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NELSON YUAN-SHENG KIANG

NELSON YUAN-SHENG KIANG obituary, Boston, MA

NELSON KIANG Obituary

KIANG, Nelson Yuan-sheng Nelson Kiang was born in Wuxi, China, on July 6, 1929. At age five, his diplomat parents brought him to the United States, where he spent his youth in Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle. He studied at the University of Chicago, receiving the Ph.D. degree in 1955. He came to the Boston area in 1956, founded and directed the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary from 1959 to 1996, and conducted pioneering hearing research. While holding professor rank at both MIT and Harvard Medical School, he led the establishment of a joint academic program in Speech and Hearing Sciences in 1992. After retirement in 1996, he organized several large academic conferences and pursued commitments to global health and international education while always working to strengthen direct exchange and mutual understanding between American and Chinese scientists. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Kiang; son, Peter Kiang; daughter-in-law, Vivian Lee; grandson, Jazz Kiang; step-daughter, Pamela Raab; step-son-in-law, David Stokes; and step-grandchildren, Emma Stokes-Raab and Noah Stokes-Raab.

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Published by Boston Globe from Mar. 23 to Mar. 25, 2023.

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Marc Wolman

April 3, 2023

Peter, Pam and all your families, I'm sorry to read of Dr. Kiang's passing. Now I vividly remember my kitchen encounters with your dad. I'm not sure why I'm surprised he went to University of Chicago - if I knew, I had forgotten. I wonder if that fact came up in any of our rare conversations at the time I was deciding to do the same and embarking on my brief Hyde Park career.

Susan Kaplan

March 24, 2023

My mother was diagnosed with melanoma of the eye and I called Nelson on my way back from her doctor at 9PM at night. We could not get appt at Mass Eye and Ear for a week. He spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone with me and got her in at 8AM the next morning. He was incredibly generous with his time if you needed to talk.

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