He was the kind of person I want to be.”ĭan Nicolae, chair of the statistics department, said Zheng was a particularly bright and engaged student, recalling the time he suggested a problem in network theory for Zheng to work on as part of his research. “Meeting him was one of the most fortunate things that has ever happened to me. “The sky, the sunset, the stars- he just wanted to keep it. “He wanted to savor every moment of life,” Zheng’s girlfriend, Shirley Cai, a graduate political science student, was quoted as saying in the release. He was also a devoted table tennis player and enjoyed photography “though he was less captivated by the technical aspects of capturing images than the simple act of admiring the world’s beauty,” a news release from the university said. 9 in the 900 block of East 54th Place - just a few blocks from the chapel.Īlton Spann, 18, was arrested for Zheng’s murder three days later and ordered held without bond.įriends and U of C faculty described Zheng as a dedicated student who had a zest for life. Zheng completed his master’s degree in statistics at the university in June, and was shot by an alleged armed robber on Nov. We all share the same grief and anger, and call for severe punishment for the murderer.” Opening slide of livestream of University of Chicago’s memorial service on Thursday, November 18 for Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng, a recent University graduate who was killed on November 9. “Countless mothers and families are standing by. “They say that someone who shines everywhere is an angel,” she said in Chinese. Zheng’s mother, Li Rong, whose first trip to the United States was for the memorial service, was among the last to speak, her words expressing deep mourning and outrage. The hour-long service at U of C’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel began with a photo montage that showed Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng go from a smiling toddler, to a Chengdu high schooler, to a graduate student posing with friends on the Chicago lakefront. Hundreds of students from the University of Chicago and others filled the school’s historic chapel Thursday to attend the memorial service of a 24-year-old recent graduate who was killed during a brazen daytime mugging near the Hyde Park campus.
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