Hoh, Yam Tong, 1898-1987

Born in Fushan, China, Reverend Dr. Yam Tong Hoh received his education at Stanford University, San Anselmo Theological Seminary and Columbia University Teachers College.

He returned to China to head the True Light Middle School. After World War II, he came to the United States to head the Chinese Community Center in Oakland, California, and to serve the Chinese Congregational Church in Berkeley. He was called to lead the Chinese Christian Church and Center of Philadelphia in 1954. Hoh was also active in the Chinese Benevolent Association of Philadelphia and Asian American Council of Greater Philadelphia. After his retirement from the ministry in 1967, he became first director of On Lok House, which provided subsidized housing for Asian elderly.

Daisy Law was born in Canton to a devout Chinese Christian family in 1900.

She attended college the United States and received the Ed.B. degree from UCLA in 1924. After serving s principal for a time at the True Light Elementary School in Canton, she returned to the US and received MA degrees from Stanford University in 1929 and Columbia University Teacher's College in 1933. She married Yam Tong Hoh in 1927 in New York. The couple returned to China; Yam Tong Hoh became principal of the True Light Middle School in Canton, while Daisy Law Hoh headed the school's English Department. Their son, George Lok Kwong Hoh, was born during this time, in 1935. During World War II, the schoo evacuated to Hong Kong. Yam Tong Hoh remained at the school while Diasy Law Hoh and their son fled to California, where Daisy Hoh gave many speeches to raise money for Chinese relief efforts. Yam Tong Hoh joined his wife and son in the United States in 1945. Later that year, Daisy Law Hoh died of cancer.

From the description of Yam Tong Hoh and Daisy Law papers, 1920-1992. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 60523893

Born in Fushan, China, Reverend Dr. Yam Tong Hoh received his education at Stanford University, San Anselmo Theological Seminary and Columbia University Teachers College.

He returned to China to head the True Light Middle School. After World War II, he came to the United States to head the Chinese Community Center in Oakland, California, and to serve the Chinese Congregational Church in Berkeley. He was called to lead the Chinese Christian Church and Center of Philadelphia in 1954. Hoh was also active in the Chinese Benevolent Association of Philadelphia and Asian American Council of Greater Philadelphia. After his retirement from the ministry in 1967, he became first director of On Lok House, which provided subsidized housing for Asian elderly.

From the description of Yam Tong Hoh papers, 1917-1987. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 60523869