Wellington Lee, R.I.P.

Black and white photo of young Wellington Lee and his childhood friend, Ron.
A young Wellington Lee with his childhood friend, Ron.

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Wellington Lee, historian of Chinatown, friend, past Chairperson and long-time member of ACE.

Wellington was a stalwart of Asian Cultural Experience whose contribution to the Asian Community and Salinas Chinatown will be cherished and greatly missed. You can read our last interview with him in ACE’s recently published book, Our Salinas Chinatown, available through ACE, Downtown Book & Sound, and Star Market.

If you knew Wellington, you can contribute to his obituary book at Struve & LaPorte.

Our condolences go out to his family.

—Larry Hirahara, Board, and Members of Asian Cultural Experience

Wellington Lee with a CSUMB student and an ACE member, documenting photographs from Wellington’s collection. Photo: Cathy Chavez-Miller