Symeon Woo (吳西面)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Symeon Woo
- Chinese: 吳西面
- Era: 1931-1995
- Geography: 台灣
- Core roles: entrepreneur
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
Education
- 台灣大學 — B.S. 化學工程
Employment
- 安星貿易公司 — 創辦者
Family
- Wife: 吳陳信愛
- Daughter: 吳慕真
- Son: 伯宏
- Son: 伯仁
Sources
- TAH #824 encyclopedia: 824. Symeon Woo 吳西面 / 2016/02
- TAH #270 encyclopedia: 270. 吳西面 Sei-Mi Wu / 第一任南加州台灣人聯合基金會會長 / 1985
- TAH #31 encyclopedia: 31. Sei-Mi Wu 吳西面 / The first publisher of Pacific Times “太平洋時報” 創辦人 / 1987/06
- TAH #132 encyclopedia: 132. 想念大哥_吳西面 / 吳瑞惠
- TAH Who’s Who
Related Pages
Role in the Community (corpus-absorbed, 2026-09-14)
吳西面 (Symeon Woo, 1931–1995) is one of the best-documented community builders in the Southern California movement record:
- TACL 籌備顧問(1984–85) — At the 1984-12-1 round table hosted by SCTAI president 沈英忠 at a Holiday Inn near Chinatown, he was one of the twelve 同鄉 who agreed to revive the 台美公民協會 (TACL) preparatory committee: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys272|TAH #272 台美公民協會的成長:從孕育到發芽 / 周實]]. The published consultant roster of the 台美公民協會籌備委員會 (台灣公論報 #369, 1985-04-15) lists him by name alongside 丁昭昇、王桂榮、蕭泰然 et al.: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys186|TAH #186 台美公民協會簡介]], English roster at [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys186-eng|TAH #186 (EN)]]; the league itself: TACL.
- TUF 首任南加州會長(1985) — Co-initiated the Southern California 台灣人聯合基金會 with 林衡哲 et al., the fund-raising effort that led to founding 太平洋時報: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys294|TAH #294]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/270-e5-90-b3-e8-a5-bf-e9-9d-a2-sei-mi-wu-e7-ac-ac-e4-b8-80-e4-bb-bb-e5-8d-97-e5-|TAH #270]]. 林衡哲’s account of the founding: the 南加州分會 was proposed by the author at a 1985 台灣人出版社 shareholders’ meeting he chaired, and the shareholders then elected 「熱情慷慨」的吳西面 as the first president; the new fund’s first act was a Juilliard-scholarship drive for the violinist Linda Wang sisters, run by 許丕龍. Over its first decade TUF was led by five presidents in turn — 吳西面、林衡哲、吳澧培、楊子清、賴英慧 — and under them ran the signature 「台灣文化之夜」 series, ten 「台灣名家演奏系列」 concerts, and the commissioning of 蕭泰然’s three concertos: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys301|TAH #301]].
- TASA/鶴園 Flamingo Garden(1984–88) — Invited by third president 賴高安賜 onto the ~20-person advisory group that built the El Monte senior center and apartments; his recorded words at the 1988 opening: “The purpose of constructing the Flamingo Garden was not to make a profit, but to take care of the Taiwanese elders of our community. The Flamingo Garden and TASA are like hands and feet; we should help each other.” ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys173-eng|TAH #173 EN]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys173|TAH #173 ZH]]).
- 太平洋時報創辦人/首任發行人 — His own memoir on the paper’s turbulent early years: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys211|TAH #211 太平洋時報的崎嶇前途 / 吳西面]]. As 董事長 of the 25-shareholder paper he appointed pharmacist 鄭炳全 as 首任社長 — confirmed in 鄭炳全’s own 旅美五十周年 memoir (2020-09-04): 鄭炳全 旅美五十周年(另存 2024-03-02 快照 同文快照;同文並記 1986 年夏洛城股東會邀約經過).
- 1984-12-1 座談會 — English record — 周實 (Frank Chou)‘s English account of the round table names him among the twelve attendees convened by Y.C. Shen (沈英忠, SCTAI), and details the 12/13 first preparatory-committee meeting at Ahhee Hsu (許阿妹)‘s office (five members: Ho Rui Hsu, Wen-chih Chang, Hsi-yuan Wu, Chia-yu Yang, and Chou himself): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys272-eng|TAH #272 (EN) The Growth of TACL / Frank Chou]].
- 追思文 — 李淑櫻 (Nami Lee) 的追思文「緬懷西面兄」: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories133|TAH #133 緬懷西面兄 / 李淑櫻]](英文版 Remembering Brother Simeon);吳瑞惠「想念大哥」見上列 TAH #132。另:陳隆「追憶耿直豪爽默默奉獻的太平洋時報創辦人吳西面」(TJJ 陳隆開講專欄,2019-03-10)見於語料庫類別索引 history 類別頁,全文未入庫,僅存目。
HOLD: mystories133 刊載日期衝突 — 中文版 Timeline 記 2014-10-20 published,英文版標題記 11/2018,兩說並存未併。除此之外 corpus records 無衝突;the tah-tables 安星貿易公司 (founder) entry is the sole employment record and no corpus source contradicts it. Nothing published.
