Mao said Fonseca recounted his Harvardwood experiences during the frequent shuttle rides they shared to and from the HRTV studio in Pforzheimer House.

“On our last trip, he told me all about all the professional connections he had made,” Mao wrote in an e-mail. “He had such ambition.”

JEFFREY RON GU '00

Jeffrey Ron Gu ’00, a fun-loving champion of racial justice, died June 6 in a hiking accident in Venezuela, shortly before his 25th birthday.

He was buried in his native southern California on June 14.

Gu, who was also a Crimson editor, graduated with a degree in environmental science and public policy and held a wide variety of interests, said his close friend Ming H. Chen ’00.

“He was interested in business,” Chen said. “He’s had a couple of jobs in the private sector.”

But she also spoke of his goal of working with distressed companies and his hopes of studying the Chinese economy and working to improve it through education in finances.

In this way, he sought to combine his interests in economics and social justice, she said.

“It wasn’t just about making money,” Chen said. “He really liked economic analysis.”

Gu fought for social equality during his time at Harvard, according to Jimmy Quach ’98, another close friend. He worked in the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid for the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program, working to bring Asian-Americans to Harvard.

Gu was a member of the Asian-American Christian Fellowship throughout his college career and served on the group’s executive board while he was a senior.

Quach, who also roomed with Gu in Boston several years after his graduation, remembered his relentless positivity and curiosity about people.

“He brought a lot of joy to our house,” Quach remembered. “He had a lot of energy and enthusiasm...any time guests came over, he would be genuinely interested in who they were.”

FRANKLIN L. LORD