楊克念 (1898-1931)
Ko Nien Yang was born in Changsha, Hunan province in 1898. He graduated from Tsing Hua in 1918 and came to Grinnell the same year, together with fellow Tsing Hua alum Chung I Tseng, both on Boxer Indemnity Fund scholarships.
Although he transferred to the University of Chicago after spending only one year on campus (1918-1919), Yang participated in the Chinese students’ activities such as the celebration of the founding of the Republic of China in October 1918 (SB 10/16/1918) and co-hosting the visiting Chinese educators at the Monroe Hotel in November 1919.
Yang received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Chicago in 1921. He went on to earn an M.D. from Harvard University in 1925. After returning to China he worked as a professor of internal medicine at the Medical School of Yale-in-China in Changsha, Hunan, but died of intestinal obstruction in 1931 (Tan).
Tan Qinghua. “Tsing Hua Xuexiao biyesheng kao (shang): 1912-1919” (Graduates of Tsing Hua School (Part 1): 1912-1919). Accessed February 18, 2026, https://xsg.tsinghua.edu.cn/info/1003/1328.html