7802同學們,

我們的好同學、7802同學會執委會現任副會長陳東同學因患肺癌于2015年2月25日晚離開了我們。

陳東同學一九六零年一月二十四日出生于北京。一九七八年考入beat365物理系，一九八二年畢業，獲物理學學士學位。一九八四年來到美國，先後獲得物理學碩士和法學博士學位。後定居美國加州洛杉矶，是美國Chen Yoshimura律師事務所創始合夥人，美國聯邦及加利福尼亞州各級法院注冊律師，及美國聯邦專利商标局注冊律師，并任多家華人公司常年法律顧問。專長于知識産權法、商業法、合同法和公司法等方面的法律訴訟和服務。是美中工商協會創世會員之一并長期擔任秘書長一職。

在大學的四年中，陳東同學以他的才華和熱誠赢得了同學們的愛戴。畢業後，陳東同學珍重同窗友情，熱心同學之間的互助聯絡，尤其為畢業三十年後7802同學們重新建立聯系、推動組成7802同學會起了至關重要的作用。陳東同學主持起草了會章，發起并完善了選舉規則，最後不負衆望當選為副會長。陳東同學推動建立了7802自己的網站論壇，被同學們親切地尊為壇主。陳東同學主編了我們自己的電子期刊，從選材編輯到排版，全部親力親為，最後發送到每一位同學的郵箱中。陳東同學對人真摯熱誠，讓我們每個人都覺得在他心中有獨特的位置。為了給胡明同學洗冤，他更是殚精竭慮，私下做了很多工作。就在前兩天, 他在紐約時報上貼出一篇披露丹東惡霸王文良的文章。

陳東的一生是精彩的。就像同學們在緬懷追思中所說：“陳東是我們7802第一才子。他生活的每一天都是燦爛的。他自己是發光的, 同時也照亮了他身邊的人。” “陳東，我們懷念你，雖然你去了天堂，你永遠活在我們7802人的心中。”

願陳東同學在天堂安息！

Tony Dong Chen, a patent attorney and leading member of Southern California's Chinese community, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a sixteen-month struggle with cancer. He was 55.

Tony was born on January 24th, 1960, in Beijing, China. He graduated from Peking University with a B.S. in Physics in 1982, and came to the United States in 1984. He obtained an M.S. in Physics from California State University, Northridge in 1986, and a J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1994.

Tony was a partner at Rosza& Chen, Bingham McCutchen, and Sheppard Mullin, before joining Chen Yoshimura as a partner in 2009. Tony specialized in litigation related to intellectual property, business transaction, and corporate law matters.

Tony was also a well-respected leader in the Southern California Chinese community. He was a founding member and Secretary General of both the Chinese CEO Organization and the Roundtable of Chinese-American Organizations.

Besides his deep devotion to his family, Tony retained a lifelong affection for classical Chinese literature and history. He also enjoyed outdoor activities, including skiing and hiking, as well as games of all kinds.

He is survived by his wife, Weining Yang, and his three children, Alexander, Julia, and Kevin; his parents, and siblings.

A private service will be held for family members only. A tribute to Tony's life will be held on March 21st, 2-6 pm, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Further details will follow.

For those who want to share tributes, photographs, or other remembrances of Tony, please email your memorial to tonytribute2015@gmail.com. We will compile these memories into a tribute book.

For those who want to send condolences, in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to either Cedars-Sinai Medical Center cancer research (http://giving.cedars-sinai.edu/ways-to-give/tribute-and-memorial-gifts) or the University of California Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (http://www.cancer.uci.edu -> Philanthropy), in memory of Tony Chen.