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Notability[edit]

I've removed the notability tag, after adding a reference. Herb was the original instigator for the SNO project, with several seminal papers. He was an early collaborator with Arthur B. McDonald who would go on to win the Nobel Prize for this work. Art acknowledged Herb's contribution in his Nobel Prize speech. Alas, Herb's work was cut short by health. We will work/are working to establish notability better - references are available - but for now, I think the latest added citation is sufficient to show notability. Bdushaw (talk) 11:07, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Early life[edit]

I've added a link at the bottom of the page to a letter from Chen's sister to CNAC. This seems inappropriate as a reference, but suggests important details of Chen's early life. I summarize what seems to be true here, drawing from the CNAC wikipedia article. Perhaps others can see how to include these details while avoiding OR. Chen was born in Chunking because his family had followed the CNAC there, who had evacuated there escaping the Japanese in 1941. The movement of Chen's family (Chunking, Shanghai, Kowloon, etc.) follows the movements of CNAC at this time. Chen's father had worked for CNAC and died in a plane crash. Chen and his older sister were adopted by his granduncle, who ranked high in CNAC and its aviation. They had escaped China (Kowloon) for Malaysia where they lived for 4.5 years. At this point, Chen, his sister, and adoptive father were granted immigration to the U.S. under the Refugee Act. CNAC, I believe, was essentially PanAm in China, and Chen's father worked for PanAm in the U.S.; one can glean the political connections that enabled the immigration to be approved (first immigrants under the Refugee Act from east Asia). Clearly the Chen family was on the side of the Nationalists, while most of CNAC defected to Communist China; this created the danger causing them to move to Malaysia. The immigration to the U.S. was in 1955, and the Chen family lived in Long Island. I'm not sure any of this is acceptable for the article, but I think this is close to what happened. Bdushaw (talk) 11:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Chen and the birth of the internet[edit]

I've added the paragraph describing Chen's work on the report that would lead to NSFNET. The cited reference, by Cramer, seems to be ok, if a little "fringey". The claim is rather strong, so additional documentation/citations are likely needed, e.g., a citation for the report in question. Perhaps such citation will turn up. Bdushaw (talk) 15:46, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]