0:13 - Introduction, Cantonese name, college, choosing own name, Oklahoma Baptist University, birthplace in China
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0:50 - First coming to the U.S. in 1958, becoming a Baptist, parents coming to the U.S., culture, graduating from high school, Hong Kong Baptist College, being baptized
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2:34 - Traveling from Hong Kong to Oklahoma, going to California, being a Chinese 20-year-old in Oklahoma, university, story of parents, immigration status, large family of seven, believing that education is important
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5:32 - Living together with family after boarding school, communism, mixed feelings about living in Oklahoma, improving English, studying Chemistry at Oklahoma, no choice in picking studies, opportunities in the U.S., activities outside of studies, masters degree, PhD, fellowship for the summer, meeting wife at his fellowship
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13:58 - Background of last name, Cantonese name from Hong Kong, first time going back to Hong Kong in 1983
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16:12 - How he met wife, getting PhD degree before starting a family
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18:43 - Opportunities he wished he had, language barrier, communication being difficult, getting PhD in 1971, cancer research, getting married in 1973, wife being a professor, taking research jobs
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21:45 - Where he considers home, moving around a lot, how many children he has, family, lessons or idioms instilled in children, being a role model, not complaining about anything, never taking a sick day, kids learning from parents, being sick during a semester break, doing a good job, being successful, doing the best he could despite the environment
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29:31 - Being a model Chinese-American to avoid discrimination, wife encountering many obstacles in her profession, wife going from job to job because she did a good job
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37:41 - Co-parenting with high-level careers, working as a team, sharing work, marriage
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44:25 - National or ethnic identity of family, teaching children about Chemistry, origin story of his wife, the Philippines
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49:45 - Where he resides, walking in an apartment, what children are doing now
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55:07 - All of the states he has lived in, traditions passed on to grandchildren
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59:50 - Not expecting kids to be chemists, needing dedication for research, reciting a poem he wrote after high school in Chinese, best decision was retiring in 2007
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69:29 - How he feels about sending son to boarding school at 14, son speaking about transition, spending time with extended family, sisters and brother spending time in Maryland, most family in Missouri, lessons learned from parents, working hard, having a normal childhood without having too much pressure
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