Background
Choy, Wilbur Wong Yan was born on May 28, 1918 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Lie Yen and Ida (Lee) Choy.
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Wilbur Wong Yan Choy
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A.A., Stockton Junior College, 1944; Bachelor of Arts, College of Pacific, Stockton, 1946; Master of Divinity, Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, California, 1949; Doctor of Divinity, Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, California, 1969; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Puget Sound, Tacoma, 1973.
Career
Ordained deacon, Methodist Church, 1947;
elder, Methodist Church, 1949;
associate pastor, Chinese Methodist Church, Stockton, 1943-1949;
pastor, Chinese Methodist Church, 1949-1954;
pastor, St. Marks Methodist Church, Stockton, 1954-1959;
associate pastor, Woodland (California) Methodist Church, 1959-1960;
pastor, Oak Park Methodist Church, Sacramento, 1960-1969;
also, Chinese Methodist Church, Sacramento, 1968-1969;
district superintendent, Bay View District, California-Nevada Conference, United Methodist Church, 1969-1972;
resident bishop, United Methodist Church, Seattle Area, 1972-1980;
resident bishop, San Francisco Area, since 1980. Member Executive Committee World Methodist Council. Member General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church, 1972-1980, General Board of Global Ministry, since 1980.
Vice president, chairman division general welfare, 1972-1976. Chaplain California Senate, 1967. Delegate United Methodist Western Jurisdictional Conference, 1952, 56, 60, 64, 72, alternate, 1968.
Delegate United Methodist General Conference, 1972. Member Methodist General Board of Temperance, 1952-1956. Member of advisory committee Asian-American Ministries, 1968-1972.
Member Executive Committee National Conference Chinese Churches, 1971-1974. Republican Chinese Association ofStockton to National Conference Chinese Communities in United States of America, 1954. Consultant Pacific and Asian Center Theology and Strategies, Berkeley, California, since 1972.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Goodwill Industries, Stockton, 1958-1959. Board of directors Family Service Agency, Stockton, 1958-1959, Woodland, 1959-1960. Board of directors Center for Asian-American Ministries, School Theology at Claremont (California), since 1977.
Trustee Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, U. Puget Sound, Tacoma, 1972-1980. Member Executive Committee Oak Park Neighborhood Council, Sacramento, 1964-1967.
Connections
Married Grace Ying Hom, September 26, 1940 (deceased December 1977). Children: Randolph W., Jonathan W., Phyllis W. (Mistress Lawrence Uno), Donnell W. Married Nancy S. Yamasaki, December 1981.
