CHAN Family
CHAN Family members, Raymond "Scott" Chan", and his daughter, Kendra Chan (26), were among the September 2, 2019 casualties in the dive boat Conception fire at Platt's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island.
Scott and his daughter Kendra bonded over diving. He was a Silicon Valley engineer turned physics high school teacher in Fremont, she was a UC Davis alumna and biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura. The duo was passionate about diving and took at least two dive trips to the Channel Islands per year and had previously traveled on Conception. "Kendra’s fascination with marine ecology will continue to inspire everyone she touched," wrote Chancellor Gary S. May of UC Davis. “Mr. Chan was a beloved teacher at AHS among students and colleagues,” American High School representatives said in the statement. “His students knew him to be an innovative and inspiring teacher who developed a passion for physics among his students. His loss is a tremendous tragedy for our school district." Scott was 59 from Los Altos, Kendra was 26 and lived in Oxnard.
In the News~
September 4, 2019 [Marin Independent Journal]: “Raymond Scott Chan and Kendra Chan. A Los Altos resident who had worked as a physics teacher at American High School in Fremont for about three years, was on board the Conception with his daughter, according to a Fremont Unified School District spokesperson. The school made an announcement to staff and students on Tuesday and said a crisis intervention team will be on campus throughout the week. Charles McKinven, the store manager at Pacific Scuba Divers, a dive shop in Sunnyvale, said Chan was a regular customer there. “Scott himself had probably been in the shop here as recently as back in May/June time frame,” McKinven said Tuesday when reached by phone. He said Chan was a certified diver and would come in for additional equipment and accessories. The cover photo on Chan’s Facebook profile page showed him diving near Santa Cruz Island. Chan’s daughter was identified by KTVU as 26-year-old Kendra Chan, who worked as a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife office in Ventura, California.”
