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Dr. Hong Tien Lai (賴弘典醫師)

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Dr. Hong Tien Lai (賴弘典醫師)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Hong Tien Lai
  • Chinese: 賴弘典醫師
  • Era: 1940
  • Geography: Chiayi, Taiwan
  • Core roles: physician
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
  1. Coordinator of Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York (大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會) 招集人 2004-2018

Education

  • Chung Shan Medical Univ. — -1964 — B.S., Dentistry
  • Medical College of Georgia — 1969 — M.S., Microbiology. Biochemistry
  • State Univ. of NY at Buffalo — -1972 — D.D.S (Doctor of Dental Surgery)

Employment

  • New York Dental Clinic — Practicing Dentist — Community — New York Taiwan Center (紐約台灣會館) — Chairman — UN for Taiwan (台灣加入聯合國行動委員會) — Founder and Coordinator / First Chairman — Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York (大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會) — Coordinator — Greater New York Taiwanese Medical Association (大紐約區台灣醫師協會) — Founding President — Taiwanese American Conference / East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會) — Coordinator — Formosan Association for Public Affairs / New York Chapter (台灣人公共事務會紐約分會) — President

Timeline

Absorbed from the on-page biography and tables (no external sources):

  • 1940 — born in 嘉義 (Chiayi), Taiwan.
  • Chung Shan Medical Univ. (中山醫學大學) — B.S., Dentistry (by 1964); Medical College of Georgia — M.S., Microbiology/Biochemistry (1969); State Univ. of NY at Buffalo — D.D.S. (by 1972).
  • 1983-11-12 — at the Taiwan Center building-committee fundraising dinner at the East Garden restaurant in midtown Manhattan, 賴弘典醫師 was among the 42 supporters elected to the 台灣會館建館委員會 (Taiwan Center Building Committee), with 陳隆豐律師 among the 21-member executive committee — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys09|Our Journey #9 (NY Taiwan Center memoir)]]
  • 1983-11-23 — the first executive-committee meeting of the 台灣會館建館委員會 was held in 賴弘典醫師’s own office, chaired by 辜澄彬, electing 陳隆豐 as 主任委員 and tasking six groups (finance, publicity, planning, fundraising, site/construction, secretariat — 黃再添 on secretariat) with raising $500,000 in six months — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys09|Our Journey #9]]
  • 1992 — Founder and first Chairman/Coordinator — UN for Taiwan 台灣加入聯合國行動委員會 (first president per the 1992 record in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/168-dr-hong-tien-lai-e8-b3-b4-e5-bc-98-e5-85-b8-first-president-of-e5-8f-b0-e7-8|TAH #168]]).
  • 1992 — named by the incoming NY Taiwan Center director as one of “four ambitious individuals” (with Dr. Lung-Fong Chen, 樊豐美, and Patrick Huang) who were still fundraising to keep the debt-ridden Center alive — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27|Our Journey #27]] / English edition
  • Founding President — Greater New York Taiwanese Medical Association (大紐約區台灣醫師協會); President — FAPA New York Chapter (台灣人公共事務會紐約分會).
  • Chairman — New York Taiwan Center (紐約台灣會館); also served as Vice Chairman (副理事長) per the 2015 memoir record.
  • 2003 — the 長輩會 (張俊雄), 長春會 (何錦華) and 松柏會 (陳英隆) agreed on 2003-01-14 to dissolve and merge into one 大紐約區台灣老人聯合會 so their members could return to the Taiwan Center; ~300 elders registered (membership rolls kept by 林炎誠) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27|Our Journey #27]]
  • 2003-03-12 — installed as first 理事長 of the merged 大紐約區台灣老人聯合會 (Taiwanese Senior Citizen Center), which became the Taiwan Center Senior Center (TASC) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27|Our Journey #27]]
  • Late 2003 — chaired the new 會館老人中心管理委員會 (executing officer 林秀合; seven committee members, three Center directors 陳春蘭/蔡明峰/尤欽德 plus four elder-association reps), operational from 2004-01 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27|Our Journey #27]] / [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys316|Our Journey #316]]
  • 2004–2018 — Coordinator, 大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會 (Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York).
  • 2015-02 — 台灣會館副理事長 for the UN for Taiwan / Keep Taiwan Free activity record — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-55|Photo Album #55 (2015)]]
  • 2015 — as Center vice chairman, proposed the purchase of a 9-foot Steinway D grand piano for the Taiwan Center, funded by the community and described by 陳芳玉 (Fang-Yuh Rita Chen) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-55|Photo Album #55]] / [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys3|Our Journey #3]]
  • 2015 — authored the essay 漫談「台灣加入聯合國」運動, published in the OJ “Care for Taiwan by Taiwanese American” series — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys104|Our Journey #104]]
  • 2021-01-02 — spoke at the online memorial for 洪哲勝 as 民進黨美東黨部主任委員 (DPP U.S. East Coast Party Committee chair) — TJJ: 追思洪哲勝
  • 2021-05-21 — as 大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會召集人, spoke at the WHO-participation online seminar hosted by 僑務委員莊振輝 (~50 community reps) — TJJ: 大紐約僑團挺台參與WHO
  • 2023-03-18 — as 前民進黨美東黨部主任委員, endorsed 賴清德’s presidential campaign at the founding of the 紐約僑界海外後援會 (“只有民進黨繼續執政，才能繼續維持台灣民主”) — TJJ: 挺賴清德海外後援會
  • Coordinator — Taiwanese American Conference / East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會); practiced as a dentist at a New York dental clinic.
  • Family: wife 林吟珍; son Jonathan.

