Su-Lin
Su Lin (or Su-Lin) may refer to: * Su-Lin Young (1911–2008), Chinese American explorer of the Himalayas *Either of two giant pandas named after the explorer: **Su Lin (1930s giant panda), first live giant panda brought to the United States **Su Lin (giant panda, born 2005) Su Lin () is a female giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo on August 2, 2005. Her name — one of five options in an online poll — means "a little bit of something very cute" in Chinese. Su Lin is the third cub born to her mother Bai Yun, a ...

Su-Lin Young
Adelaide "Su-Lin" Young (; 23 December 1911 – 17 April 2008) was an American explorer, journalist, and disc jockey. A Chinese American, she was the first American woman to explore the Himalayas in the 1930s and Su Lin, the first giant panda brought to the United States, was named for her. She was born in New York City to Ming Tai Chen, the wealthy owner of the famed China Doll Night Club and graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. In 1934, she arrived in southwestern China as a newlywed with her husband Jack Young and his younger brother Quentin Young to gather animal specimens and catalog plants for the American Museum of Natural History on an expedition financed by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. After exploring parts of China, Tibet, and India, Young worked as a reporter in Shanghai for the English-language ''North China Daily News'' and Arthur Sowerby's ''China Journal''. In Shanghai, Young me ...
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Su Lin (1930s Giant Panda)
Su Lin () was the name given to the giant panda cub captured in 1936 and brought to America by Ruth Harkness. History Harkness mentioned in her 1938 book The Baby Giant Panda' that the capture took place within a day's walk from the Min River in Sichuan. Su Lin, about 9 weeks old at the time of his capture, was named after Su-Lin Young, the sister-in-law of Harkness's Chinese-American expedition partner Quentin Young. Harkness translated Su Lin as meaning "a little bit of something very cute".SPatricia Sullivan.Adelaide 'Su-Lin' Young, 96, Explorer and Panda Namesake. ''The Washington Post''. May 22, 2008. Retrieved on November 17, 2009. (Harkness and Young were unaware that the baby panda was, in fact, a male.) Harkness returned to America with the bottle-fed cub, and Su Lin became the first live panda to be displayed in the United States. In April 1937, the panda was purchased by Brookfield Zoo outside of Chicago, where he was visited by such celebrities as Shirley Temple, ...
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