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Dr. Ya Yen Lee (李雅彥醫師)

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Dr. Ya Yen Lee (李雅彥醫師)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Ya Yen Lee
  • Chinese: 李雅彥醫師
  • Era: 1943-1997
  • Geography: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Core roles: physician, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. One of Committee Members for Establishing Houston Taiwan Community Center (休士頓台灣人活動中心成立委員會委員之一) 1992

Education

  • Taipei Medical Univ. — 1970 — M.D.

Employment

  • Baltimore General Hospital — Intern — Washington County Hospital — Radiologist — The State Univ. of New York at Rogersida — Doctor of Neuroradiology — Univ. of Texas Medical Center — Professor — (1979-) — Maryland Anderson Hospital — Professor of Oncology — Community — Houston Taiwan Community Center Establishing Committee — Committee Member — North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association — President — Taiwanese Association of America / Houston Chapter — President — Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston — President

Community leadership (vault-sourced)

From his own TAH employment table and encyclopedia entries (#149, #128, #21):

Timeline (absorbed from on-page TAH tables/encyclopedia entries)

  • 1970 — M.D., Taipei Medical Univ.
  • Early career (per TAH employment table) — Intern, Baltimore General Hospital; Washington County Hospital; Radiologist; Doctor of Neuroradiology, The State Univ. of New York at Rogersida
  • 1979- — Professor, Univ. of Texas Medical Center; later Professor of Oncology, Maryland Anderson Hospital
  • 1992 — Committee member, establishing committee of the 休士頓台灣人活動中心 (Houston Taiwan Community Center); TAH #128 additionally records him as Founder of Taiwan Center/Houston
  • National service — President, |NATPA (national presidency; chapter page in vault)
  • Houston leadership — President, |TAA Houston Chapter and |Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston

Legacy & memorial (vault-sourced, deepen-x 2026-09-14)

  • 故李雅彥教授生平 / 台北醫學院李雅彥教授紀念講座 — memoir of his life and the memorial lecture established at his alma mater Taipei Medical College: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/139-e6-95-85-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-85-e5-bd-a5-e6-95-99-e6-8e-88-e7-94-9f-e5-b9-b3||TAH #139]] (2014-11-09); magazine notices [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/372-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-85-e5-bd-a5-e6-95-99-e6-8e-88-e7-b4-80-e5-bf-b5-e8-ac-9b-e5-b||TAH #372 紀念講座/2000/01]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/373-e6-80-9d-e5-bf-b5-e6-9d-8e-e9-9b-85-e5-bd-a5-e6-95-99-e6-8e-88-e9-9b-9c-e8-a||TAH #373 思念李雅彥教授]].
  • 李雅彥教授紀念文物館 — memorial museum record (2018-01-10): |TAH 紀念文物館.
  • Dr. Ya-Yen Lee Memorial Foundation Scholarship 李雅彥醫師紀念基金會獎助金 (2018-01-03): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/dr-ya-yen-lee-memorial-foundation-scholarship||TAH #83]].
  • Taiwanese American Fund in Professor Ya Yen Lee Memorial Library, managed by the |Taiwanese Heritage Society of Houston (2016-02-25): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/8-taiwanese-american-fund-in-professor-ya-yen-lee-memorial-library-managed-by-ta||TAH #8]].
  • Memorial essay 長留遺愛在人間 – 紀念李雅彥醫師 by 蔡淑媛(翠屏) (2016-04): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories426||TAH #426]].
  • Memorial essay 望會館憶雅彥 by 吳美惠 (2014-11-09): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/137-e6-9c-9b-e6-9c-83-e9-a4-a8-e6-86-b6-e9-9b-85-e5-bd-a5-e5-90-b3-e7-be-8e-e6-8||TAH #137]].
  • Dr. Ya-Yen Lee Memorial Foundation 李雅彥醫師紀念基金會 (2018): |TAH Memorial Foundation record.
  • His 1992 founding-committee role for the 休士頓台灣人活動中心 is recalled firsthand in 莊承業’s memoir of the center’s founding: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys233||TAH #233 回顧休士頓台灣人活動中心的成立]] (2016-07-28).

Role in the community (memoir-sourced, deepen-x 2026-10-09)

  • Organizer, 台灣會館籌備會 (1987) — 莊承業’s memoir of the Houston Taiwan Community Center founding records that in September 1987, amid the Houston real-estate slump, 李雅彥「花很大力氣」organized the 台灣會館籌備會 when the push to buy a clubhouse had stalled, chairing its 章程組 (with 謝貴分、蔡丁財、楊朝諭); he also served on the 餐會組 (with 楊朝諭), and with 蔡丁財 completed the committee charter draft. See [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys233||TAH #233 回顧休士頓台灣人活動中心的成立]].
  • TAA-Houston president & center promoter (1988) — at the 台灣會館 inauguration ceremony (April 9, 1988) the TAA Houston presidency was handed to him; that year he 「絞盡腦汁，一心一意全力推動建館工作」, reportedly going door-to-door like a monk (「像苦行僧似地」) soliciting donations from the Taiwanese shops on Harwin Drive, and in July 1988 wrote 「台灣人活動中心近況報告及感言」 in the 鄉訊 (Taiwanese Journal). See [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys233||TAH #233]] (EN: |ourjourneys233-eng).
  • Facilitator of the language-school building search (1990) — when 莊承業 decided to find a permanent home for the 台灣語文學校 on his own rather than via a preparation committee, 李雅彥 discussed it with him and introduced him to the real-estate agent Michael Richker. See [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys233||TAH #233]].
  • Co-founder, 休士頓台灣語文學校 (Houston Taiwan Language School) — 蔡淑媛’s founding memoir records the chance encounter at 頂好商圈’s 「小美冰果室」where his wife |葉錦如 introduced him; his first words to her were 「咱著愛來辦一間學校」— he rallied the community (“他振臂一呼，因緣由此聚合”) to organize, teach, and fund the school, telling her 「錢的問題嘸免煩惱，大家手ńg bih起來作伙打拼」. See [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys36||TAH #36 此情可待成追憶—休士頓台灣語文學校創建記]] (蔡淑媛, 09/2014).
  • NATPA member & donor — 林靜竹’s memoir of NATPA’s first homecoming annual meeting (Chicago 1990 planning) lists him among donors: 會員李雅彥兩千元 toward the ~$80k drive for the 1990 Taipei年会. See [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys47||TAH #47 北美洲台灣人敎授協會首度回台召開年會的經緯和歷史意義]] (林靜竹, 2014-10).
  • Photo memorial — “30. In memory of Dr. Ya-Yen Lee 李雅彥教授生命的禮讚” in the photo-album/activities series: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-30||TAH photo album #30]] (2014).

Family

  • Wife: |葉錦如
  • Daughter: 李宜靜、李宜安
  • Son: 李卓學

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