Background
Cheung, Wai Yiu was born on July 15, 1933 in Kwangtung, China.
Cheung, Wai Yiu was born on July 15, 1933 in Kwangtung, China.
Bachelor of Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, 1956. Master of Science, University Vermont, Burlington, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1964.
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1964-1967; assistant member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1967-1970; associate member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1970-1971; member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, since 1971; professor biochemistry, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1976.
Member Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Sigma Xi.
Son of Ling-Fai Cheung, June 23, 1962. Children: Jane, Pauline, Sidney.