Athens native designed wall for Vietnam vets

Athens native designed wall for Vietnam vets

(EXCERPT) Maya Ying Lin was just 21 when she entered a design
competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be built in Washington,
D.C.

The entry by the Yale University architecture student was selected
from 1,400.

Lin was born in Athens, Ohio, in 1959 to Henry Huan Lin, a dean of
fine arts at Ohio University, and Julia Chang Lin, professor of
literature.

The ``wall,'' as most folks refer to it...

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