Class Note 1974
The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine has elected Freddie Fu to its hall of fame, recognizing his significant contributions to the specialty of sports medicine. Freddie will be inducted and recognized at the society’s annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in early July. Since 1998 Freddie has been the chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he has pioneered innovative techniques to treat sports-related injuries to the knee and shoulder.
Norwell Coquillard moved to Korea with Cargill Inc. in 1984. He was Cargill’s country head for Korea and Japan until 1998, when he moved to China. Nor retired as chairman and president of Cargill’s operations there at the end of 2009. Nor served as president and chairman of Enactus China, but stepped down recently as president; he remains as chairman. Enactus is a nonprofit organization that provides a platform for entrepreneurial university students to create community development projects where businesses can make positive economic, social and environmental impacts in villages, towns and cities around the world. Nor was also the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the largest American Chamber of Commerce organization outside the United States. Nor and his wife of three years, Xingdi Zhou, live in Shanghai, and they travel often. They visited Antarctica and Patagonia in February and Machu Picchu in April. Nor’s other passions are skiing and car racing. Six years ago he created a successful car racing series for Honda automobiles modified for competitive racing. All of the cars are the same model, which the series transports all around China for races. Nor has one son, Andre, who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Andre, whose mother is Korean, plays on the South Korean national rugby team. When Andre is not playing for Korea, he is a professional rugby player for the NEC Green Rockets in Japan.
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