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David Waihan Kwan

Birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
25 Jan 2011 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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David W. Kwan was born in Los Angeles, California to Andrew Gong Kwan and Susan Kwan (Yee). He grew up in Los Angeles and served in both the Merchant Marine and United States Army during WWII.

After receiving an honorable discharge, he attended UCLA and Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1952 and was one of the early Chinese-American lawyers in Southern California. He was for many years a member of the Shriners International and the Masons of California.

He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, Patricia Ann, his sons, Federal Judge Robert N. Kwan and Edward Michael Kwan, JD, his daughter, Susan Ten-Kwan, JD, and his stepdaughter, MCPO Cynthia Kennedy, USN (ret.).

Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1712 South Glendale Avenue, Glendale, CA.
Published in the Los Angeles Times on January 30, 2011.
David W. Kwan was born in Los Angeles, California to Andrew Gong Kwan and Susan Kwan (Yee). He grew up in Los Angeles and served in both the Merchant Marine and United States Army during WWII.

After receiving an honorable discharge, he attended UCLA and Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1952 and was one of the early Chinese-American lawyers in Southern California. He was for many years a member of the Shriners International and the Masons of California.

He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, Patricia Ann, his sons, Federal Judge Robert N. Kwan and Edward Michael Kwan, JD, his daughter, Susan Ten-Kwan, JD, and his stepdaughter, MCPO Cynthia Kennedy, USN (ret.).

Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1712 South Glendale Avenue, Glendale, CA.
Published in the Los Angeles Times on January 30, 2011.

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