Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chancellor_Chang-Lin_Tien

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:National_Taiwan_University gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:University_of_Louisville
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Benjamin_Garver_Lamme_Award gptkb:Asian_American_Engineer_of_the_Year_Award gptkb:Thermal_Radiation_Award National Academy of Engineering membership
gptkbp:birthDate	1935-07-24
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Huangpi,_Hubei,_China
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	brain tumor
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Christine_Tien gptkb:Marjorie_Tien gptkb:Norman_Tien
gptkbp:deathDate	2002-10-29
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Oakland,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	mechanical engineering
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Chang-Lin_Tien
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Tien_Chang-Lin_Endowed_Chair_in_Engineering_at_UC_Berkeley Tien Center for East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley named in his honor
gptkbp:nationality	Chinese-American
gptkbp:notableFor	first Asian-American to head a major US research university
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:academic_administrator gptkb:engineer gptkb:professor
gptkbp:positionHeld	Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Ira_Michael_Heyman
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Di-Hwa_Tien
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Robert_M._Berdahl
gptkbp:termEnd	1997
gptkbp:termStart	1990
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:UC_Berkeley_International_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6