3. • Born October 5, 1959
• Parents migrated to U.S. from China in
1958
• Studied at Yale
• Bachelor of Arts and Master of
Architecture degrees
• Received honorary doctorate degrees
from Yale, Harvard, Williams College
and Smith College
• Landscape artist
• Sculptor
5. • Best known as the designer of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
• At age 21, she won the competition,
beating 1,441 other contestants
7. • Both a lament and a tribute
• A string of numbers spirals out from the
center starting from the year 1701
• Marks the number of female students at
Yale each year
13. • Indianapolis Museum of Art
• Inspired by the Bluespring Caverns,
The Lost River, and the White River
• “Recreates” the experience and
emotion of the underwater landscapes
