Henry Winters Luce was an American

United States

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 missionary and educator in China

China

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. He was the father of the publisher Henry R. Luce.

Henry W. Luce graduated from Yale University

Yale University

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 in 1892. After graduation, he stayed at Union Seminary

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

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 in New York for 2 years, before his seminary training at Princeton University

Princeton University

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 in 1896.

Luce was ordained in 1897 and sent to China by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in the same year. In total, he spent 31 years in the country, where his four children, including Henry R. Luce, were born.

Luce was a professor at Cheeloo University

Cheeloo University

Cheeloo University was a university in China, established by Hunter Corbett American Presbyterian, and other English Baptist, Anglican, and Canadian Presbyterian mission agencies in early 1900 in China.-History:...

 in Jinan

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, China, where he led fundraising efforts and served as vice president for a short time. He also helped to initiate the Yale-in-China Association. In 1928, he accepted a professorship at the Kennedy School of Missions in Hartford, Connecticut. He held this position until his retirement in 1935
.

Luce Memorial Chapel

Luce Memorial Chapel

The Luce Memorial Chapel is a Christian chapel on the campus of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. It was designed by the architect and artist Chen Chi-Kwan in collaboration with the firm of noted architect I. M. Pei, and named in honor of the Rev. Henry W...

, designed by I.M. Pei and situated on the campus of Tunghai University

Tunghai University

Tunghai University was founded by Methodist missionaries in 1955 as a comprehensive university. It is a top-ranked private school and a leading institution in Taiwan. Moreover, Tunghai University was founded as the first private university making it the second oldest university in Taiwan, which...

, Taiwan, is named after Henry W. Luce.
Construction of the chapel was sponsored by Henry R. Luce.