Family

  • Wife: 林吟珍
  • Son: Jonathan

Sources

Connected in the Vault

  • Archival profiles: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/2-dr-hong-tien-lai|TAH #2]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1159-hong-tien-lai|TAH #1159]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/168-dr-hong-tien-lai-e8-b3-b4-e5-bc-98-e5-85-b8-first-president-of-e5-8f-b0-e7-8|TAH #168 (1992, UN for Taiwan)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/6-presented-by-dr-hong-tien-lai-in-2015|TAH #6 (2015)]]
  • Community memoirs: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys09|Our Journey #9 (建館委員會, 1983)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27|Our Journey #27 (會館 memoires)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27-eng|Our Journey #27 English]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-55|Photo Album #55 (2015 piano/UN for Taiwan)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys3|Our Journey #3 (2015 piano memoir)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys104|Our Journey #104 (2015 UN-membership essay)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys316|Our Journey #316 (2003 老人聯合會 memoir)]]
  • Press records: TJJ 2021-01 洪哲勝追思 · TJJ 2021-05 WHO研討會 · TJJ 2023-03 賴清德後援會
  • Community hub: TAH story corpus hub

Deepen pass 2026-09-14 (vault-only)

  • All four cited vault archival profiles (TAH #2, #1159, #168, #6 — linked above) are bibliographic records only; the page’s own Education/Employment tables and Timeline already carry every absorbable fact from the TAH profile.
  • Existing-slug wikilinks verified: |紐約台灣會館, |大紐約區台灣人社團聯合會, |TAH Foundation, |story corpus hub. FAPA New York Chapter, Greater New York Taiwanese Medical Association, and UN for Taiwan 台灣加入聯合國行動委員會 have no standalone vault pages yet — left as plain text per slice rules (no new pages). Family (林吟珍, Jonathan) likewise has no vault pages.

