, ▁his ▁former ▁student ▁and ▁then ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁architecture ▁critic ▁wrote : ▁ ▁" Your ▁continued ▁presence ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁one ▁thing ▁on ▁which ▁students , ▁fac ulty , ▁al umn i ▁and ▁obser vers ▁of ▁the ▁School ▁could ▁count . ▁But ▁it ▁is ▁more ▁than ▁just ▁your ▁physical ▁presence — I ▁think ▁you ▁have ▁given ▁gener ations ▁of ▁students ▁a ▁sense ▁that ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁architecture ▁was ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁integrity ▁and ▁commit ment ▁and ▁not ▁of ▁f riv ol ity . ▁You ▁have ▁brought ▁students ▁into ▁a ▁heavy ▁and ▁prof ound ▁world ▁without ▁being ▁heavy - hand ed ▁yourself , ▁and ▁I ▁think ▁they ▁have ▁come ▁out ▁of ▁it ▁feeling ▁that ▁architecture ▁has ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁grace ." ▁ ▁King - l ui ▁Wu ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁He ▁was ▁remembered ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁threads ▁of ▁the ▁school ", ▁by ▁Dean ▁Robert ▁A . ▁M . ▁Stern . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Stern ▁himself , ▁other ▁former ▁Wu ▁students ▁include ▁leading ▁architect s ▁Stanley ▁Tig erman , ▁May a ▁Lin , ▁Norman ▁F oster , ▁Richard ▁Rod gers , ▁and ▁Hugh ▁New ell ▁Jacob sen . ▁Paul ▁Gold berger ▁wrote , ▁" H is ▁long , ▁quiet ▁ten ure ▁and ▁court ly ▁manner ▁contrast ed ▁with ▁a ▁changing ▁cast ▁of ▁large ▁and ▁sometimes ▁cl ash ing ▁eg os ▁on ▁the ▁fac ulty ." ▁" I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁the ▁school ▁of ▁architecture ▁would ▁have ▁maintained ▁its ▁stability ▁if ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁for