He was smart, a man of efficiency, few words, and worked very hard. His president’s job was extremely heavy because of the departures of many of the club officers who left FYTC due to job relocations or personal reasons, etc. However, Richard performed like a superman; without complaints, he fulfilled his president’s job with one hand, and handled the other officers’ jobs with the other.

I’d say if my EVP job was like part of a train, then Richard, our 6th president, was like the powerful locomotive engine. He helped on my EVP job, led the club and made the train of FYTC run smoothly, and left behind a great legacy of credits to claim: In his term FYTC won the Select Distinguished Club award and produced one District Speech Contest champion, Lily Tseng. Richard successfully made an extraordinary spotlight in the glory of FYTC and left with us a beautiful page in the history of FYTC.

On June 9th, 2002, the day of FYTC’s Club Officer’s Installation, Richard passed his president’s gavel to me, and I became the 7th club president; meanwhile, he was promoted to be Area 11 Governor. As we all could see, Richard played a tremendously important role in Area, Division and District Conferences in the following years. He was considered to be a potential future District Governor because of his superb abilities, sincerity and always being so responsible yet serving with such a kind heart.

In my presidency, Richard, IPP, was one of the most helpful mentors for me to consult with. He was always there whenever I needed him. There is a clear picture in my mind which will never be forgotten, Richard used to have some tiny yellow sticker pad in his shirt pocket, and he would take it out to jot down the questions whenever he couldn’t offer me the immediate answers, and soon later, the answers would definitely appear by e-mails.

That was Richard, a man we all could count on. He was truly marvelous, trustworthy, and devoted; when we had him it was as if we had everything. He was completely like our dear brother.