7802同学们,

我们的好同学、7802同学会执委会现任副会长陈东同学因患肺癌于2015年2月25日晚离开了我们。

陈东同学一九六零年一月二十四日出生于北京。一九七八年考入北京大学物理系，一九八二年毕业，获物理学学士学位。一九八四年來到美国，先后获得物理学硕士和法学博士学位。后定居美国加州洛杉矶，是美国Chen Yoshimura律师事务所创始合伙人，美国联邦及加利福尼亚州各級法院注册律师，及美国联邦专利商标局注册律师，并任多家华人公司常年法律顾问。专长于知识产权法、商业法、合同法和公司法等方面的法律诉讼和服务。是美中工商协会创世会员之一并长期担任秘书长一职。

在大学的四年中，陈东同学以他的才华和热诚赢得了同学们的爱戴。毕业后，陈东同学珍重同窗友情，热心同学之间的互助联络，尤其为毕业三十年后7802同学们重新建立联系、推动组成7802同学会起了至关重要的作用。陈东同学主持起草了会章，发起并完善了选举规则，最后不负众望当选为副会长。陈东同学推动建立了7802自己的网站论坛，被同学们亲切地尊为坛主。陈东同学主编了我们自己的电子期刊，从选材编辑到排版，全部亲力亲为，最后发送到每一位同学的邮箱中。陈东同学对人真挚热诚，让我们每个人都觉得在他心中有独特的位置。为了给胡明同学洗冤，他更是殚精竭虑，私下做了很多工作。就在前两天, 他在纽约时报上贴出一篇披露丹东恶霸王文良的文章。

陈东的一生是精彩的。就像同学们在缅怀追思中所说：“陈东是我们7802第一才子。他生活的每一天都是灿烂的。他自己是发光的, 同时也照亮了他身边的人。” “陈东，我们怀念你，虽然你去了天堂，你永远活在我们7802人的心中。”

愿陈东同学在天堂安息！

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.