Key Figure Profile

David W. C. Yen

Springfield-linked study recorded as 1928. Teaching staff at Boone University (Wuchang).

Geographic trace (worksheet): Boone University in Wuchang, Hubei

  • Education / training: Springfield-linked study recorded as 1928
  • Key contribution: Teaching staff at Boone University (Wuchang).
  • Documented geography: Boone University in Wuchang, Hubei
  • Springfield-linked study: 1928
  • Return / deployment note: he was already an educator before coming to Springfield
International YMCA College 1930 commencement program cover
Forty-Fourth Commencement Exercises cover (June 12 to 15, 1930, Item 11645). Context image only; not person-identifying on its own.

Under Construction

This profile is automatically generated from the current worksheet and published with conservative evidence labels. It is framed around education, institutional role, and contribution rather than Springfield affiliation alone, but narrative claims should still be treated as provisional until direct archival corroboration is complete.

Current Worksheet Fields

Name in sheet
Yen, David W. C.
Springfield years
1928
Time to China
he was already an educator before coming to Springfield
Where in China
Boone University in Wuchang, Hubei

Worksheet comments: 1. he is a cousin of Rev. Benjamin Yen 2. TBD: After Springfield, a Springfield student paper says he would continue studies at Yale Divinity School (so look at Yale Divinity School student registers / alumni catalogs around 1928–1930); Spirit of Missions (Sept 1929) — references him as being at Yale University and studying in the U.S.

Worksheet source note: https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15370coll2/id/5246/ https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/p16122coll3/id/10246/download https://www.histsyn.com/1980/01/directoryandchronicle1924part021.html https://china-waseda.jp/china_2014/ ; https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/4524 https://www.episcopalarchives.org/files/som/Spirit_of_Missions_19290901.pdf https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/4524

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