Bevan Wang

In Memory of Bevan Wang

The memorial service was held on Sunday, December 29 in Nashua. We will post a transcript for those who were unable to attend on such short notice.

Bevan passed away on December 24, 2002 at 2PM at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was surrounded by his family and friends, and left peacefully.

Celebration of Life

Bevan's life was filled with friendship and laughter. He was a kind soul, generous, and a good friend. Click here to see shared memories of his life.

If you have any photos, stories, audio recordings--anything--you'd like to share, please pass it along.

Please send your comments and stories by emailing them to dseah@activeedge.com.

Background on Bevan

Bevan Wang grew up in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born March 1, 1969 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. His mother, Julia Wang, was finishing up her degree in fashion design while she was pregnant with Bevan. His father, Richard Wang, was the director of clinical pharmacology research and a physician at the VA.Hospital. Thus began the Yin - Yang dynamic tension in Bevan’s life between creativity and design versus technology and science.

Bevan went to Brookfield Academy College Prep, where his zeal for computers began. He completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

After college he began working at Digital Equipment Corporation, in Nashua. His friends and the beautiful landscape of New England led Bevan to set up residence in New Hampshire.

He was invited to join a startup firm in artificial intelligence founded by four individuals from MIT before he left and co-founded Active Edge New Media, where he became principal and creative design director.

Bevan was a bon vivant, a lover of life and the good it had to offer. When you were with Bevan, you had fun!

His nephews and niece always loved spending time with him, when Bevan would show them the latest computer and video games. Asked why he had all these games and toys, Bevan would just laugh and say, “It’s for Research!” He’d laugh again with a twinkle in his eye, revealing his own excitement.

After successfully battling testicular cancer seven years ago, Bevan was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (in the blast crisis) during February 2002. Bevan passed away December 24th, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

A Partial List of Bevan’s Contemporary Loves:
• Good Food
• Good Music
• Movies
• Television Commercials
• Kitchen Gadgets
• Graphic Design and Typography

If there was one joy that Bevan would want to share with all of us, it would be a chocolate babka from Dean and Deluca’s in New York City! There is one act of kindness Bevan would ask of us: “Please donate blood or platelets regularly – it particularly benefits cancer patients.” We ask, as you give, to remember Bevan.

This photographic slideshow was presented during the service. It is set to Eva Cassidy's rendition of "Somewhere over the Rainbow". Like Bevan, Eva succumbed to cancer at a young age--a diamond in the rough whos time on Earth was all too short. It was a song that moved Bevan tremendously.

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	In Memory of Bevan Wang The memorial service was held on Sunday, December 29 in Nashua. We will post a transcript for those who were unable to attend on such short notice. Bevan passed away on December 24, 2002 at 2PM at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was surrounded by his family and friends, and left peacefully. Celebration of Life Bevan's life was filled with friendship and laughter. He was a kind soul, generous, and a good friend. Click here to see shared memories of his life. If you have any photos, stories, audio recordings--anything--you'd like to share, please pass it along. Please send your comments and stories by emailing them to dseah@activeedge.com. Background on Bevan Bevan Wang grew up in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born March 1, 1969 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. His mother, Julia Wang, was finishing up her degree in fashion design while she was pregnant with Bevan. His father, Richard Wang, was the director of clinical pharmacology research and a physician at the VA.Hospital. Thus began the Yin - Yang dynamic tension in Bevan’s life between creativity and design versus technology and science. Bevan went to Brookfield Academy College Prep, where his zeal for computers began. He completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. After college he began working at Digital Equipment Corporation, in Nashua. His friends and the beautiful landscape of New England led Bevan to set up residence in New Hampshire. He was invited to join a startup firm in artificial intelligence founded by four individuals from MIT before he left and co-founded Active Edge New Media, where he became principal and creative design director. Bevan was a bon vivant, a lover of life and the good it had to offer. When you were with Bevan, you had fun! His nephews and niece always loved spending time with him, when Bevan would show them the latest computer and video games. Asked why he had all these games and toys, Bevan would just laugh and say, “It’s for Research!” He’d laugh again with a twinkle in his eye, revealing his own excitement. After successfully battling testicular cancer seven years ago, Bevan was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (in the blast crisis) during February 2002. Bevan passed away December 24th, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. A Partial List of Bevan’s Contemporary Loves: • Good Food • Good Music • Movies • Television Commercials • Kitchen Gadgets • Graphic Design and Typography If there was one joy that Bevan would want to share with all of us, it would be a chocolate babka from Dean and Deluca’s in New York City! There is one act of kindness Bevan would ask of us: “Please donate blood or platelets regularly – it particularly benefits cancer patients.” We ask, as you give, to remember Bevan.		Requiem Presentation This photographic slideshow was presented during the service. It is set to Eva Cassidy's rendition of "Somewhere over the Rainbow". Like Bevan, Eva succumbed to cancer at a young age--a diamond in the rough whos time on Earth was all too short. It was a song that moved Bevan tremendously. download PC file ZIP format, 10MB download Mac file HQX format, 15MB Website Notes This website was designed by Bevan himself, in preparation for keeping an online journal in November.