Tunghai University-News--2016 Tunghai University Outstanding Alumni Selection

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2016 Tunghai University Outstanding Alumni Selection

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Date : 2016-11-04

The 17th Tunghai University Outstanding Alumni Selection Committee announced its decision. Five outstanding alumni were granted the honor.

The Outstanding Alumni Selection event this year was held by the Selection Committee supported by Tunghai’s Placement and Alumni Office. Committee members include two commissioners, two outstanding alumni representatives, two alumni association representatives, as well as one representative from each of the university colleges.

Earlier this year in March, the selection process began with an online announcement inviting recommendations of outstanding alumni. After the process of recommendation, evaluation, and discussion, the selection was completed on September 30, 2016. A Global Alumni Back-to-School Banquet and Outstanding Alumni Acknowledgement Event was held on October 30, 2016. All alumni are welcomed to return and celebrate together.

(Hung-Mao Tien, Kang-I Sun, Chuan-Hsing Ho, Jenn-Hwan Wang, Chi-Chang Tsai)

The five selected outstanding alumni are introduced below (in the order of graduation year):

Hung-Mao Tien (Class of 1961, Department of Political Science)
Currently Chair of the Straits Exchange Foundation, Taiwan
Career:
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin
Chairman, Institute for National Policy Research, Taiwan
Member, Taiwan HSR Arbitration Committee, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Taiwan
Member, China Council and Security Research Team, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
Chairman, Taiwan Affair Study Council, Association for Asian Studies, USA
Advisor, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
Chairman, International Cooperation and Development Fundation, Taiwan
Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
Representative (Ambassador) of Taiwan to the United Kingdom
Honorary Advisor, Chinese National Federation of Industries, Taiwan

Kang-I Sun (Class of 1966, Department of Foreign Languages)
Currently Inaugural Chace Professor of Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures in Yale University
Career:
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures, Yale University
Curator, East Asian Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University

Chuan-Hsing Ho (Class of 1974, Department of Chinese Literature)
Currently Incumbent Civil Deputy Director of National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Career:
Director, Department of Painting and Calligraphy, National Palace Museum
Researcher, Department of Painting and Calligraphy, National Palace Museum
Associate Researcher, Department of Painting and Calligraphy, National Palace Museum

Jenn-Hwan Wang (Class of 1980, Department of Sociology)
Currently Chair Professor at Graduate Institute of Development Studies and Vice President, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Career:
Consultant, National Science Council and Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Founder, Taiwanese Association of Development Studies
Dean, College of Social Studies, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Dean, Office of Student Affairs, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Professor, Department of Sociology, Tunghai University, Taiwan

Chi-Chang Tsai (Class of 1995, Department of History)
Currently Vice President of the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan
Career:
Director, Taichung Civil Affairs Department, Taiwan
Member, Legislative Yuan (6th, 8th, 9th, 11th), Taiwan
Central Standing Committee, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan
Secretary-General, Legislative Yuan Caucus, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan
Leader, Legislative Yuan Caucus, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan

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