From "....stein" to "Chen"

From "....stein" to "Chen"

In the '70s and '80s, when I attended a CME (Continuing Medical Education) course, I noticed  that many of the young speakers’ surnames were often ended with "stein", "berg", “burg", …… .

Nowadays, in the CME meetings, I see "new" (ie. different) and "young" faces of the course speakers have their last names as "Chen", "Lee", "Lin", …. .

Like the early Jewish immigrants in the '40s, and '50s, the new Chinese, or Taiwanese, immigrants in the '60s and '70s, mostly the professionals from Taiwan, often sent their children to medical schools.

Many of the second generation immigrants, who were born in this new land, among many other factors, with the language advantage, compared to their parents, have made their way up to the top of the academic community.

This phenomenon has also been seen in other professions as well.

As one of the first generation immigrants, I admire and am proud of the remarkable achievements of our second generations.


Yeh Tze