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Him Mark Lai () (November 1, 1925 San Francisco – May 21, 2009) was an internationally renowned activist and historian of Chinese America, a highly respected leader of the community, and prolific writer. One of his many accomplishments included helping restore the state of Chinese American historiography. A master archivist, Lai “rescued, collected, catalogued, preserved and shared” historical sources in Chinese and English. () He was known as the “Dean of Chinese American History” by his academic peers, despite the fact that he was professionally trained as a mechanical engineer with no advanced training in the academic field of history. The Chronicle of Higher Education named Lai “the scholar who legitimized the study of Chinese America”.〔“Glamour and Grace Annual Gala 2008” Chinese Historical Society of America.〕 ==Early life== Lai was born in San Francisco, California on November 1, 1925. At the age of five, Lai attended Chinese school at San Francisco Chinatown’s Nom Kue School. Early in his life, Lai showed great aptitude for history. In high school, Lai won first prize at a San Francisco city-wide history contest.He attended first in City College of San Francisco for two years and later, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley in 1947. In the 1960s, Lai began taking night courses in history at the University of California, Berkeley’s extension program. Inspired by his instructor Stanford Lyman, Lai started to pursue research in Chinese American history.〔Ou. Weiye. “A Brief Biography of Him Mark Lai”. Celebrating Him Mark Lai: The Dean of Chinese American Historians.〕 As a community activist, Lai joined the Chinese American Democratic Youth League, or Mun Ching, where he met Laura Jung, whom he eventually married in 1953.〔“Voice and Vision Gala 2010” Chinese Historical Society of America.〕 In 1963, Lai joined the Chinese Historical Society of America, and there he began to accumulate research on Chinese American history. Lai has also curated several exhibits, and taught courses in Chinese American history at San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkeley and City College of San Francisco. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Him Mark Lai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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