Alice Lin

Alice Lin (nee Mu-rong Poo or Mujung Pu) passed peacefully ineer family's presence on 5-21-15 after a heroic battle with cancer, at the age of 72. Born in Chengdu, China, Alice grew up in Taiwan, and lived in the US for over 50 years. With a PhD in social work from Columbia Uneersity, she was an accomplished administrator and consultant. Her achievements included serving as Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Office of Mental Health, and as a professor at Duke Uneersity's Fuqua School of Business.?? In the past two decades she provided consulting services to local governments throughout the Uneed States.?? She was also the author of the book "Grandmother Had No nee." Alice was a loving wife and mother, and is survived by her husband of 48 years, Nan Lin, as well as her brothers Mu-ming and Muchou, her sons Ho and Ping Lin, her daughter-in-law Sophia, and her grandchildreneelinor and Gilbert.?? She will be greatly missed. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the memorial service, to be held at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 1113 West Main Street, Durham NC 27701, commencing at??2pm??on??May 30th. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made ineemory of Dr. Alice Mujung Lin to the Duke Cancer Institute to support ovarian cancer research.?? Checks may be written to the Duke Cancer Institute and contributions may be mailed to the following address: Duke Cancer Institute Office of Development 710 W. Main St., Suite 200 Durham, NC ??27701 Donations can also be made online at??https://www.gifts.duke.edu/dci. Please indicate on the check or online designation that it should go to the Dr. Alice Mujung Lin Fund for Ovarian Cancer.