D.D.S., 1922
Wong Jee Lum, who was born in San Francisco, California, enrolled in the University of Minnesota dentistry program in 1918, and became the first Chinese student to receive a doctorate of dental surgery degree in 1922. He went on to teach at Union Medical College in Peking, becoming the first Chinese professor of American methods of dentistry in China, according to Minnesota Alumni Weekly. In 1935, Wong became the dean of the dentistry department at the National Central University in Nanjing. He reached out to his alma mater in 1936, writing a letter to the dean of the College of Dentistry at the University asking for materials to help his department in China.
In the 1940s, Wong became dean of the dentistry department at the National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan, and was also a major general in the Chinese Nationalist Army on the staff of the surgeon general. Wong was president of the University of Minnesota Club of Taipei, and in October 1959, he received the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Achievement Award.
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黄子濂，生于美国加州旧金山，1918年入学攻读明尼苏达大学，学习口腔专业，1922年毕业，成为第一位明尼苏达大学毕业的中国口腔外科博士。回国后，黄子濂执教于北京协和医学院，根据 1923年11月1日《明尼苏达大学校友周报》报道，他是中国第一位教授美式牙科技术的医学教授。1935年，黄子濂被任命为南京国立中央大学口腔学院（系第四军医大学口腔医学院前身）院长。1936年，他与母校明尼苏达大学牙医学院联系，希望获得相关牙医设备和资料，以便在中国建立真正的牙医学院。
20世纪40年代，黄子濂随国防医学院撤至台湾，出任台湾国防医学院牙医学系主任，同时也担任中国国民党军医少将。黄子濂曾经担任明尼苏达大学台北校友会主席。 1959年，他被授予明尼苏达大学杰出成就奖，此奖为明尼苏达大学授予校友的最高荣誉。