Melvin T.L. Ang ’65

Melvin T.L. Ang ’65 died on March 6 in Marin County Hospital, California. He is survived by his wife, Wende, daughter Jennifer and many friends. At Dartmouth Mel was a member of Phi Tau and the DOC. Exhibiting his wide-ranging intellectual curiosity and humanity, he also wrote for The Dartmouth and was a member of the Film Society, the Cosmopolitan Club and the Evangelical Fellowship. He earned a master’s in Chinese from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Chinese history from the University of Pennsylvania. He was fluent in both Chinese and Arabic languages. He was asked to become a fellow in Dartmouth Project Asia and, in that capacity, taught at Chung Chi College in Hong Kong, where he met Wende. Mel taught at Salisbury (Maryland) State University from 1972 until 1987. He served as a career Foreign Service officer with the Department of State until his retirement some 20 months before his death. His final duty station was Baghdad, demonstrating the regard in which he was held professionally.