Rosalyn Koo, 94, dies; fund-raising powerhouse for Chinese communities
By Penelope Green New York Times,Updated March 5, 2021, 5:37 p.m.
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Roz Koo, second from right, with some of the girls from Chinaâs rural Shaanxi Province whose education beyond third grade was provided through the Spring Bud Program.VIA SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY/NYT
Rosalyn Koo, a powerful fundraiser for the Chinese community in the San Francisco area and for schoolgirls in China, died Jan. 30 at her home in San Mateo, California. She was 94.
The cause was chronic kidney failure, her daughter Debbie Soon said.
Ms. Koo had had a successful career as the chief financial officer and a partner of MBT Associates, a large architectural firm based in San Francisco, when in 1988 she retired, at age 62, to devote herself to good works. She became the kind of funding angel of whom nonprofits dream.