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Yü-Gwan Chen was born in Nanking, China, March 8, 1893. After graduation from college in 1915, he further studied Chinese classics, 1915-16. He entered Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, as a special student in the Department of Chemistry, 1916-17. He registered at Columbia University to pursue graduate work in chemistry under the Faculty of Pure Science; and was awarded the degree of Master of Arts in 1918. From September 1919 to June 1922, he has been pursuing research in organic chemistry in the research laboratories of Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University.