Although Tsien was one of the founders of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and for many years helped the military of the United States debrief scientists from Nazi Germany, he was suddenly accused of being a spy and a member of the Communist Party USA, and was placed under house arrest from 1950 to 1955. "This was something of a roots venture for her -- to reconnect with the country that her family had drifted off from," said UC Berkeley's Schell. We called him every day, sometimes two or three times a day. After eloquent eulogies by family and friends, a tribute written by U. S. Rep. Michael Honda was recited, which he had read into the Congressional Record earlier that week: "Her fierce pride of her Chinese American heritage empowered others with the certainty that they were truly Americans Our community has lost a role model and close friend; the world has lost one of its finest and most passionate advocates of social and historical justice. iris during college years with mr and mrs chang and brother michael courtesy chang family, Event on 11/16/04 in San Jose. Mo Hayder dedicated a novel to her. Christopher Douglas writes and directs the improbably long-running career of uber- thesp Nicholas Craig ( Nigel Planer) whose autobiography I, An Actor was first published in 1988, and who has continued to appear on TV and onstage ever since. He explained that the gunpowder she had was unsafe to use indoors. January 26, 2008, Sunday Star-Times magazine The motorist who went to investigate the white Oldsmobile parked just off highway 17, which runs between San Jose and Santa Cruz in Northern California, was a county employee. Christopher Douglas was born on 26 August 1969 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He returned to China and went on to develop its missile system. "She appeared to have done research." A book packager wanted to publish a children's version of 'The Chinese in America. Iris Chang was the intelligent daughter of two university professors who emigrated from China. March 28, 1968. "We went out and did really long hikes, and it seemed to help. Dive into our most recent stories and exclusive insights from our editors and staff. But Kalcic and his employees did not know how unusual Iris Chang was: a world- renowned author whose work had stirred international controversy. Iris Chang wrote those lines in 1978, when she was 10, . Stories about Chang's grandparents' harrowing escape were part of her family legacy and prompted her to embark on this ambitious project, for which she interviewed elderly survivors of the massacre and discovered thousands of rare documents in four different languages. He was misled by Iris. . What happened to Iris Chang's son? She had worn herself out on a book tour for the paperback release of The Chinese in America and spent some time in a mental health ward in Kentucky in August 2004. [2] The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory. Her last, widely-acclaimed book focused on Chinese immigrants and t heir descendents in the United States their sacrifices, their achievements and their contributions to the fabric of American culture, an epic journey spanning more than 150 years. One month later, on Saturday, Dec. 11, the same elegant photograph of Iris was displayed at a memorial honoring her on the 67th anniversary of the invasion of Nanking. But just in time, Iris changed the subject, prompting him to tell a lighter story. "Iris always came to us to discuss her problems," her mother said. I can never shake my belief that I was being recruited, and later persecuted, by forces more powerful than I could have imagined. theguardian.com. . Chang, with a Ph.D. in biological chemistry from Harvard University, had a scientist's career until her retirement in 2002. Iris Chang was the daughter of two university professors, Ying-Ying Chang and Dr. Shau-Jin Chang, who emigrated from Taiwan to the United States. Now, in THE CHINESE IN AMERICA: A Narrative History (Viking; On-sale Date: April 28, 2003) Chang explores the history of one of this countrys fastest growing ethnic groups. They advance new concepts in imaging, proteomics, drug discovery, and catalysis by drawing from core disciplines of inorganic, organic, and biological chemistry. She was 26. "He reminded me to eat and to take a walk when I was writing all day, forgetting everything else.". . Such harsh logic, symptomatic of the disease, rendered her unable to extend her own magnificent compassion to herself. Robert Spencer / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT, iris chang and bataan march survivor ed martel and his wife courtesy ed martel, THIS IS A HANDOUT IMAGE. Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004) was a Chinese American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. Iris Shun-Ru Chang was born March 28, 1968, in Princeton Hospital, on the university campus in New Jersey where her parents were doing postdoctoral work. Instead it offers the same meticulous attention to detail and thorough immersion in primary sources that distinguishes Changs exhaustively researched books, Thread of the Silkworm (1995), about an accused Chinese spy; The Rape of Nanking, published in 1997 to mark the massacres 60th anniversary; and the 2003 narrative history The Chinese in America. "This was lying in our basement. He framed it and hung it on a wall in his home. In 1997, Iris Changs The Rape of Nanking was published to great critical acclaim and quickly became a national bestseller. Robert Spencer / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT. Iris was first and foremost an advocate. Iris Shun-Ru Chang was born March 28, 1968, in Princeton Hospital, on the university campus in New Jersey where her parents were doing postdoctoral work. He immediately called the police. This kind of "black powder" is unstable and unsafe indoors, so he insisted she first take the can outside. Then she got back up again. "Typically, people start losing sleep, then stay up later and later each night. He and Emily Harper both appeared on the soap opera Passions. She was an able journalist, but she allowed herself to become deeply involved emotionally in her subjects, which gave her accessibility. Christopher J. Chang (Chemistry), Ral Coronado (Ethnic Studies), Ken Light (Journalism), and Debarati Sanyal . They told of the time in grade school when Iris decided "if Dear Abby can do it -- I can do it," and she started her own advice column, writing questions and answers. "She had so many bookings, she could easily be on the road for 2 1/2 weeks before coming back home. "She also liked to beat the system. She wore herself out." "She was in on more than one occasion," said Reed's manager, Pat Kalcic, a tall outdoorsman. Worse, Chang had started out as a computer science major and switched with Kamens encouragement. En su breve trayectoria literaria, Chang dej tres interesantes libros que documentan las experiencias de asiticos o estadounidenses de origen chino que han influido en la historia. The Douglas iris was first collected near Monterey, California by the Scottish botanist and explorer David Douglas who also discovered and gave his name to the Douglas fir. In tribute to Chang, the survivors held a service at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, around the same time as her funeral, held at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos, California on November 12, 2004. Schell reviewed her book favorably in the New York Times. ", Christopher was born Aug. 31 that year. "Iris was impatient. Iris Chang (), before her untimely death, was one of America's leading young historians. He established an International Safety Zone in Nanking before the Japanese soldiers arrived from Shanghai. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. It read: "I promise to get up and get out of the house every morning. "Why did he have to toy with me like that?" The event was organized by Global Alliance and the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition. Iris Chang's many accolades include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Peace and International Cooperation Award, the Woman of the Year award from the Organization of Chinese Americans, and two honorary doctorates (the College of Wooster in Ohio, and California State University at Hayward). ", On her trip to China, she met with survivors from Nanking. Both were born in mainland China. Iris' reluctance to take medication may indicate the difficulty she had accepting her illness as an illness. "Though I had heard so much about the Nanking massacre as a child, nothing prepared me for these pictures -- stark black-and-white images of decapitated heads, bellies ripped open and nude women forced by their rapists into various pornographic poses, their faces contorted into unforgettable expressions of agony and shame. Some of Changs friends blamed the relentless pace of her work. Brett said, "It was, I think, 21 cities in 28 days. "To see her on TV, defending 'Rape of Nanking' so fiercely and so fearlessly -- I just sat down, stopped, in awe," said Helen Zia, author of "Asian-American Dreams: Emergence of an American People" and co-author, with Wen-Ho Lee, of "My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused. "He immediately agreed to read my manuscript and write the introduction when I asked him.". It was hard for her not to react every single time. "Iris was a very strong person, even when she was depressed," said Brett. After the ambassador spoke of events in Nanking, Iris turned to the moderator and said: "I didn't hear an apology. This post was contributed by a community member. "Civilization is tissue thin," Iris wrote. Please reload the page and try again. "Then we came home, and that was our last weekend together," he said, fighting back tears. 