Claim: 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.
Evidence: 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 (/kɔːrˈnɛl/ 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.