verified-saturation: 2026-10-12 (deepen-x slice 10122155-22: the listed file whoswho1426 is C. C. Chen 陳敬昌 (b. 1950 Zhunan, NTU civil engineering 1972, arrived US CA 1974, Caltech MS 1975 / PhD 1980, CA Water Resources Control Board / Colorado River Commission, UCLA teaching, LA 美人論壇 president) — same English initials but a different Chinese name and biography than this page’s FPCLA co-founder 陳昭俊, whose founding generation predates 敬昌’s 1974 arrival. Not this person; no absorbable fact; SKIP-deepen. Name-collision HOLD maintained.)
Dr. C.C. Chen (陳昭俊)
Dr. C.C. Chen (陳昭俊) and his wife are named by |Dr. Albert S. Lai among the enthusiastic believers who co-founded the |Formosan Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles (FPCLA) / Formosan Christian Church in the 1970 founding generation.
Identity Snapshot
- English: Dr. C.C. Chen (C. C. Chen)
- Chinese: 陳昭俊
- Era: late 1960s–early 1970s (FPCLA founding generation)
- Geography: Los Angeles Formosan immigrant community
- Core roles: FPCLA co-founder (with Mrs. C.C. Chen)
Role in FPCLA
In the 2025 Self-Preface to |Toward A Community of Hope, Dr. Lai lists Dr. & Mrs. C. C. Chen (陳昭俊夫婦) immediately after the |Daniel Kao family among the core co-founding households who organized the first Taiwanese Presbyterian church in North America, alongside other lay leaders and UPCUSA supporters.
Timeline
- 1970 — Co-founded the Formosan Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles (FPCLA) with his wife, Mrs. C.C. Chen
- 1971 — Listed among the core co-founding households in Dr. Albert S. Lai’s Self-Preface to Toward A Community of Hope
- 1971 — Joined the United Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA) system alongside other founding families and UPCUSA supporters
Works
albert-s-lai has 1 article where they appear in the title and 0 additional articles that mention them in the body.
Title Mentions (1 article)
- 2025 — |Toward A Community of Hope (2025 Self-Preface) — co-founder listing
Publications
- 1971 — Named as a co-founder in Dr. Albert S. Lai’s dissertation Toward A Community of Hope — A Mission to Formosan Community in Los Angeles (San Francisco Theological Seminary).
- 2025 — Named as a co-founder in the 50th anniversary republication of Toward A Community of Hope.
Quotes
“Dr. & Mrs. C. C. Chen (陳昭俊夫婦)” — Toward A Community of Hope, Self-Preface (co-founder listing)
Network
Pages that link to c-c-chen (c-c-chen):
People (3)
Organizations (2)
Sources (1)
Source Notes and Confidence
- Content priority A: Named as co-founder couple in Lai Self-Preface
- Content priority C: Expanded biography — not in current source set
Name Variants / Disambiguation
- C.C. Chen / C. C. Chen
- 陳昭俊
Founding network (from the cited source hub |Toward A Community of Hope)
- |Rev. Jonah Chang — led the August 1970 experimental worship that preceded the church’s founding
- Chaolong Kao — organizing minister (September 1971)
- The Chen household is listed among the co-founder generation alongside the |Dr. Daniel Kao family
- 2025 republication — carried by |NTPC with |Dr. Yunching Yeh Davis; C.C. Chen’s co-founder listing is preserved in the 50th-anniversary edition
Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-10)
- The full co-founder roster preserved on |Dr. Albert S. Lai’s page (Lai Self-Preface listing): Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Kao (高光民), Dr. & Mrs. C. C. Chen (陳昭俊), Mr. & Mrs. Norman Hsu (許彬), Dr. & Mrs. Isiah Lee (李宗派), Dr. & Mrs. Joseph T. C. Lu (盧俊哲), Mr. & Mrs. Morris Chen (陳茂雄), Mr. & Mrs. George Chen (陳進琛), Dr. & Mrs. Sze-Ya Yeh (葉思雅), Mr. & Mrs. Wang Chun Hsiung (王春雄), Dr. & Mrs. Jang Yan Wu (吳政彥), Dr. Wen-Cho Yang (楊哲), Dr. & Mrs. Justin Chen (陳有義), Meiling Lai (賴美玲), Michael Chen (陳明章), and others.
- Name-collision note: TAH Who’s Who also holds a different 陳昭俊博士 — 國家太空計畫室) — and TAH story record [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/374-e9-99-b3-e6-98-ad-e4-bf-8a-201504||#374 陳昭俊 (2015-04)]] is a name-only lead. Neither merged into this page (hanzi-only, per HOLD policy).