Bridging a divide: administrator and educator Weili Lu first crossed the Pacific Ocean bridging China and the United States nearly two decades ago. Now she's hoping to bridge the generational divide by bringing risk management to a generation of young talent.(Profile)

From: Risk & Insurance | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Even though it was her first step into the world of insurance inside the United States, the 6,500-mile trip that risk management educator Weili Lu took nearly two decades ago from China to the Midwest was certainly not her most arduous.

That initial journey across the Pacific Ocean to teach and study in a country she had never visited, and in a language she knew only basically, was just the beginning for this hardworking native of Tianjin, China.

Over the past 17 years, Lu has accumulated a master's and a doctorate in finance from the University of Illinois at ...

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