Edward Michael Law Yone

Edward Michael Law Yone (February 5, 1911 – June 27, 1980) was a former official of Burma and then of the Burmese government-in-exile and author. He was born in Kamaing, Myitkyina District (now Kachin State), Burma. Educated at Saint Peters' School, Mandalay, at 16 he went to work as a clerk in the Burma-China border frontier service. He joined the Burma Railways in 1930 as a probationer and by 1938 was in charge of the rates and commercial section, traveling in that year over the recently constructed Burma Road to survey the route proposed for linking the Burma and Yunnan-Indochina Railways.

Law Yone was one of the very first recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, in 1959.

Law Yone was a member of the Executive Committee of the Union of Burma Boy Scouts, and was an active promoter of Scouting, taking the lead in fundraising activities and traveling to international Scouting meetings.

In exile, he lived in Silver Spring, Maryland.

References

* [http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyLawYoneEdw.htm Yone biography]
* [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/127198802.html?dids=127198802:127198802&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUN+30%2C+1980&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Edward+Michael+Law-Yone%2C+69%2C+Exiled+Burmese+Official%2C+Author&pqatl=google Edward Michael Law Yone's obituary at the Washington Post]