Laudare ✠ To Praise
“Let your light shine before others in such a way that they may see your
good works and praise your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16
Kuo York Chynn, MD, FACR
2018 Veritas Award Recipient
Kuo York Chynn was one of nine children in a large family in Shanghai, China. He attended Deutsche Medizinishe Akademie Shanghai, a German combined university/medical school, and in 1949 he was to begin a series of internships in the United States when Shanghai was overtaken by the People’s Republic of China. Miraculously, Dr. Chynn was able to secure passage on a Dutch cargo ship with one suitcase, $60, and a small ivory statue of Buddha that his mother handed him as he boarded the ship.
Dr. Chynn attended St. Louis University for his radiology residency and then became the sole Asian physician in a private practice in Great Falls, Montana. In l956, York was facing deportation proceedings, but his colleagues petitioned Senator Mansfield to sponsor a bill for him to remain, which was signed by President Eisenhower. Dr. Chynn served as Assistant Professor of Radiology at New York Cornell Hospital & was awarded an NIH Fellowship to study neuroradiology in London and Stockholm. Dr. Chynn returned to establish the Neuroradiology Division at New York Hospital and at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1967, where he retired as Clinical Professor of Radiology in 1994.
Dr. Chynn converted to Christianity in 1960 to marry Noelle, whose family was Catholic. He and Noelle raised their three children, Emil, Monica, and Audrey, in the Church and have been faithful supporters of many Catholic charities for more than 50 years. Their gifts include the funding of essay contests on ethics at several institutions and an endowed scholarship at Fordham University’s School of Social Work, where Noelle earned her master’s degree.
In 2018, Dr. and Mrs. Chynn created the Dr. J. T. Vincent Lou Fund for the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill. Established in memory of Noelle’s father, the Dr. Lou Fund will ensure, in perpetuity, the teaching of the principles of Catholic Social Teaching through lectures, seminars, and conferences. The Dominican Sisters of Sparkill are honored to share with Dr. Chynn and his family the firm belief that every human being is created in the image and likeness of God, and that the dignity of human life and of all creation is preserved and flourishes when men and women live according to these principles. For this reason, the Sisters are proud to present the Veritas Award to Dr. Kou York Chynn.
Source: http://www.rdpvideo.com/2019-honorees-biographies/2018-honorees-biographies
