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Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Chancellor_Chang-Lin_Tien
GPTKB entity
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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
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