Plimpton’s Harvard years were dominated by his involvement in the Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine.

Plimpton “majored in Lampoon and minored in everything else,” said Robert C. Cobb ’48, a fellow member of the Lampoon. “If I had my life to live over again, I think I would have been George Plimpton.”

B. ANNA SU '00

B. Anna Su ’00, a passionate leader who headed Model Congress and CityStep during her undergraduate years, died in a drowning accident on Aug. 19 in a relative’s home in Los Angeles, Calif. She was 25.

Su was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 17, 1978 and her parents moved the family to the United States in 1983.

Harvard friends remember Su as a campus leader.

“Anna was one of the most creative, energetic and talented people I met at Harvard,” Adam Kovacevich ’99 wrote in an e-mail. “She had ‘leader’ written all over her, and she inspired a tremendous sense of loyalty.”

After graduation, Su, who was also a Crimson editor, went on to work for the Boston Consulting Group in Washington D.C.

Last fall, she returned to Cambridge, this time attending Harvard Business School (HBS).

Allen A. Narcisse, a classmate at HBS and personal friend of Su, said she was a very sweet person, someone who would make unfriendly environments comfortable with the warmth of her personality.

“HBS is a very intimidating place,” said Narcisse. “But the place was more approachable just because Anna was there. She laughed a lot, and you felt great just being around her.”

Su was scheduled to start Harvard Law School this fall and to graduate with a double degree in 2006.

Lanhee J. Chen ’99, her fiancé, said she was very passionate about helping others in innovative ways. He said she dreamed of creating a book room in the D.C. area to offer inner city kids an after-school alternative to the streets.

The two had planned to be married on May 30, 2004.

—Compiled by Laura L. Krug.