Editing Wing Luke (section)

== Early life and education ==

=== Family background and upbringing ===
Luke was born on February 18, 1925, in a small town near [[Guangzhou|Canton]] (modern Guangzhou). His grandfather had run a [[laundry]] in Seattle, but [[Chinese Exclusion Act|exclusion laws]] forced Luke's father to return to China.<ref name="seattle times 80th">{{cite news |last=Stripling |first=Sherry |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/wing-luke-the-man-behind-the-museum/ |title=Wing Luke: the man behind the museum |work=Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |date=2005-02-25 |accessdate=2015-09-20 }}</ref> When Luke was five, his family moved to the [[United States]],{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} but he did not settle in [[Seattle]] until 1931, at the age of six.<ref name="seattle times 80th" /> Upon their arrival in Seattle, the family saved to open a modest laundry and grocery store{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} in the [[University District, Seattle, Washington|University District]].<ref name="Historylinkbio">{{cite web |work=HistoryLink.org |title=Luke, Wing (1925-1965) |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2047 |publisher=HistoryLink |location=Seattle, WA |accessdate=2015-09-20 }}</ref> Luke was the oldest of six children.<ref name="seattle times museum">{{cite news |last=Ramirez |first=Marc |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wing-lukes-vision-lives-in-new-museum/ |title=Wing Luke's vision lives in new museum |work=Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |date=2008-05-25 |accessdate=2015-09-20 }}</ref>

While in school, Luke was often teased for his Chinese origins and on multiple occasions got into physical confrontations with bullies. After the outbreak of World War II, Luke's family was evicted from their apartment by their landlady for looking Japanese, which would instill in Luke a fire for social activism for the rest of his life.<ref name="seattle times museum" /> However, he eventually became the [[Roosevelt High School (Seattle)|Roosevelt High School]] student body president. In 1944, his grades and civic activities earned him an invitation as a high school consultant for a White House Conference on juvenile problems, though Luke's induction into the army would prevent him from attending. <ref name="Historylinkbio" />

=== Military service ===
Only halfway through his senior year of high school, Luke was inducted into the [[U.S. Army]]. Initially in the Army Specialized Training Program, he then joined the infantry and field artillery and was acting first sergeant and regimental S-1 sergeant in the 40th division Field Artillery.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} He served in Guam, Korea, New Guinea, New Britain and the [[Philippines]], where he received the [[Bronze Star Medal]] and six combat stars.<ref name="Historylinkbio" /><ref name="McKowen">{{cite book |last1=McKowen |first1=Ken |last2=McKowen |first2=Dahlynn |title=Best of Oregon and Washington's Mansions, Museums, and More: A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Pacific Northwest's Historical and Cultural Treasures |url=https://archive.org/details/bestoregonwashin00mcko |url-access=limited |chapter=The Wing Luke Asian Museum |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=2009 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bestoregonwashin00mcko/page/n286 261]–262 |isbn=9780899974873}}</ref>

=== Higher education ===
Following his service, Luke entered the [[University of Washington]]. As in high school, Luke was a prominent leader. He was President of his sophomore class, the U.W. YMCA, the Baptist-Disciples' Student Center, the U.W. Red Cross, U.W. Young Democrats, and the committee chairman of A.S.U.W. Publications.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} He graduated from the university with a B.A. in [[political science]] and [[public administration]]. He did graduate work in the same fields at the [[American University]] in Washington, D.C. He then attended the [[University of Washington School of Law|UW School of Law]] to earn an [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]]<ref name="Historylinkbio" /><ref name="seattle times museum" />