In his opening speech, Dr. Wang invited the 1,300 outstanding Chinese men and women attending the convention to share in his recent honor of receiving the U.S. Medal of Liberty. "The credit should go to each one of you here, and to all Chinese striving together in this society," he said.
在一九八七年北美華人學術研討會的開幕演說中，他把甫得的美國建國二百周年自由獎章的榮譽，分給台下一千三百多位華人菁英，「這應該歸功於在座各位，以及其他所有在這個社會中共同努力的華人」，他說。