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Ting Yee Wang (王廷宜)

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Ting Yee Wang (王廷宜)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Ting Yee Wang
  • Chinese: 王廷宜
  • Era: 1941-2020
  • Geography: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Core roles: engineer, entrepreneur
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who — record page [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-2283-ting-yee-wang||TAH #2283 Ting Yee Wang 王廷宜]]

Accomplishment

  1. Wang Kong-Lu Human Right Awards (王康陸人權獎) 2017, from the 台灣人權協會)

Education

  • Taipei Institute of Technology(台北工專) — 1964 — Civil Engineering
  • Kansas State Univ. — 1970 — M.S., Civil Engineering
  • New York Polytechnic Univ. — 1976 — E.D., Civil Engineering

Employment

  • City of New York Board of Education — Engineer — (1971-1976) — Rockwell International — Engineer — (1976-1978) — Southern California Edison — Engineer — (1978-1985) — Investors Realty Services Company — CEO — (1985-2020) — Community — Taiwan Human Rights & Culture Association (台灣人權及文化協會) — Co-Founder — Voice of Taiwan Independence (台獨之聲) — Founder — Formosan Association for Human Rights (台灣人權協會) — President 1980, 1992-1993, 1993-1995 — Friends of Taiwan — Founder 1998; President 2015-2018

Career & Community Notes

Compiled from facts already on this page — no new facts.

Engineering and business career. Educated at Taipei Institute of Technology (台北工專, Civil Engineering, 1964), Kansas State Univ. (M.S. Civil Engineering, 1970) and New York Polytechnic Univ. (E.D. Civil Engineering, 1976), he worked as an engineer for the City of New York Board of Education (1971–1976), Rockwell International (1976–1978) and Southern California Edison (1978–1985), then as CEO of Investors Realty Services Company (1985–2020).

Human-rights and community leadership. Co-founder of the |Taiwan Human Rights & Culture Association (台灣人權及文化協會) and founder of Voice of Taiwan Independence (台獨之聲) — related vault record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/218-voice-of-taiwan-e5-8f-b0-e7-81-a3-e4-b9-8b-e9-9f-b3-first-hot-line-1977|TAH #218 台獨之聲 First Hot Line (1977)]]. President of the |Formosan Association for Human Rights (台灣人權協會) in 1980, 1992–1993 and 1993–1995; founder (1998) and President (2015–2018) of |Friends of Taiwan. He received the 2017 Wang Kong-Lu Human Rights Awards (王康陸人權獎) from FAHTR.

His papers and collection are held by TAH — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/collection-of-mr-tingyee-wang||TAH #57, Collection of Mr. TingYee Wang]] and encyclopedia entry [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/75-tingyee-wang||TAH #75]].

2026-09-14 deepen passes (slices 09112200-23, 09140741-31): page already carried a compiled notes section from cited TAH material; the earlier pass linked the Wang Kong-Lu award to the existing FAHR org page and refreshed the review date. The 09140741-31 pass added the reciprocity link to the existing TAH #218 台獨之聲 vault record.

Role in the Community

Corpus-absorbed 2026-09-14 (slice 09141300-17); primary material from our own memoirs.

  • Courtesy name (字): 泰和 — as used in the TAH record title for his collection ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/collection-of-mr-tingyee-wang|TAH #57 王廷宜(泰和)先生的收藏]]) and in movement bylines.
  • Co-author of the movement’s own FAHR history. He is one of the three authors of [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/publications1040|TAH #1040 台灣人權協會 1970–1990年代的故事]] (with 黃根深 and 莊秋雄) — a first-person institutional history of the Formosan Association for Human Rights, not just a subject of TAH profiles.
  • Co-founder, Taiwan Human Rights & Culture Association (LA). Per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys75-eng|TAH #75 台灣人權協會的開始與現況 (Tina Chang)]], the LA group that co-founded THRA with 許世楷、許千惠、郭清江、張綺石、鄭德和 and 王廷宜(泰和); the same record’s 2014 officer roster lists him as an FAHR Director (Ting Yee Wang).
  • Founding member, Southern California Taiwanese Federal Credit Union (南加州台灣人聯邦信用合作社, SCTFCU). Per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys244|TAH Our Journeys #244 曇花一現的南加信用合作社 (周實)]], he attended the first organising meeting (July 24, alongside 劉丁榮、許啓勇、曾輝光、許清煌 and others) — convened while 周實 was president of the Los Angeles Taiwanese Association in 1977 — and served on the credit union’s 徵信會 (Credit Committee) under chair 許清煌.
  • Author of his own movement memoirs and interviews in our corpus. His 2017 FAHR award speech “人權建國的心路歷程” survives in our vault as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories618|TAH My Stories #618 人權建國的心路歷程 / 王泰和(廷宜) / 01-2018]]; Edda Huang’s tribute [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories-734|TAH My Stories #734 王泰和的故事 (2020-07)]] and the filmed interview [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos-165|TAH Videos #165 維護台灣人權推動建國 — 王泰和專訪 (2020-07)]] are first-person community records of his human-rights and statebuilding work.
  • Participant in the 美西夏令會 (Western US Summer Assembly) convenings. Per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys265|TAH Our Journeys #265 2011年美西夏令會的回顧 (黃根深, 2016-11)]], he attended the first organizing meeting (2009-08-16, with 鄭瑞源、洪珠美、許輕甫、鄧昇東 and others) and the 2010-10-09 joint session with the 教授會 in Los Angeles (with 許輕甫、許和子、洪珠美、Daniel Lin).
  • Member, Southern District Life Forum (南區生活座談會). Per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys212|TAH Our Journeys #212 生活座談會簡史 (劉天良, 2016-03)]], he was among the later members who joined the Southern California “South District” life-forum circle (founded ~1974 in 阮厝), alongside 李成奎、郭清江、周實、許清煌 and others — the same network that fed leadership into the 公民協會, 人權會 and the movement press.
  • English name: Tim Wang. Recorded in the 2020-06-21 movement obituary — “泰和本名廷宜, Tim Wang” (TJJ, 2020-06-21) — the tributes remember him as a 50-year veteran of the independence movement and a 40-year pillar of FAHR.
  • Footnote co-authorship, cross-checked. [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-357|TAH Our Journeys #357]] cites his FAHR history as 黃根生、王廷宜、莊秋雄 — HOLD: the same work (TAH #1040) lists the first author as 黃根深 in the vault record; 根生 vs 深 discrepancy unresolved, kept as in source.

