Background
Yen, Douglas Ernest was born on March 20, 1924 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Ernest Hai and Lily (Chan Ting) Yen. came to the United States, 1966.
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The Sweet Potato and Oceania: An Essay in Ethnobotany
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Douglas Ernest Yen
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Douglas Ernest Yen, New Zealand Educator, researcher. Rockefeller Foundation grantee, New York, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, W South American, 1962-1967, co-recipient National Science Foundation grantee, Washington, Pacific Islands (Solomons), 1970, 76, National Institute Health grantee, Washington, Pacific Islands, 1968, National Science Foundation grantee, Thailand, 1973.
Education
Bachelor in Agricultural Science, Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1947; Master in Agricultural Science, Massey Agricultural College, 1948; D in Science, U. Auckland (New Zealand), 1975.
Career
Plant breeder, geneticist, Crop Research Division Department Science Industrial Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1948-1952;
officer-in-charge, Vegetable Station, Chinese Relief and Development, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Otara, Auckland, New Zealand, 1953-1966;
ethnobotanist, Bishop Museum Department Anthropology, Honolulu, 1966-1980;
professional fellow department prehistory research, School Pacific Studies, Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, 1980-1985;
professor department prehistory research school, School Pacific Studies, Australian National U., 1986-1989;
professor emeritus department prehistory research school, School Pacific Studies, Australian National U., since 1990. Consultant Pacific agricultural survey Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1979, germ plasm survey New Guinea Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) of United Nations, Rome, 1982. Visiting fellow Yale University, 1967,Australian National U., 1976.
Visiting professor University of Chicago, 1976, U. Hawaii, 1980. Honorary associate Bishop Museum, U. Hawaii.
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Fellow Australian Academy Humanities, Linnean Society. Member National Academy Sciences (foreign associate), Polynesian Society (New Zealand) Elsdon Best Memorial medal 1990), Society Economics Botany (Distinguished Economics Botanist 1992).
Connections
Married Nancy Wah Lee, April 6, 1949. Children: Richard Ernest, Catherine Eleanor Yen Clayman.
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New Zealand
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Rockefeller Foundation grantee, New York, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, W South American, 1962-1967, co-recipient National Science Foundation grantee, Washington, Pacific Islands (Solomons), 1970, 76, National Institute Health grantee, Washington, Pacific Islands, 1968, National Science Foundation grantee, Thailand, 1973.Rockefeller Foundation grantee, New York, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, W South American, 1962-1967, co-recipient National Science Foundation grantee, Washington, Pacific Islands (Solomons), 1970, 76, National Institute Health grantee, Washington, Pacific Islands, 1968, National Science Foundation grantee, Thailand, 1973.