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Early Asian Alumni

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East Asia

China

Miss Pingsa Hu attended Wellesley College and received her undergraduate degree in 1913 Upon the completion of her degree, the Chinese Government sent her to Cornell University to...

Ji-Shee, Anhui, China

Hu Shih is one of Cornell's most accomplished alumni Mr Shih received funding for his studies through the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program He enrolled in studies at Cornell...

Kagosima, Japan

Born Hikosuke Isonaga, Mr Nagasawa was one of the first eight Japanese individuals to come to America, and the first Japanese student to attend Cornell University Mr Nagasawa...

China

Miss Kao came to Cornell University's College of Arts and Science from Shanghai, China after graduating from St Mary's High School She received her AB in 1926 and MS in 1927 After...

China

Miss Kating spent three years at Cornell after transferring from La Universitato Utopia She was involved in the Chinese Students' Club and the Women's Cosmopolitan...

Korea

Mr Kim was one of the first Korean students to attend Cornell Mr Kim was a leader of the Korean independence movement in the United States, opposing the Japanese annexation of...

Dairen, Manchuria

Mr Niinomi entered Cornell in 1921 He spent three years studying before graduating in 1924 While at Cornell, Mr Niinomi focused his studies on economic geology and physical...

New York, NY

Miss Helen Huie Kwei overcame many challenges She was born on 1899 in New York, NY as the daughter of Reverend Huie Kin Kwong and Louise Van Arnam She was one of the first Asian...

China

After his graduation from Tangshan, Mr Mao came to Cornell University to pursue a MCE in 1917 He was later given the degree of Doctor of Engineering by the Carnegie Institute of...

Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

Chao Yuen Ren was a graduate student studying German and French from 1910 to 1915 As a linguist, he also learned many dialects of Chinese (including the Fukienese and Changsha...

Tokyo, Japan

Mr Iwasaki studied science at Cornell University as a graduate student from 1885 to 1887 He later went to Yale to study law, but still had close ties with Cornell as he later...

Tokyo, Japan

For his undergraduate studies, Mr Arakawa attended Sapporo Agricultural College in Hokkaido, Japan In 1883, Mr Arakawa enrolled at Cornell University and studied for one year...

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