The first Chinese graduate from West Point Military Academy西点军校首位华裔毕业生的传奇人生【美国华人圈】

The Legacy of General Wen Ying Hsing
As the first Asian graduate of West Point in 1909, Lieutenant General Ying Hsing Wen enriched the U.S.-China relationship at a critical time given what seemed to be irreparable damage caused by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Boxer Rebellion from 1899 – 1901. In the summer of 1905, West Point admitted Wen to the Class of 1909. Wen graduated second in his class for the conduct of discipline and was given the nickname “George Washington Wen” by his classmates and instructors. After graduating, Wen returned to an Imperial China to serve as an officer in its military but joined the Republican forces to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Through increasingly important military and civilian positions in the Republican government, he helped to modernize the army under his command to create a notable military unit. By the 1930s, Wen was an admired lieutenant general and steadfast ally to the United States. With his keen insight and understanding of both countries, General Wen was a trusted figure in U.S.-China relations by West Point classmates who, like him, had risen to leadership positions during the war. After Republican China was displaced by the Communist in 1949, General Wen left his 40-year career in China and moved to the U.S. He lived out the rest of his life in Washington D.C. modestly as a small business entrepreneur. His life in the U.S. began representing China as a cadet at West Point but his experience there undoubtedly shaped his outlook as he did his part to change China from a feudal to modern country. His gift for building U.S.-China relations at the grassroots level was memorialized in 2010 by his grandchildren, Harriet Tung, and Margaret Chao, and celebrated by generations of other family members through the creation of the LTG Ying Hsing Wen Memorial Award and Travel Grant at West Point. Harriet Tung & Alfred Wen will receive the award on behalf of the family.


美国华人博物馆昨晚在纽约东方文化酒店举办2018年度“传承奖”颁奖晚宴，今年的“世代传承奖”由西点军校首位中国留学生温应星中奖家族获得；“传承奖”则由包括华裔女作家汤婷婷等获得；“突破艺术家奖”则由电影《摘星奇缘》主题曲演唱者加州华裔女生何光玥获得。



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