162 Christopher H Douglas. You're not on a moving train. "Iris used to say she never understood why people would commit suicide, so she was definitely not a suicidal type," said Chang. Iris Chang was married to Brett Douglas in 1991 and their son Christopher was born in 2002. A lot of people misunderstood her in that way. The news hit Nanjing fast and hard. Iris Chang's Birthday is March 28,1968, The zodiac sign:Aries "I thought it would be inspirational. Iris Chang always outdid Paula Kamen. At the time of her death, she had been taking the medications Depakote and Risperdal to stabilize her mood.[19]. -- Did she suffer a fatal reaction to powerful drugs that she refused to take as prescribed? "Sometimes, people can be both mentally ill and highly disciplined, highly structured, highly productive members of society, whether you're talking about science or business or the arts. Iris Chang, the best-selling author of "The Rape of Nanking" and one of the nation's leading young historians and a human . 64 years old (June 07, 1958) Purple Rain. I knew immediately I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her.". ", Brett voiced a similar conclusion. "The Man Who Ended History", a story in The Paper Managerie by Ken Liu about uncovering the history of Unit 731, is dedicated to the memory of Chang. We've seen a lot of suicides. Iris Chang, you had done a lot to fully expose the Nanjing Massacre happened 70 years ago. "She didn't like other people taking control, so she resisted" his attending any of her therapy sessions. She paid the gunsmith $10. Born in China, educated at M.I.T. It was just after nine on a November morning in 2004 and he had spotted a female driver who was either asleep or in trouble. "There is no way that a family member could sort out all the details, let alone their own feelings, because they're connected to the person," Dr. Photos for a profile of Iris chang, a prominent author and historian, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [20], On November 9, 2004, at about 9 a.m., Chang was found dead in her car by a Santa Clara Valley Water District employee on a rural road south of Los Gatos, California and west of State Route 17, in Santa Clara County. Tsien was a top physicist at Cal-Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who was deported during the Red scare of the 1950s. Kuang's debut novel, The Poppy War, is dedicated to Iris Chang. Some 8,000 died on the notorious "death march." "Not only because she started thinking about writing The Rape of Nanking in Cupertino, but also because she gave speeches in Cupertino many times, this book signing event in Cupertino is significant to me.". Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking, ended her life with a pistol on November 9, 2004. Getting ready for the trip, Iris went into overdrive. Iris learned to read at age 4. @TheJohnRylands. ", Smith had been Iris' liaison in Wisconsin; another Proviso High teacher was to be her guide in Kentucky. Chang will continue her book-signing tour after Saturday's event in Cupertino. NANKING-02/B/19JULY98/SC/TK=IRIS Chang autographing "Rape of Nanking" Sunday at the Treasure Island exhibit. She was a journalism graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana and worked briefly as a reporter in Chicago before winning a graduate fellowship to the writing seminars program at The Johns Hopkins University. He thought Iris was improving.". " Iris was sometimes teased for her earnestness. His daughter recalled that in telling Iris this story, he got terribly worked up. Each time, Iris swept into town and conducted four or five intensive interviews in as many days. "Iris was much in demand and gave many talks," Brett recalled, adding with a laugh, "she was schmoozing the whole time." Douglas Chang, MD, PhD is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who specializes in the non-surgical treatment of back/neck pain and other musculoskeletal injuries. Ed Martel's story began on Dec. 7, 1941. Back to Christopher Douglas Page. Married 41 years, the Changs are a handsome, gracious couple. "Iris was so excited when she got the contract for the book," Brett said, recalling how obsessively she ferreted out material. Her mother hoped Iris would take on a lighter topic for her next book, especially with a baby in the house. ", Rabiner, who later became an agent and represented Iris, said, "The book was beyond