Background
Yee-King Tseng was born in Foochow, Fukien,China (Fuzhou, Fujian, China) in 1888.
Yee-King Tseng was born in Foochow, Fukien,China (Fuzhou, Fujian, China) in 1888.
He attended the Naval College in Chefoo, China (Yantai, Shandong, China) in 1907 and was sent to England to study engineering by the Ministry of Navy in 1909.
Mr. Tseng also entered Armstrong College of Durham University in 1912 and was graduated in mechanical engineering with Bachelor of Science degree in 1915.
Yee-King Tseng was transferred to America by the Ministry of Navy. While in United States, he joined the technical staff of the Electric Boat Company of New London, Connecticut, specializing in Diesel engines and then the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., of Buffalo, New York returned to China in 1917 and in 1918, was sent to Foochow by the Ministry of Navy to organize the Naval Air Establishment and concurrently to instruct a course in aero-engines in the newly instituted class of aeronautical engineering in the College of Naval Construction.
He was in charge of the N.A.E. (National Academy of Engineering) for eleven years. When the N.A.E. was reorganised in 1928, he was appointed assistant director with the rank of captain.