Phillip Dana “Phil” Yeh was born on October 7, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Te Fung Yeh (1923–2015) of Shanghai, China, and Ruth Opal Williams (1924– ) of Illinois.
In the 1950 United States Census, Te Fung (line 1) resided in Chicago at 337 East 50th Street. I believe he was a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Yeh’s parents married on August 22, 1953. Yeh was the oldest of four siblings who were David (1957–2016), Bettie (1958) and Kathleen (1959).
On October 27, 1955, Te Fung, a designer and mechanical engineer, filed a naturalization petition. He immigrated in 1948. He was naturalized on January 17, 1956. His address was 6102 South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago. At some point Te Fung moved his family to southern California.
Yeh was a student at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California. He graduated in 1972.
1971 Cottonwood yearbook
1972 Cottonwood yearbook
He continued his studies at California State University at Long Beach.
Further Reading and Viewing
Press-Courier (Oxnard, California), March 8, 1986, Cartoonists Plan to Fight Illiteracy
Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, New York), May 10, 1988, Cartoonists cross America for literacy
The Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina), February 1, 1991, Stamps, New releases from Hungary
Press-Courier (Oxnard, California), February 10, 1991, Stamps in the News
Press-Courier (Oxnard, California), April 21, 1991, Cartoonists plan mural of dinosaurs
Press-Courier (Oxnard, California), April 24, 1991, ‘Recycle, Avoid Extinction’
Bangor Daily News (Maine), December 7, 1992, ‘Turtles’ Creator establishes museum of comics illustration
Williamson Daily News (West Virginia), December 7, 1992, New museum marks acceptance of comic books, funnies as art
The Telegraph (New Hampshire), December 8, 1992, In this museum, comic books and funnies are high art
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Virginia), December 9, 1992, Ninja Turtle co-creator opens comics museum
Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky), December 13, 1992, Museum dedicated to comics as an art form
Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho), December 17, 1992, New museum marks acceptance of comic books, funnies as art
Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania) November 18, 1993, Literacy gets a free ride
Victoria Advocate (Texas), March 3, 1997, Artist uses comic book characters to promote literacy
The Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio), June 18, 2006, Cartoonist to play with dinosaurs
The Sun & Record (Williamson, New York), October 26, 2006, Yeh coming to Williamson Library
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