Rose Cecile Chan Wedding Announcement - New York Times 1985

Source: New York Times, April 21, 1985, Section 1, Page 57

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ROSE CECILE CHAN TO MARRY AUG. 31

Rose Cecile Chan, a second-year law student at New York University, and Warren Randall Loui, an associate in the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, plan to be married Aug. 31, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Chan of Taipei, Taiwan, have announced.

Miss Chan, the 1978 valedictorian of the Taipei American School, graduated from Stanford University in 1982, the year after her fiance received a combined M.B.A. and law degree there.

Her father is in the export-import business in Taipei. Her mother, Jovita Chan, is an elementary teacher at the Dominican School in Taipei.

Mr. Loui, a son of Dr. Wallace W. F. Loui and Dr. Florence Chinn Loui, both of Honolulu, graduated from the Punahou School in Honolulu and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His mother, a physician, is a medical consultant to the department of Social Services and Housing for the state of Hawaii. His father is a physician in Honolulu.

Key Information Extracted

Rose Cecile Chan

• Education: Taipei American School (valedictorian 1978), Stanford University (B.A. 1982), NYU Law (in progress as of 1985)
• Parents: Jesse Chan (export-import business, Taipei) and Jovita Chan (teacher, Dominican School, Taipei)

Warren Randall Loui

• Education: Punahou School (Honolulu), MIT, Stanford (J.D./M.B.A. 1981)
• Career: Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York (as of 1985)
• Parents: Dr. Wallace W. F. Loui and Dr. Florence Chinn Loui, both physicians in Honolulu

Wedding Details

• Planned Date: August 31, 1985
• Announcement Date: April 21, 1985

Notes

This announcement provides valuable primary source documentation of:

1. The official wedding date (August 31, 1985)
2. Rose’s academic achievements (valedictorian)
3. Warren’s first job after law school (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
4. Betty Chan’s first name as “Jovita” (a previously unknown detail)
5. Jesse Chan’s business as “export-import” in Taipei
6. Both of Warren’s parents were physicians in Honolulu
7. Florence Chinn Loui’s role as medical consultant to Hawaii state government