Huang Wanli, who went to the United States in 1934, obtained a master's degree from Cornell University, a private and statutory Ivy League research university in New York, and became an engineer in China's Ministry of Water Resources in 1945.
In 1934, Huang went to the United States. He received a master's degree from Cornell University in hydrology in 1935 and a doctor of engineering degree from University of Illinois in 1937. Cornell University (/krnl/ kor-NEL) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York. In 1945, Huang became an engineer in China's Ministry of Water Resources. 
