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Franklin Chu M.D.

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Sep 7, 1943 – Aug 11, 2018 (Age 74)

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BORN
September 7, 1943
DIED
August 11, 2018
AGE
74
LOCATION
Bainbridge Island, Washington

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Franklin Chu, M.D.Bainbridge Island, WASep. 7, 1943 to Aug. 11, 2018We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Dr. Franklin Chu of Bainbridge Island, a great humanitarian who left China as a young refugee in the 1950s, served in the United States Public Health Service and became a respected...

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Dr. Franklin Chu Memorial Service
Silverdale Lutheran Church, Silverdale, Washington, August 25, 2018

I knew Franklin as a good friend and colleague for many years when he served at the former Seattle Public Health Service Hospital and I at UW Medical Center.
When we started Operation Eyesight (OE) to China in 2001, our mission was to restore the eyesight of the poor and train local eye care professionals in Sichuan and Yunnan. I recruited Franklin immediately and he...