New York, New York
PAN--Loretta Renqiu. Loretta Renqiu Pan was born on October 1, 1917, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China and died in New York on April 12. Ms. Pan graduated from Ginling College, the first university for female students in China. She came to the US in 1951, teaching Chinese to diplomats at the US...
Read MoreI am learning belatedly that Loretta Pan passed away. She was an unforgettable presence in our lives from my childhood on. While aware of her legendary status as a teacher of Chinese at Columbia, we knew her, not as her students, but through her personal vivaciousness and generosity extended to our family. Her parties, gifts, and care were a constant source of happiness in our lives. Brett de Bary
September 22, 2017
It's been one year since you left. I knew from my mom for the first time today that you had completed an autobiogrphy written in Chinese. But no one has it. I wonder if any of your friends or students had the honor to have it. I can be reached at [email protected].
Qi Pan
April 12, 2016 | Toronto, ON
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Shiye Fu
September 12, 2015 | NEWYORK CITY, NY
Qi Pan
May 12, 2015 | Toronto, ON
Loretta Pan touched many lives. She was an extraordinary Chinese language teacher, one of the most effective educators at Columbia University. Her caring nature was a model for her students, many of whom became diplomats and experts in China affairs.
I called her Auntie Pan, because she had been a dear friend of my mother-in-law, Kong Ming Yin Kaung, paternal aunts Gloria Kaung Chao and Anne Kaung Wang since their days together at Ginling High School and Ginling College in China. And she...
April 28, 2015
Loretta in 2007
April 27, 2015
Ms.Pan took care of me and my family like a mother. We made an appointment that I will go back to NY on her one hundred years old birthday. We will miss her and bless her forever.
Shuhua
April 27, 2015 | NY
Picture from GG's 78th birthday celebration!
Loretta Pan was my Godmother. Ms Pan and my mom, Kong-Ming Kaung, meet in school, back in China. My Mom and Ms Pan were good friends for over 70 years. Ms Pan loved big family get togethers & spent many holidays & birthday celebrations with my extended family, which included my siblings & all my cousins and their family. She loved to eat and had treated us to many Chinese feast. She so enjoyed the many years that she taught at Columbia University and was very dedicated to her students. Ms...
Jenny Keenan
April 23, 2015 | Port Ewen, NY
I was able to visit Loretta at her apartment in March at least one last time. So glad I did. My father was "her brother" since we shared the same last name. She had an ever giving, hearty, entertaining presence that makes her legendary. Missed by many.
Judy Pan
April 22, 2015 | Oakland, CA