| Juliana Koo | |
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| Birth: | 27 September 1905 Tianjin, China |
| Death: | 24 May 2017 New York, USA |
| Age: | 111 years, 239 days |
| Country: |  CHN USA
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| Validated | |
Juliana Koo (née Yu-ying) [Chinese: 严幼韵] (27 September 1905 – 24 May 2017) was a Chinese-American supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2024.
Biography
Juliana C. Young-Koo was born in Tianjin, China as Yen Yu-ying on 27 September 1905 to Yan Zijun. In 1925, she was admitted to the University of Shanghai, but in 1927 she was transferred to Fudan University, business, becoming the first female graduates of Fudan.
Her sister, Daisy Yen Wu (12 June 1902 – 27 May 1993) lived to 90 years old. Her sister, Yan Lin Yun (1903 – 18 May 2003) lived to the age of 100 years. [citation needed]
She married Clarence Kuangson Young on 6 September 1929. Her first husband, a Chinese diplomat, was posted to Manila at the beginning of World War II and was arrested and eventually executed by the Japanese. Juliana and her three daughters survived. Her daughters are Genevieve, Shirley and Frances Loretta Young. Her first husband was executed on 17 April 1942. She worked at the United Nations.
She immigrated to New York, United States with her future husband, Wellington Koo, in 1952. In September 1959 she married Wellington, another Chinese diplomat. Her second husband passed away in 1985 at age of 97.
Juliana Koo died on 24 May 2017 in New York City.[1]
References
- Lessons of 107 Birthdays: Don’t Exercise, Avoid Medicine and Never Look Back New York Times, 24 September 2012
- Author and wife of diplomat celebrates 110th birthday China Daily, 27 September 2015
- Celebrating Juliana Young Koo, 1905 – 2017 Lia Chang Photography
- 上海滩最后的名媛走了，111岁依然化妆穿高跟鞋、画红妆、喷香水，优雅了一生！ Baidu
- Juliana Young Koo, Chinese Immigrant Who Published Her Life Story at 104, Dies at 111 New York Times, 8 June 2017
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Herman Smith-Johannsen • Manolita Perez Torres • Leila Denmark • Frederica Sagor Maas• Carla Porta Musa• Alexander Imich • Amelia Robinson • Juliana Koo • Zoltan Sarosy • Elza Brandeisz • Qin Hanzhang • Ruth Apilado • Stanislaw Kowalski • Marita Camacho Quiros |