初念深，轉念更深...... 寫於 2010年5月2日 12:10
周維中是小學時期幾個比較談得來的好朋友之一…
雖多年未曾謀面，卻記憶猶新…
當年，我應該是極少數常去他家的同學，因為維中父母親好像都任教職，
所以連居家都比較嚴肅一些，家教當然嚴格；還記得他家人體型都很高大，
都是相同的話不多，也都十分守禮；主要的牆面都是整潔的書櫃，真是個不折不扣的書香門第。
維中從來不對我傳教，但他一向都會耐心回答我的一堆好奇問題，他家也就成為我開始瞭解基督的地方。
我最後在東海大學遇見 維中時還在大二，而他一直是大家公認品學兼優的好學生，除了長高不少之外，
與小時候一樣的靦腆害羞，一樣的細心熱忱，一樣的正直，一樣的虔誠，一樣的不愛說話……
所以，維中會在Clark U.一教就教了26年其來有自；聽到 維中辭世的消息，已沉寂數日；
一向不是多愁善感之人，痛失自幼的良師益友，也難免百感交集。
將網上收集到的所有相關訊息整理出來，編修了一份紀念維中的PowerPoint，
原檔應該是他兒子所製作，與大家共享…
雖然是一份遲來的哀悼… 但維中是會用有點口吃的語氣，習以為常的輕扭一下他的脖子對我說：
「好啦，好啦… 不然怎樣？！」
建 民
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克拉克大學哀悼 周維中教授 寫於 2010年4月29日 15:48
克拉克大學哀悼 周維中教授
克拉克大學數學與電腦科學教授 周維中，於上週三 (6/25/2008) 晚上在馬薩諸塞州 林肯市被一輛通勤火車撞擊而傷重過世。
周教授於1976年畢業於台灣東海大學數學系，並於1982年取得紐約州立大學石溪分校博士學位(Ph.D)。同年他以助理教授的身份任教於克拉克大學的「數學與電腦科學學系」，隨後在1989年升等為副教授，並於2008年升等為正教授。周教授在克拉克大學教授一系列包括微積分，計算機編程和生物資訊等課程。他幫助建立了生物資訊系，目前是生物資訊中心的主任。
周教授的專精領域始於研究微分幾何的純數學家。在80年代和90年代期間，他在複雜性理論和生務資訊方面展現了他的研究興趣，並皆有重大研究貢獻。最近，他與醫療研究團隊更合作開發 HIV疫苗。他的研究工作並發表於各類期刊，包括 the Journal of Complexity, Theoretical Computer Science 和SIAM Journal of Computing。
在克拉克大學，周教授在系上及大學社群中的表現都十分積極活耀。 他擔任多所大學教職員委員會的委員，包括大學委員會，教職員審查委員會和獎助學金委員會。 在數學系和電腦科學系，周教授帶領了一個新的電腦科學實驗室的發展。
「對於我們的同事，在克拉克教了26年的周維中教授的過世，我感到深深地難過」，克拉克大學校長 John Bassett 說，「他在數學系的發展，尤其是在電腦科學方面是一個重要的人物。我們會懷念他。」
( 譯自克拉克大學 Campus Digest Extra - June 27, 2008 )
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(原文) from : http://cs.clarku.edu/chou_memorial
The Arthur W. Chou Memorial Page
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Professor Arthur W. Chou, gifted researcher, teacher, and advisor to numerous students, unexpectedly passed away on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008.
He will be missed by friends, colleagues and his students.
A memorial service for Professor Chou was held on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008, at 7:30 PM at the Chinese Gospel Church of Massachusetts (CGCM), 60 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA.
The Campus Digest honored Professor Chou on June 27, 2008.
Upon hearing of the news of Professor Chou's death,
his students created a facebook page were they honored their professor with rememberances.
Arthur Chou had a public guestbook sponsered by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette that they recently archived.
This page is under construction and if you would like to contribute to this page, please send your remembrances to Jerry Breecher at jbreecher@clarku.edu.
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維中事故當地新聞 Local News the next day --- Arthur Chou 靜心六六 2010年4月30日 1:12
維中事故當地新聞 Local News the next day --- Arthur Chou
Math professor killed on railroad tracks
( Email| Text size – + June 26, 2008 01:17 PM )
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
A mathematics professor from Wayland was identified today as the person struck and killed by an MBTA commuter rail train in Concord Wednesday night.
Arthur M. Chou, 53, has taught since 1982 at Clark University in Worcester, where he was on the staff of the mathematics and computer science department, according to his resume posted on the school website.
"We are all deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and tragic loss of our colleague," David Angel, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said in a statement issued by the college. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family."
A woman who identified herself as Chou wife declined to comment today.
Chou was in Concord near Walden Pond and was trespassing on T property when he was hit by a train from the Fitchburg line around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to the MBTA.
About 12 hours after Chou death, a woman was struck and killed at the Sullivan Square Orange Line station.
Authorities in Middlesex and Suffolk counties said the deaths remain under investigation, but that they do not suspect foul play in either case. The woman identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Transit Police Lieutenant Salvatore Venturelli said today that the victim was a black woman believed to be in her 30s who did not have any identification with her at the time of her death. He said she died instantly.
Venturelli and Boston Fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald both said authorities were notified around 9:10 am that a woman had become trapped under a six-car train on the northbound side of the subway line. MacDonald said firefighters needed an hour to extricate the woman from beneath the train.
Venturelli said transit police located a single eyewitness to the event and that person was being interviewed by detectives. He declined to say what information the person had supplied to investigators. He also said the operator of the train was being tested for drug or alcohol use, which is standard procedure for a transit employee involved with a fatality.
On Tuesday, 15-year-old Nicholas Scaringello was struck and killed by a commuter train in Roslindale. Transit police have said the teen and a 15-year-old friend were walking along the tracks when they were surprised by an eastbound express train near the Bellevue Station in Roslindale. The other teen was uninjured.
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