Family

  • Wife: 黃明美
  • Daughter: Amy
  • Son: Perry

From the record

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09260400-26, 2026-09-26）：本 slice 文章 c4d413fd5efb8a9c（FAHR 41週年年會報導） 正文再驗證——subject 連結為真實提及，無錯鏈、無虛鏈；含該文 wikilink 的日期事實條目已在庫 — SKIP，已飽和。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09250400-17, 2026-09-26）：本 slice 文章 c83c2315ab0b3e26（追思會稿）正文再驗證——本傳主體，歿 2020-06-20、Rose Hill 長眠、6/25 台灣會館追思會記述確認見於正文；subject 連結為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），含該文 wikilink 的條目已在庫 — SKIP，已飽和。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09240400-4, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 文章 c4d413fd 正文再驗證——得獎人王泰和即本傳主，subject link 為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；2017-12-09 獲獎演講條目（已掛該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09230700-2, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 31b7081a（〈化作千風—懷念台美人的人權鬥士、台獨先鋒王泰和〉）正文再驗證——本傳主體：生平、台獨之聲主筆、人權會會長、創台灣之友社等記述確認見於正文，subject 連結為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；2022-07-12 條目已在庫並掛鏈本檔 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09221500-11, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 c4d413fd（FAHR 41週年年會暨鄭南榕紀念獎、王康陸人權獎報導）正文再驗證——得獎人王泰和即本傳主（王廷宜／泰和）、同頁附其「人權建國的心路歷程」演講稿連結，subject link 為真實對應（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；2017-12-09 獲獎演講條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09162345-27, 2026-09-23）：本 slice 文章 c4d413fd（FAHR 41週年年會暨鄭南榕紀念獎、王康陸人權獎報導）之 subject link 經正文再驗證為真實對應（得獎人王泰和＝本傳主，同頁附其演講稿連結），2017-12-09 獲獎事實條目已在庫（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）— SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09221400-7, 2026-09-23）：追思會稿（c83c2315）subject link 經原文正文再驗證為真實對應（本傳主體），歿 2020-06-20、Rose Hill 長眠、6/25 台灣會館追思會等事實條目已在庫；該稿 Subjects 之 people/*.md 后缀坏链已修 — SKIP，无新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09220500-6, 2026-09-22）：追思會稿（2022-06-25 台灣會館）與 2022-07-12 化作千風 memorial 稿之日期（歿 2020-06-20）、Friends of Taiwan 創設等事實經原文再驗證一致，subject link（邱勝宗）為真實對應（无错链、无虚链）— SKIP，无新材料。

  • 2017-12-09 — 獲頒「王康陸人權獎」於全美台灣人權協會（FAHR）41週年年會暨鄭南榕紀念獎、王康陸人權獎頒獎典禮（12/09 聖地牙哥舉行，同場得獎人鄭文龍、黃根深）；他並在该年會演講「人權建國的心路歷程」（TJJ, 2017-11-29）。

  • 2020-06-20／2022-06-25 — 慟於 2020-06-20 安詳辭世（武漢病毒肆虐期間家人未驚動友朋，長眠於 Rose Hill 玫瑰崗墓園）；友人在疫情趨緩後於 2022-06-25 在台灣會館相聚緬懷，Friends of TAIWAN 及相關社團聯合舉辦追思會，追思文記其畢生投入台灣人權及獨立建國運動、出力又出錢，晚年癌症纏身仍在海浜住處邀集志同道合朋友與洛杉磯台灣留學生聚餐傳承台灣建國志業，連絡人邱勝宗（TJJ, 2022-06-24 預告）。

  • 2022-06-24 — 「王廷宜（泰和）先生追思會6/25舉行」追思會預告刊於台灣公義報，並以同名標籤歸檔（Wayback 快照 2025-08-04）；標籤頁確認該文以王廷宜（泰和）為主題條列，與 2022-06-25 台灣會館追思會記述相互印證（TJJ tag archive）。

  • 2022-07-12 — 化作千風 memorial interview profile: born 王廷宜 on 1941-09-14 in 九曲堂, 大樹鄉, Kaohsiung; 建國中學 then 台北工專, then Kansas State University (master’s) and NYU (Ed.D. in civil engineering); worked for the NYC Board of Education, Rockwell (B-1 bomber programme), then Southern California Edison before self-employing in real estate in LA. Movement roles: 台獨之聲 columnist (scripts read by 盧千惠 over a phone-tape line; his phone was FBI-wiretapped for three years), 台獨聯盟 and FAPA central committee member, vice-convener of the 台灣人黑名單處理小組, and president of the 全美台灣人人權會 who in 1997 founded 「台灣之友社」/ Friends of Taiwan. Married 1971, one son and one daughter (TJJ, 2022-07-12).

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