Background
Mr. Lee was born in Canton, Guangdong, China, on December 9, 1884.
Mr. Lee was born in Canton, Guangdong, China, on December 9, 1884.
He went to the United States in 1896 and studied at a public school in Chicago. Mr. Lee also graduated from the Morgan Park Academy in Illinois, and the University of Chicago with Bachelor of Science degree in 1907.
Аfter graduation, Lee John Yiubong was appointed research assistant and later instructor in the physics department of the University of Chicago. He spent the years in 1916-1917 in scientific instrument factories and research laboratories.
Then Mr. Lee returned to China in 1917, joined the National Committee of the Y.M.C.A.'s (Young Men's Christian Association) of China as head of its science laboratory and education department, served as professor of physics in Southeastern University in Nanjing, China in 1919 and also as technical adviser to the Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Cotton Mill Owners Association etc. He was sent by the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1920 as a delegate to attend the foreign trade convention in America and to study industrial conditions in America and Europe.
Lee John Yiubong was appointed associate general secretary of the National Committee of Y.M.C.A. in 1921-1930 and chosen a member of the board of trustees of Shanghai College in 1927. He was appointed technical expert of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labor and director of research in the Shanghai Bureau of Inspection and Testing of Commercial Commodities in September 1930.