Ken Lee (李彥禎)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Ken Lee
- Chinese: 李彥禎
- Era: 1940
- Geography: Pingtung, Taiwan
- Core roles: entrepreneur
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
- President of Taiwanese Association of America Raleigh, NC Chapter(北卡台灣同鄉會會長)1979
Education
- National Cheng Kung Univ. — B.S., Foreign Languages
- The Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) — M.S., Social Work
Employment
- North Carolina State Intellectual Disability Center and Mental Hospital — Senior Social Worker — Ken Lee Company — Chairman — (1978-) — Community — Taiwanese Club Laguna Woods Village — President (2017) — Taiwanese American Pen Club (LA) — President (2007) — Taiwanese Association of America Raleigh, NC Chapter — President (1979)
Family
- Wife: 張由吏
- Daughter: 李文瑜
- Son: 李宗勳
Role in the Community (vault corpus, 2026-09-14)
The TAH story corpus holds Ken Lee (李彥禎) as one of its most prolific community essayists — some 30 dated works from 2014 to 2021 — far beyond the press-kit Who’s Who entry:
- Family & community memoirist: 174. 我倆的故事—李彥禎和張由吏, 70. 壽席壽喜, 71. 岳母的故事, 09）, 72. 不怕死的病西施 One Brave Woman.
- Historian of the NC chapter he once led: 241. 北卡台灣同鄉歡慶新春 (band A) records the 北卡台灣同鄉會’s 30+ year evolution — founding 1971, membership steady around 200, the leadership-relay ethic (“找有生之年，一定要至少花一年全心全力為台灣人服務”) — written from his own vantage as 1979 chapter president. Also 239. 從參加美西台灣同鄉夏令會說起 and 467.「搬到加州去」.
- Commentator & writing advocate: 191. 政論節目的貢獻及挑戰, 264. 請大家來寫作, 358.「樹」外桃源、解悶勝地, 781. 當才女碰上騙子時, 715. 養生之道，如走棋, 1026. 尋找幸福.
- 台美人筆會 (Pen Club LA, president 2007): the Taiwan Justice / 台美史料中心 newsletter for June 2017 lists him on the editorial board of 《2017 台美文藝》 alongside 陳東榮、李芬芬、鄭炳全、秦雪華、林文政 (see 2017 台美文藝發表會報導).
- His essay 不怕死的「病西施」 (translated by Chung Lin Hsu) was reprinted in the 台美史料中心 March 2021 newsletter (TA-archives March 2021; a 2026 Wayback snapshot of the same issue, with the full Ken Lee by-line and 許鍾琳 translation credited, is here).
Additional corpus-linked works (deepen-x slice 09142319-1, 2026-09-15)
Further corpus hits confirm the essayist footprint extends earlier than the 2014–2021 band above — the vault also holds his 2006 literature piece 07）, his Laguna Woods community study 10） (antecedent to his 2017 Laguna Woods Taiwanese Club presidency), 10）, and a 2018–2020 memoir series: 12）, 11）, 03）, 05）, 11）. He also lectured on writing at a TAA/台美史料中心 program: Our Journey 107 lists his talk 《從世界名著談生活與寫作》 alongside 范正彥醫師、邱伸彥博士、郭義雄教授. English edition of his couple memoir: 174-eng. Our Story – Ken Lee and Yudy Chang. No conflicts to HOLD; all pages pre-existing.
From the record
- 2017-06-11 — Listed by TJJ on the editorial committee of 《2017臺美文藝》 published by 台美人筆會 (67 works by 40+ authors, alongside 陳東榮、李芬芬、鄭炳全、秦雪華、林文政); new-book launch 2017-06-17 at 大洛杉磯台灣會館, Rosemead (TJJ, 2017-06-11).
Sources
- TAH #115 encyclopedia: 115. Ken Lee 李彥禎
- TAH #124 encyclopedia: 124. Mr. Ken Lee 李彥禎 / An outstanding social worker
- TAH #26 encyclopedia: 26. Ken Lee 李彥禎
- TAH Who’s Who