{"id":3038,"date":"2019-04-23T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/jefferson\/2019\/04\/23\/kaifulee\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:12:13","slug":"kaifulee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/jefferson\/2019\/04\/23\/kaifulee\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Fu Lee to Visit Oak Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know Kai Fu Lee?<\/h3>\n

He is an Oak Ridge High School alumnus who is making a big difference.<\/p>\n

Most Likely to Succeed<\/h3>\n

When Kai Fu Lee was in 9th grade at Jefferson (Junior High) School, his peers voted him and classmate Katie Pfuderer as Most Likely to Succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kai Fu Lee ORHS Senior Portrait<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Book<\/h3>\n

In the Oak Ridge Schools 75th Anniversary Book, he shared these memories:<\/p>\n

When I first moved to Oak Ridge, I didn’t speak a word of English.\u00a0 The Cloutier family took me in, became my godparents, and treated me like their own child.\u00a0 I am very grateful for their warmth, which represented American generosity, and the spirit of pay-it-forward.<\/p>\n

I was grateful to have had Mrs. Albert as my math teacher.\u00a0 She was very sharp, and was a good teacher with patience for everyone.\u00a0 She really took the time to make me feel special, from encouraging me to enter contests, to driving me to UT advanced calculus classes (which she taught), to writing a dozen recommendations for me.\u00a0 She was my mentor.\u00a0 The Chinese celebrate the “teacher’s day,” and every year, when I am asked who was my most admired teacher, I think of Mrs. Albert.\u00a0 She gave me so much confidence that I became a math major, thinking I was a math genius.\u00a0 At college I liked computer science so much I eventually switched over.<\/p>\n

-Kai-Fu Lee<\/p>\n

Time Magazine<\/h3>\n

In 2013 Lee was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World<\/a>\u00a0by Time<\/em> magazine for his innovations and leadership in the field of computer science.<\/p>\n

60 Minutes<\/h3>\n

In October of 2018, Kai Fu Lee was featured on 60 Minutes. Here is a clip from that feature.<\/p>\n