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 | Pictured at the unveiling of the statue of Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university, are (from left) Peter Salovey, dean of Yale College; Linda K. Lorimer, secretary and vice president of Yale; and Huang Xiaodong, president of Zhuhai Association for Cultural Exchange.
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Statue honors accomplishments of Yale's first Chinese student
A bronze statue of Yale alumnus Yung Wing, the first student from China to graduate from an American university, was dedicated on Dec. 21 in a ceremony at Betts House, 393 Prospect St.
The dedication was part of the University's celebration of the 150th anniversary of Yung Wing's graduation from Yale. The statue was donated by the municipal government of Zhuhai, Yung Wing's hometown. Representatives from Zhuhai attended the event.
Born in Guangdong Province in 1828, Yung Wing attended the Macau Missionary School under the tutelage of Yale graduate Reverend Samuel Robbins Brown. At 19, Yung Wing arrived in the United States with Brown to enroll in the Monson Academy in Massachusetts before entering Yale College. At Yale, he sang in the choir, played football, was a member of the Boat Club and won academic prizes for English composition, before graduating in 1854.
After returning to China, Yung Wing established the Chinese Education Mission, through which 120 Chinese students came to the United States in the 1870s. Most of these students went on to play important roles in China's modernization.
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