hsu, a 25-year-old
Business School student in Thailand on a study trip,
was missing and presumed dead after attempts by his
family to find him were unsuccessful.
Hsu was among 25 GSB students who traveled to Singapore
and Thailand on the trip, which concluded in Phuket
on December 22. Most of the students went home. Hsu,
Laura Wales and two others stayed on Phi Phi island
off Thailand’s coast. Hsu’s exact whereabouts
at the time the tsunami hit are unknown.
Wales injured her right leg and later developed pneumonia
and blood poisoning. A GSB classmate, Bryan Gaw, in
Bangkok at the time, worked with Wales’s family
to airlift her from the local clinic where she was being
treated. She was released from Stanford Hospital in
late January.
Approximately 800 people attended a vigil for tsunami
victims January 6 at Memorial Church. GSB student Lorri
Elder, ’96, was among the speakers. “We
must honor James by coming together,” she said.
Business School students did just that, organizing a
relief fund with a goal of $50,000. With contributions
from students, staff, faculty, and Hsu’s friends
and colleagues, they had raised $60,500 by early February.
Funds will go to the Red Cross.
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