well reviewed -- it was a mega-best-seller that continues to sell. In a funny kind of way, she was resolute, she was calm. Speaking of the night they met, Brett said, "Iris was beautiful, vivacious -- and sober. The daughter of Ying-Ying () and Dr. Shau-Jin () Chang, she was born in Princeton, New Jersey and grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. She wrote her 100-page book proposal in a couple of weeks.". Whoops! She passed the football field and the blocky, concrete auditorium of James Lick High School. The Committee of 100 is a national non-partisan organization composed of American citizens of Chinese descent who have achieved positions of leadership in the United States in a broad range of professions. Brett Douglas was a tall, low-key redhead, nearly two years her senior and an engineering graduate student when they were introduced at a Sigma Phi Delta fraternity party on campus. She committed suicide on November 9, 2004. . I didn't really care if I made a cent from it. I will stop by to visit my parents then go for a long walk. ', "Much of the conversation was upbeat. "We set out a very big lunch -- meat trays and sandwiches and desserts," she said. After two years at Princeton, the family moved to a Midwestern college town, Champaign-Urbana, in Illinois. Long after college, Changs drive, intelligence, and tireless research continued to put her ahead of her peers. "Iris can be a loner; it doesn't bother her." According to Brett Douglas, who married Iris Chang in 1991, all the information his wife gathered during her stay in Nanjing, was "distilled and filtered" in the writing process, when she was "working 70-hour weeks". They are the ones who brought her up." Iris Chang March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004 As a student of history & a literature hound, Iris Chang's death in 2004 came as a shock. Neither did they know she had been bent on suicide. Messages of . For Asian Americans to write nonfiction about Asia or Asian America was relatively new. Her maternal grandparents had escaped just weeks before the Japanese arrived. Their mothers helped to plan the wedding. The Rape of Nanking remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for 10 weeks. ", Their son, who had turned 2 years old in August, became aware of a change. It also showed publishing houses that there is a market for books about the Chinese experience. The gunsmith told police he had spotted a can of gunpowder in the bag. Consistent with the style of her earlier works, the book relies heavily on personal accounts, drawing its strong emotional content from their stories. "Michael is very outgoing, very extroverted -- Iris is different," said Mrs. Chang. The half-inch lead ball perforated her hard palate, passed through her left dural sinus, her left cerebral and occipital lobes, broke partially through her skull and came to rest without exiting her scalp. "People who are in great treatment, who have all the love and support in the world, can still commit suicide," Jamison, author of "Understanding Suicide," has said. It was a Thursday, nine days after her death. They lived on a leafy country road. It was obvious she wasn't the same person that she was before," he said. This put her under enormous stress. The late Iris Chang was eulogized in simultaneous ceremonies in northern California, Washington and Nanjing, China on Friday. She wound up committing suicide after finishing her book about the Rape of Nanking. Chang was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Tell us what happened. The Rape of Nanking placed her in great demand as a speaker and as an interview subject, and, more broadly, as a spokesperson for the viewpoint that the Japanese government had not done enough to compensate victims of their invasion of China. Chang, the author of the international best seller "The Rape of Nanking," the compelling history of "the Chinese holocaust" the 1937 brutal torture and murder of upward of 35 million Chinese citizens at the hands of the Japanese, was instantly labeled a human rights pioneer. Waking at 5 a.m., Brett saw Iris was gone. If she had a brain tumor, people would better understand.". "But he spoke to her mother on the phone and told Iris, 'Your mom is on the phone, so it's OK.' ". To me, it was part of that whole intensity that made Iris able to do what she went on to do. Iris Chang was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois in 1989. It's a disease. "She got used to the fact that there is a Web site called 'Iris Chang and Her Lies.' "Tell me why you want to tell the story.". The first draft said: "When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. I thought it would break the spell, break the hold of these emotions. "Yes!" ER 2002-08 . "In the past, when Iris was working on something, she might work for 48 hours straight and then she would crash for 20 hours, and then she'd be back up, working again," Brett said. They just kept saying, 'We'll print another 10,000, we'll print another 10,000.' One speaker called Iris "a hero for those muffled by injustice." "Iris told me now was not the time to go on with the Bataan project. Just do it!" But friends say Iris began to voice concerns for her safety. The air was still, heavy with grief. