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Gwen Leong Heads Class And Wins 3 Simultaneous Awards

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title : Gwen Leong Heads Class And Wins 3 Simultaneous Awards

physical description: p2

date : 19560603

note: Photo credit: Krass Studio

description: BRAINS AND BEAUTY go hand-in-hand with GWEN LEONG, aged 22, who graduated in pharmacy at the University of British Columbia and became the first Chinese-Canadian girl to win three coveted trophies simultaneously. These were: The Horner Gold Medal, awarded for heading her entire class of graduates in pharmacy; The Cunningham Scholarship, awarded for the most outstanding overall record throughout her four-year course; The Merck Book Award for highest standing in pharmaceutical chemistry. These outstanding achievements have brought Miss Leong a deluge of compliments which she accepts graciously and with due modesty. With such remarkable talent, it is a foregone conclusion that Miss Leong will go far in her chosen profession. She is currently on the staff of Woodward's Pharmacy department. Miss Leong is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chap Kwong Leong of 117 West Fifteenth Ave., Vancouver.

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