![]() The black cut-stone masonry wall, with the names of 57,661 fallen soldiers carved into its face, was completed in late October 1982 and dedicated on November 13, 1982. In 1981, at age 21 and while still an undergraduate, Lin won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, beating 1,441 other competition submissions. ![]() Vietnam War Memorial original design submission by Maya Lin Commenting on her design of a new home for the Museum of Chinese in America near New York City's Chinatown, Lin attached a personal significance to the project being a Chinese-related project because she wanted her two daughters to "know that part of their heritage". Lin, having grown up as an Asian minority, has said that she "didn't even realize" she was Chinese until later in life, and that it was not until her 30s that she had a desire to understand her cultural background. When she was not studying, she took independent courses from Ohio University and spent her free time casting bronzes in the school foundry. Growing up, she did not have many friends and stayed home a lot. Lin is the youngest of her generation, and has an older brother, Tan A. ![]() They have two daughters, India and Rachel. Lin is married to Daniel Wolf, a New York photography dealer. She was among the youngest at Yale University to receive an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 1987. She has also been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Yale University, Harvard University, Williams College, and Smith College. Lin studied at Yale University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 and a Master of Architecture degree in 1986. Lin Chang-min, a Hanlin of Qing dynasty, the emperor's teacher, was the father of Lin Hui-yin and great-grandfather of Maya Lin. Lin Juemin and Lin Yin Ming, both of which are among the 72 martyrs of the Second Guangzhou Uprising was a cousin of her grandfather. She is the grand-niece of Lin Huiyin, who is said to be the first female architect in China. Her mother, Julia Chang Lin, is a poet and taught literature at Ohio University. Her father, Henry Huan Lin, was a ceramist and former dean of the Ohio University College of Fine Arts. Her parents migrated to the United States from China in 1948 and settled in Ohio in 1958, one year before Maya was born. 3 Work after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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