Kan Chi Mui *49

Kan Chi Mui, who was born in China in 1917 and came to the United States before World War II to study economics, died Nov. 28, 2006.

During Mui’s early years, his father worked in the laundry business in the United States and sent gold coins back to the family in Asia. After his father’s death when he was 19, Mui studied at Liangnan University in Canton. In 1939, he came to study at Columbia University, transferred to Miami University in Ohio in 1943, and received a bachelor’s there in 1944.

In 1946 he received a master’s and in 1949 a Ph.D., both in economics, from Princeton. He became an associate professor at Oklahoma City University in 1949, where he taught economics for several years before starting his own firm, Mui Investment Services. This enabled him to enjoy the freedom and independence of owning his own company. Mui moved to Philadelphia in 2001.

He was active in the Oklahoma City community with his church, the Rotary Club, and especially the Asia Society, of which he was a founding member and chairman. His family reports that he loved this country and the ideals it stands for.

He is survived by his wife, Lim Phaik-sim, four children, and several grandchildren.