Annie Le Scholarship Fund
From: Harry Chang, AAAYA Board Member
To: Asian & Asian American Yale Alumni
As many of you may have heard on the news, a tragedy occurred at Yale last month. Graduate student Annie Le was killed at her workplace, and a colleague has been arrested for the murder.
Grant Din ’79, Kristina Yee ’89, and I attended Annie’s funeral on September 26th to represent the University and the Yale Asian American Alumni community. At the memorial service, we read and delivered a letter to the Le family on behalf of AAAYA. It was a very moving and inspirational service. From the stories told by Annie’s friends and teachers, Annie was a little dynamo who had great aspirations. She was a leader and a go-getter, but she also had a big heart and a bigger smile.
To keep her wonderful spirit alive, Yale has established the Annie Le Scholarship Fund. I hope you will consider contributing to the fund in Annie’s honor. Checks can be sent to:
Annie Le Scholarship Fund
Yale Office of Development
P.O. Box 2038
New Haven, CT 06521-2038
I believe our donations will be even more meaningful to Yale and to the Le family if we can aggregate our donations under AAAYA. To do the aggregation, I suggest one or both of the following:
- After you send in your donation, send me an email with your name and contribution amount.
- Write “AAAYA” in the memo field of your check. We will ask Yale to send us a summary of the AAAYA-originated donations.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Best regards,
Harry Chang ‘84
AAAYA Board Member
