Poy Gum Lee (Li Jinpei), 1945, 1946

Passenger List

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Name: Poy Gum Lee

Departure Date: 13 Oct 1945

Arrival Date: 5 Nov 1945

Age: 45

Birth Date: abt 1900

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Chinese

Ship Name: La Vaca

Port of Arrival: San Francisco

Port of Departure: Shanghai, China

Last Residence: China

Friend's Name: Boe D Lee

Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury

November 8, 1945

page 7 column 2: Among Arriving Repatriates

Lee, Poy G., and family

Buffalo Courier-Express
(New York)
February 24, 1946
“Chinese Student Returns with Family”

The page was folded and covered part of the caption under the top photograph. Here is the text as it may been appeared:

In returning to his alma mater, where, in a year, he can qualify for a B.A. degree, Mr. Poy G. Lee resumed architectural studies that were interrupted 25 years ago. At that time, after three years of study at Pratt Institute, New York, he left school to work in Shanghai, China, as an architect designing the Bank of Canton. Later he finished the mausoleum for Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Nanking. In Shanghai, Mr. Lee, who is New York born, married a Chinese citizen, and raised a daughter, Arlene. Now he returns to study at Pratt, he is accompanied by his wife and daughter, who is 17. Photo above shows Mr. Lee at his studies.

(Updated July 23, 2021; tomorrow: About the Architect: Poy Gum Lee)