Connected in the Vault(deepen pass 2026-09-10)
- 太平洋時報創辦人/首任發行人:|TAH project 太平洋時報 Pacific Times、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/31-sei-mi-wu-e5-90-b3-e8-a5-bf-e9-9d-a2-the-first-publisher-of-pacific-times-e5-||TAH #31 The first publisher of Pacific Times 創辦人 / 1987/06]];本人論報社歷劫:[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys211||TAH #211 太平洋時報的崎嶇前途 / 2016/03]]。所任命的首任社長鄭炳全:|鄭炳全(其頁存 1986 年創刊回憶)。
- 首任南加州台灣人聯合基金會(TUF)會長(1985):|台灣人聯合基金會 TUF、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/270-e5-90-b3-e8-a5-bf-e9-9d-a2-sei-mi-wu-e7-ac-ac-e4-b8-80-e4-bb-bb-e5-8d-97-e5-||TAH #270 第一任南加州台灣人聯合基金會會長 / 1985]];南加 TUF 成立與 1986 年首屆《台灣文化之夜》(催生太平洋時報創刊因緣)見 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys301||TAH #301]]。
- 參與建台安老中心/Flamingo Garden 高齡住宅(El Monte,1988 啟用):|南台美南加州協會 TASA、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys173-eng||TAH #173]](該頁已反向收錄本頁)。
- TAH 記錄與追思:[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/824-symeon-woo-e5-90-b3-e8-a5-bf-e9-9d-a2-201602||TAH #824 Symeon Woo 吳西面 / 2016/02]]、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories132||TAH #132 想念大哥_吳西面 / 吳瑞惠]]、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-31||TAH #31 In memory of Symeon Woo 吳西面先生生命的禮讚]]。
- publisher/語料庫:|TAH Foundation、|TAH story corpus。
From the record
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覆核(TJJ-A09240600-1, 2026-09-25):本 slice 文章 299c00bb18030b81(懷念彭昕醫師(楊遠薰 2021-09-23))正文再驗證——主體連結為真實提及(無錯鏈、無虛鏈),對應日期事實條目(含該文 wikilink)已在庫 — SKIP,無新材料。
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複核(TJJ-A09231000-1, 2026-09-25):本 slice 4 篇 TJJ 文章(唐培禮訃聞 74f89ee8、游朝凱中央社專訪 9c697378、懷念彭昕醫師兩存檔 6763e8f4/80e2a87a)subject link 對照正文再驗證——彭昕email「吳西面是我的表姑父」——吳西面 連結為真(無錯鏈、無虛鏈);對應日期事實條目(含該文 wikilink)已在庫 — SKIP,無新材料。
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覆核(TJJ-A09230500-1, 2026-09-24):本 slice 文章 299c00bb18030b81(懷念彭昕醫師(楊遠薰)) 正文再驗證——主體連結為真實提及(無錯鏈、無虛鏈),對應日期事實條目(含該文 wikilink)已在庫 — SKIP,無新材料。
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複核(TJJ-A09171100-1, 2026-09-24):subject link 對照 slice 文章 6763e8f4ad9bcb7c/80e2a87a17215263 正文再驗證——彭昕 email「吳西面是我的表姑父」確認見於正文,連結為真;2021-09-23 條目已在庫 — SKIP,無新材料。
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覆核(TJJ-A09171100-2, 2026-09-24):本 slice 文章 299c00bb18030b81(懷念彭昕醫師) 主體連結對照正文再驗證——連結為真實提及(無錯鏈、無虛鏈),對應日期事實條目(含該文 wikilink)已在庫 — SKIP,無新材料。
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2021-09-23 — Mentioned in 楊遠薰’s memoir of 彭昕醫師 as 彭昕’s 表姑父: his wife 吳陳信愛 (‘信愛姐’, daughter of 雙連教會 陳溪圳牧師) is 彭昕’s 表姑; 彭昕 flagged her appearance in the author’s lecture slides, and the author recalls meeting 信愛姐 twice in Southern California (TJJ memo, 2021-09-23 · [[articles/taiwanjustice-net/2021/20211020131319_2021_09_23_懷念彭昕醫師--楊遠薰_6763e8f4ad9bcb7c|2021 archive]] · [[articles/taiwanjustice-net/2025/20250323073306_懷念彭昕醫師--楊遠薰_80e2a87a17215263|2025 archive]]).
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Deepen re-check 2026-09-14(僅限語料庫):其他收錄本人名諱之vault記錄——1984 年沈英忠(時任 SCTAI 會長)邀十二位同鄉於中國城近郊旅館座談(促成日後 TACL 籌備),本人列名與會名單:[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys272||TAH #272]];本人列名之社區連署名單:[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys186||TAH #186]];南加「台灣人聯合基金會」(TUF)1986 年由本人與林衡哲等發起成立(並催生太平洋時報創刊因緣):[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys294||TAH #294]]。其夫人吳陳信愛、子女吳慕真、伯宏、伯仁目前暫無個別vault頁。
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覆核(TJJ-A09251000-1, 2026-09-26):本 slice 文章 299c00bb(楊遠薰懷念彭昕醫師)正文再驗證——吳西面以彭昕表姑父(妻吳陳信愛、岳父陳溪圳牧師)記述確認見於正文(無錯鏈、無虛鏈);含該文 wikilink 的條目已在庫 — SKIP,無新材料。
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