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Chen, Leslie H. Dingyan

1923–2006

"Leslie H. Dingyan Chen (pinyin: Chen, Dingyan; traditional Chinese: 陳定炎; simplified Chinese: 陈定炎) was born in Hong Kong, 1923. He was a Chinese-American engineer and historian. He was also the younger son of Chen, Jiongming, whom he researched and wrote extensively about in his late life. He died in Hong Kong, 2006. Chen, Jiongming (Wade Giles: Chen, Chiung-ming; pinyin: Chen, Jiongming; traditional Chinese: 陳炯明; simplified Chinese: 陈炯明; courtesy name: Jingcun, 競存) was born in Haifeng, Guangdong province, 1878. Chen was a Chinese general and the governor of Guangdong. Chen was also the Chief-of-Staff and Minister of War for southern military affairs under President Sun Yat-sen. When Sun ordered the Northern Expedition to unify China by force, Chen refused and advocated for a democratic and federalist government in China. In 1922, Chen initiated a coup d'etat against Sun's southern regime in Guangzhou, which later known as the June Sixteenth Incident (六一六事变). After Chen's troops were defeated by the Nationalist army, he retreated to Hong Kong and lived there until he died in 1933." Biographical note /Columbia University/Archival collections - "陈定炎（1923年11 月22日 – 2006年9月7日）。 陈定炎博士于1923年11月22日生于香港，父亲陈炯明将军是一位1920年代的中国革命和联邦主义者，主张借鉴美国经验建立“联邦中国”。陈定炎博士于1946年获交通大学科学学士学位后，赴美国进入研究生院深造，获得多个航空和机械工程学位，其中包括1948年获特拉华大陈定炎学硕士学位；1950年获哈佛大学硕士和博士学位。1957至1978年，陈定炎博士在美国康涅狄格州格路顿的通用动力/电船公司担任研发组经理；1979年至1986年，在康涅狄格州美国海岸警备队任行政督办，并在华盛顿特区研发总部任职 陈博士还在美国圣母大学、罗德岛大学和康涅狄格大学任教，是康涅狄格科学院成员，美国机械工程师学会终身研究员。 1986年陈博士从工程管理的职业生涯退休后，成为一个历史学家和以中文及英文写作的作家。 陈博士于2003年患颈髓损伤症，2006年9月7日因并发肺炎在香港仁济医院逝世。" Baidu