Linfielder David Lum celebrates 90th birthday in Astoria, Oregon, in November 2023

Gordon David Lum was born in Columbia Hospital in Astoria, Oregon, on Nov. 19, 1933.

David Lum’s 90^th birthday celebration was held 1-4 p.m., Nov. 25, 2023, in Patriot Hall at Clatsop Community College in Astoria.

He graduated from Astoria High School in 1952 and from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, in 1957.

Shirley Lee -- attended Portland's Jefferson High School  -- and David married Aug. 17, 1958, at Trinity Baptist Church Portland. 

He competed in sports for the AHS Fisherman and the Linfield Wildcats. That includes football, basketball and golf.

David likes to proclaim the historical fact that he is the only Chinese left-handed quarterback in the history of both Astoria High and Linfield College.

He is the patriarch of Lum automobile dealerships in Warrenton/Astoria, McMinnville and Walla Walla.