August 18 1921 - Notable Passengers

The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on August 18th, 1921. 

On this voyage, John D. Rockefeller Jr. led a party of members of the Rockefeller Foundation to Peking were they participated in the opening of a new building at the Union Medical College.

A second party consisted of members of the China Educational Mission.

A third party consisted of members of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Company.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on August 18th, 1921 at Vancouver and Victoria.

 

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the Union Medical College at Peking.

Dr. George E. Vincent

President of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the Union Medical College at Peking

Sir William Smyly

Of Dublin, a member of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the Union Medical College at Peking.

J. A. Armitage

Of London, a member of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the Union Medical College at Peking.

Dr. S. S. Coldwater

Surgeon of Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, a member of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the Union Medical College at Peking

Martin A. Ryerson

Of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the Union Medical College at Peking.

Frederick W. Stevens

Of J. P. Morgan & Company.

J. Ross Tilford

Of J. P. Morgan & Company.

Adele B. Mitchell

Of J. P. Morgan & Company.

Agnes Coulfield

Of J. P. Morgan & Company.

Professor Percey M. Roxby

Professor of Geography at the University of Liverpool en route to China as part of the China Educational Mission.

Professor Ernest P. Burton

Of Chicago en route to China as part of the China Educational Mission.

Bishop J. F. McConnell.

En route to China as part of the China Educational Mission.

Professor W. M. Russell

En route to China as part of the China Educational Mission.

Mary G. Woolley

President of Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, en route to China as part of the China Educational Mission.

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