Deepen pass 2026-10-10 (corpus pass)

  • Fresh ZH+EN grep across all 5 corpus dirs returned 8 files; 4 carried NEW unabsorbed community material now in the Timeline: (1) 1983-11-12 建館委員會 founding dinner (ourjourneys09); (2) 1992 “four ambitious individuals” Center-survival fundraising with Chen/Fan/Huang (ourjourneys27 + eng); (3) 2003-03-12 first 理事長 of the merged 大紐約區台灣老人聯合會 / TASC senior center and management-committee chair (ourjourneys27); (4) 2015 Steinway piano proposal as 副理事長 and UN for Taiwan activity record (photo-albums-activities-55).
  • HOLD: Employment table lists him as New York Taiwan Center “Chairman”; the 2015 memoir text says 副理事長 (vice chairman) and ourjourneys27 dates his senior-center 理事長 term to 2003. Likely different roles/periods, not auto-merged.
  • TAH #6 (“Presented by Dr. Hong Tien Lai / West Harrison, NY / 2015”) is a bibliographic record with no additional biographical text.
  • Wikilinks added to existing slugs only; 大紐約區台灣老人聯合會/TASC has no standalone vault page — plain text per slice rules.

Deepen pass 2026-10-11 (corpus pass)

  • Fresh ZH+EN grep across all 5 corpus dirs returned 16 files; NEW unabsorbed material now in the Timeline: (1) 民進黨美東黨部主任委員 role — 2021-01 洪哲勝追思 and 2023-03 賴清德後援會 endorsement (TJJ press records, absent from the TAH tables); (2) 2015-02 essay 漫談「台灣加入聯合國」運動 in OJ #104; (3) 2021-05-21 WHO-participation webinar as 聯合會召集人.
  • Steinway piano proposal text also appears in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys3|Our Journey #3]] (same record as Photo Album #55) — linked.
  • 2003 老人聯合會/TASC text also appears in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys316|Our Journey #316]] (same memoir text as OJ #27) — no new facts, linked only.
  • No new conflicts this pass; prior 2026-10-10 HOLD (Chairman vs 副理事長) stands. Wikilinks to existing slugs only.

Deepen pass 2026-10-12 (corpus pass)

  • Fresh ZH+EN grep across all 5 corpus dirs returned 16 files — hit set unchanged from the 2026-10-11 pass (all already linked/absorbed: OJ 316, TAH 1159, 3 TJJ articles, sources hub).
  • One NEW unabsorbed community fact found in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys09|Our Journey #9]]: the 1983-11-23 first executive-committee meeting of the 台灣會館建館委員會 was held in 賴弘典醫師’s own office (辜澄彬 chairing; 陳隆豐 elected 主任委員; six task groups; $500k six-month goal) — added to Timeline.
  • No new conflicts; prior HOLD (Chairman vs 副理事長) stands. Wikilinks to existing slugs only.

Deepen pass 2026-10-13 (corpus pass)

  • Fresh ZH+EN+surname grep (賴弘典 / Hong Tien Lai / 弘典) across all 5 corpus dirs returned 16 files — the hit set is unchanged from the 2026-10-12 pass; all hits already linked or absorbed.
  • One NEW unabsorbed community detail in the 2003 老人聯合會 memoir text ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys27|Our Journey #27]] / [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys316|Our Journey #316]]): the 2003-01-14 decision by the 長輩會 (張俊雄), 長春會 (何錦華) and 松柏會 (陳英隆) to dissolve and merge into the 大紐約區台灣老人聯合會, the ~300-elder registration (rolls kept by 林炎誠), and the composition of the 老人中心管理委員會 he chaired (執行長 林秀合; three Center directors 陳春蘭/蔡明峰/尤欽德 plus four elder-association reps) — Timeline expanded accordingly.
  • No new conflicts; prior 2026-10-10 HOLD (Employment-table “Chairman” vs 2015-memoir 副理事長) stands. Wikilinks to existing slugs only — 林炎誠, 林秀合, 陳春蘭, 蔡明峰, 尤欽德, 何錦華, 吳淑慧, 周秀琴, 吳發鎮 have no standalone vault pages and are left as plain text per slice rules.

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