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mood disorder that affects one in every 70 people. The correspondent was Sgt. Another said: "Let us thank her parents. Everything points to suicide.". She was assigned to the AP office in Chicago. Nitin Gadkari 15844 bday balloons. Kamen says that despite her worldliness, Chang never developed the distancing filters that aid many journalists. Reader's Digest devoted a cover story to her. CHANG2-C-29APR03-DD-HO.jpg Brett devised a "20-Point Plan to Make Iris Well," listing such remedies as going to the beach; calling friends; eating well (on her desk, she kept a book titled "How Food Affects Your Mood" next to her Franklin Planner); and getting exercise. ", Rabiner said Iris "found her voice" in promoting "Rape of Nanking." [10] Based on the book, an American documentary film, Nanking, was released in 2007. After her death, she became the subject of tributes from fellow writers. Among other things, the compulsively well-organized Chang began losing credit cards every couple of weeks, according to Douglas, and in her last year she became paranoid about everything from viruses attacking her computer to attempts by the government to recruit her, a la The Manchurian Candidate. It's a date he won't forget. I know that my actions will transfer some of this pain to others, indeed those who love me the most. Her last Bataan trip was scheduled for July 2004. South Bay Rep.'s Expenditures Stir Prez Bid Buzz: Report, Convicted Serial Killer Pleads Guilty In 1973 Stanford Cold Case, Peninsula Youth Theatre's 'The Snow Queen' 2023: Mountain View, Pianist Alessandro Deljavan - Steinway Society Bay Area Concert 2023: San Jose, Symphony San Jose 'Tchaikovsky Flute' With Soloist Denis Bouriakov 2023: SJ, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 'In Every Generation' 2023: Mountain View. "She contacted people who'd been lost for years, dug up records that nobody ever knew existed. Iris Chang (), before her untimely death, was one of America's leading young historians. Register for a user account. There's a girl who wants to get into Submit,' " Mr. Chang recalled. She was easily hurt, though sometimes she didn't show it. A red tricycle and a jogging stroller flanked the front door. She just knows how to do things," he said, tenderly smoothing out a page. Dean Baker, a 33-year veteran, took over the investigation. She'd already spoken with Chang's widower, Brett Douglas,. Iris Chang (Author, . Similar situation to my own Mom was a self hating, mentally ill Asian woman married to a gangly white nerd. There's almost zero chance that the kid isn't autistic. As a teacher's assistant, she taught a class in creative writing. Tsien left for the People's Republic of China in September 1955. ", Later, Iris challenged the Japanese ambassador to a debate on the "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" on PBS. She believed her phone was tapped. he cried. Born Iris Shun-Ru Chang, Mar 28, 1968, in Princeton, New Jersey; grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; committed suicide, Nov 9, 2004, near Los Gatos, California; dau. That is, successful and invulnerable. "The Chinese in America: A Narrative History" was published by Viking in 2003. Coast Miwok dried the roots and . THEY ARE AT THE CHINESE AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER / CULTURE TO CULTURE FOUNDATION. A poster-size photograph of Iris, lit by candlelight, stood vigil on the lawn of Spangler Mortuary in Los Altos in the early evening of Nov. 18. Her obituary was published in newspapers worldwide. When they were both journalism students in the late 80s at the University of Illinois in Urbana, it was Chang who won the prized internships. "During the massacre some had received physical injuries so severe they had been prevented from making a decent living for decades. Upon his return to China, Tsien developed the Dongfeng missile program, and later the Silkworm missile, which was used by the Iraqi military during its war on Iran and against the United States-led coalitions during the Persian Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Normally, Iris never did interviews alone. 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