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tong, yuen-cham.-born in hsiangshan, kwangtung, 1860. married, 1887. studied at tong-kar village schools and chinese educa-tional mission school at shanghai. arrived in america, september, 1872. government support. recalled to china, fall, 1881. was telegraph operator, clerk-in-chief, superintendent, chief superintendent, general manager, assistant director-general and finally director-general, chinese telegraph administration, 1881-1913. was chinese government represen-tative at shanghai, supervisor of government students going abroad, superintendent of chinese customs at shanghai and expectant taotaio of the

late tsing dynasty. decorated by their majesties, the king of denmark, the king of sweden, and the king of norway. member and officer: american university club; chinese chamber of commerce; canton guild; consultative board of the whangpoo conservancy; committee of harvard and german medical school; red cross hospital; st. luke's hospital; shantung road hospital; canton hospital; international institute; world's chinese students' federation; fu tan college; chi-sue girls' school; etc.