Chang made almost annual trips to China for archeological digs. He was also an author of many books on China's history--considered by others in the field as one of the best English language works on ancient China.

The accomplishments of Chang were honored through his membership in the National Academy of Science and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Chang earned a doctorate degree from Harvard in 1960.

Luz Angelica Chavez

A first-year student at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Luz Angelica Chavez died Nov. 30 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bathroom of the school's Countway Library.

Chavez had recently moved with her husband from California to Boston.

The death was particularly surprising to acquaintances of Chavez, who described her as a friendly woman who was always quick with a smile.

"She was a fantastic human being and a wonderful student," said Dr. Daniel A. Goodenough, a HMS professor. "It's just unbelievably tragic."

Blair Clark '40

A media industry executive and supporter of liberal political causes, Blair Clark '40 died June 6, 2000 of complications after surgery. He was 82.

After working for various newspapers and serving in the army during World War II, Clark moved to television journalism and became CBS' Paris correspondent in 1953. He became general manager and vice president of CBS News in the early 1960s. He then moved on to top positions at the New York Post and the Nation.

However, Clark's greatest fame came not through his work as a journalist, but in electoral politics.

In 1968, Clark managed the presidential campaign of Eugene J. McCarthy, whose strong showing in the 1968 Democratic Primary in New Hampshire helped lead to President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision not to seek reelection.