鲍歌 Paul Bao (1957 – 2016)

I have only had chance to talk to Paul a few times since I joined the department in August but I already felt his infectious optimism and warm heart. I was so saddened to hear his sudden pass. I wish we could have many more years' friendship. You will be deeply missed.

I am not really close to Paul; however, I have met with him in many occasions during Chinese Cultural events. He is a pleasant and energetic person whom has great sense of humor and love life he lived in. He is a good teacher and scholar and it is sad to lost such friend. He will be missed. My condolences to the family and peoples who love him. His spirits will remain in this world and he still around us on this earth.

Cheng-Shih Hu
Principal of Tampa Chinese School

Paul (Bao Ge) was our classmate in Dept. of Applied Math, ChongQing University, China. We spent 4 years of time together.

He was the smartest student in our class, with many talents — a violin player, a poem and novel writer. He was also one of the youngest. He was an attraction in our university — young, talented and gifted, tall, handsome, and good manner.

Then Paul studied abroad, graduated, and worked in many institutes and companies with his expertise. He has achieved high in his profession. We know he would.

It is a great sadness that we lost our younger classmate. Paul will be kept in our hearts. May Paul be in peace in heaven.

Our condolence to the family.

Lan Zhao (NYC) on behalf of class of 1977, Dept. of Applied Math, ChongQing University

惊悉噩耗、扼腕痛惜。瑾以个人名义，并转达全家兄弟姐妹和晚生后辈，对亲爱的鲍歌兄弟、舅父、舅爷最诚挚的哀悼!他的善良、友好、勤奋和无私关怀与帮助将铭记在心，永远活在我们心中。

鲍歌兄弟：你慢慢走，前面是西方极乐世界，那是你一定会去到的地方，再也不会有劳累和悲伤。我们在你的故乡为你安置灵位，燃烛焚香，挑灯守灵；在浣花溪畔烧纸默哀，用诚挚不捨的心伴着你一路西行。你不过是早行一步吧了，那里是世间真人、善人共同的归宿，但愿日后在那里再做兄弟亲人

It is with great sadness that I received the news of Paul's unexpected passing away early January 2016. I last saw Paul mid December 2015 at USF prior to the holidays. It has been a long time since I first met Paul back in 2008 as colleague at what was then the IT Department in USF Lakeland and later USF Poly. As the IT Department was rather small we became good friends immediately. We continuously had technical discussions related to our common research interests that later became regular meetings involving other colleagues where we analyzed and planned future work. As an outcome of these meetings we jointly published with other colleagues several papers and submitted grant proposals for funding. We considered these efforts only the beginning towards future greater scientific contributions. We carpooled several times from Tampa to Lakeland. Paul always drove his old Mercedes that later became a Mini-Cooper fitting his young personality. In Tampa we regularly had office meetings with other colleagues at Starbucks as we both lacked an office at the time. During these times I had the honor of meeting his young wife. In addition to research, Paul was extremely active in the Chinese community in Tampa, where I also had the honor of meeting some of his friends. Throughout all these years I've always looked forward to chat with Paul. He was always in a good mood, joking, having a positive attitude towards everything and his future. I remember one time that we went to a meeting in St. Pete where we had lunch at a Thai restaurant. To my surprise he started ordering and joking with the owner of the restaurant in Thai. Paul was a unique person and colleague that whenever we met the day always looked brighter. I will miss you dear friend and will forever keep you in my thoughts.

I met Paul as a fellow committee member for online course design in USF Lakeland. A lovely man, we liked to make each other laugh. So very sad, my deep regrets to the Bao family. Farewell my friend.
~ Carol Osborne

I met Paul as a fellow committee member for online course design in USF Lakeland. A lovely man, we liked to make each other laugh. So very sad, my deep regrets to the Bao family. Farewell my friend.

Paul was a wonderful and talented individual, and a true pleasure to have as a colleague. He will be missed.