William Franklin Woo (吳惠連, pinyin: Wú Huìlián; October 4, 1936 – April 12, 2006) was the first Chinese American to become editor of a major U.S. daily newspaper.
His parents divorced after World War II, and Woo and his mother moved to the United States in 1946 and settled in Kansas City, Missouri with her adoptive father.
In July 1996, Woo resigned under pressure to provide more bottom line - oriented leadership.
[citation needed] In September 1996, Woo became the Lorry I. Lokey visiting professor of professional journalism at Stanford University, a post he held until his death.
In his introduction, Philip Meyer, the editor, wrote: "The career of William F. Woo tracked what many of our generation once considered the golden age of newspaper journalism... For the students and journalists of the 21st Century, Bill Woo's platform is a reminder of the values worth preserving."