一个人逝去，让许多人追思。何方在长篇悼文中，追忆他为国际问题研究做的三件事：一是协助打开了对外学术交流的大门，二是创建了美国所，三是推动美国学在中国的建立和发展。陈乐民说“他走得越远，离去的时间越久，人们的思念将会越深，越会感到他所留给世间的是一笔独特的 A person died, so many people think about it. In a long eulogy, He Fang recalled three things he did for the study of international issues: one was to help open the door to academic exchanges with foreign countries, the other was to establish a U.S. institute and the other was to promote the establishment and development of American Studies in China. Chen Lemin said: "The farther he walked, the longer he left, the more people would miss. The more he felt he was left unique to the world