President of Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles(大洛杉磯台灣會館董事長) 2001-2004
Education
東海大學 — B.S. 化工系
UCLA — M.S. 系統工程
UCLA — 1971 — Ph.D. 系統工程
Employment
美洲台灣日報社長 — 2004-President — 社長
Role in the Community
TACL founding generation (1984): In December 1984, SCTAI (Southern California Taiwanese Association) president 沈英忠 convened a dozen community members to revive the stalled 台美公民協會 (TACL) organizing effort; 李木通 was among the twelve attendees of that 12/1 holiday-inn symposium, per 楊嘉猷’s community memoir — placing him in the founding circle of TACL alongside 吳澧培、許和瑞、張文志、楊嘉猷 and others. (Our Journeys 272 — memoir)
Subject of a community memoir: 楊遠薰 wrote 269. 李木通和王瑾瑾 南加奮鬥史 (2015/01) on the couple’s struggle and success in Southern California. ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories269|TAHS story #269]])
TAH encyclopedia profile: #703 Dr. Tom Lee 李木通 (2015/11); the encyclopedia entry 101. Dr. Tom Lee 李木通博士 (2018-09-19) is held in the corpus as a community historical record. ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-tom-lee|TAHS story #703]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/101-dr-tom-lee|TAHS story #101]])
Life Discussion Society circles (1966-): Liu Tianliang’s 生活座談會簡史 memoir records 李木通 among the UCLA-centered weekly study group (陳嶄新、黃根深、王秋森、陳松貞 et al.) from 1966 that seeded the movement circles, and as an original member of the 西區生活座談會 founded January 1978; during the 太平洋時報 crisis, fellow members 黃森元、陳惠亭 and 李木通先后出來擔任發行人、社長. (Our Journeys 212 — 劉天良 memoir)
Memoir author: Co-authored his own reminiscence 240. 半世紀前 UCLA的那些日子 with 黃樹人 (2016/08). ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys240|TAHS story #240]])
Still active in community endorsements (2025): Listed among 台美人社區領袖 attending Michelle 朴銀珠’s congressional campaign gathering in 柑縣 as 台灣會館前董事長. (taiwanjustice 2025-08-08)
Community media host: As 社長 of 美洲台灣日報 he hosted the 台美人物誌 video interview series, e.g. the 黃茂清律師專訪 (2016-11-30). ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/videos48|TAHS video #48]])
Essayist: Published 730. 從陳文成命案談起 in the TAHS story corpus (2020/05). ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/my-stories-730|TAHS story #730]])
Interviewer of movement elders: Conducted the 台美人物誌 video interview of 人權鬥士、台獨先鋒 王泰 (with 攝錄：黃樹人、文字整理：Edda Huang), preserved in the community article record 化作千風—懷念台美人的人權鬥士 台獨先鋒王泰. (taiwanjustice article)
台美人物誌 series organizer: The 台美人物誌 video/text interview series ran as a joint 大洛杉磯台灣會館、美洲台灣日報、美國鷹社 sponsored project, 李木通策劃 / 黃樹人文字整理 — e.g. the 王克雄夫婦專訪 and the 半世紀前UCLA的那些日子 座談 (與談人 李木通、劉天良、黃根深). (王克雄 memoir article, UCLA座談 article)
Fundraising convenor: As convener (召集人) with 陳文石, delivered remarks at the 洛杉磯信賴之友會募款餐會大進場. (taiwanjustice event record)
Corpus re-grep 2026-09-21（李木通／Dr. Tom Lee）: beyond already-absorbed memoir/encyclopedia hits, new community records (王泰專訪、王克雄專訪、信賴之友會募款餐會、UCLA座談報導) absorbed above; remaining hits are index/manifest files only.