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Prof. Chi-Tien Chang (張啟典教授)

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Prof. Chi-Tien Chang (張啟典教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Chi-Tien Chang
  • Chinese: 張啟典教授
  • Era: -
  • Geography: 台灣嘉義大林
  • Core roles: scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Education

  • 台灣大學 — 1963 — B.S.
  • Northeastern University — 1967 — M.S.有機化學
  • Boston University — 1984 — Ph.D.

Employment

  • Harvard University — professor

Role in the Community

From his own oral memoir, 張啟典醫師的回憶 — 1977年TAC/EC (楊遠薰, [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys338|Our Journeys #338]]):

  • Grew up in Wanhua/Monga, Taipei in a grass-root family; barred from teaching jobs in Taiwan for having no connections and refusing to join the KMT — this shaped his quiet support of the Taiwanese people’s movement in the US.
  • 1969 (3rd year of study in Boston): founded the 波士頓台灣基督教會, having grown up in the elder-elder church (長老教會) in Monga.
  • 1970: traveled to Downington, PA for the 1st U.S. East Coast Christian Taigi Summer Assembly (美東基督徒台語夏令會) initiated by 歐炯雄, becoming a charter member of what became the 美東台灣人夏令會 (U.S. East Coast Taiwanese Summer Assembly).
  • 1977: president of the Boston Taiwanese Association (波士頓台灣同鄉會) and convener of the 8th 美東台灣人夏令會 at Brown University — the first held on a U.S. university campus, ~400 attendees. Speakers included pastors 林興隆 and 郭榮敏, plus 陳錦芳, 洪哲勝 and 李豐明; 張金策 reported on Taiwan’s human-rights situation. Chang personally screened out a suspected KMT agent who tried to register twice.
  • 2009: attended the 40th 美東台灣人夏令會 (Caribbean cruise), reflecting on the end of racial segregation and the black-list era.
  • Also profiled in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1576|TAH #1576 Chi-Tien Chang 張啟典]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/178-prof-c-d-chang|TAH #178 Prof. C. D. Chang]].
  • CORPUS SCAN (2026-09-23, slice 09221100-15): exact-name re-grep 「張啟典／Chi-Tien Chang」 returns only #178, #338 (oral memoir, the section’s source), #1576 and the index — all already absorbed above; page is corpus-saturated.
  • CORPUS SCAN (2026-09-24, slice 09230600-7): re-grep 「張啟典／Chi-Tien Chang／C. D. Chang」 returns the identical hit set (#178, #338, #1576, index). Verified saturated; no absorbable facts.
  • CORPUS SCAN (2026-09-25, slice 09240600-11): re-grep 「張啟典／Chi-Tien Chang／C. D. Chang」 of works/ + articles/ again returns only #178, #338, #1576 and the index — all already absorbed above. SKIP (verified-saturated).

Timeline

  • 1963 — B.S., National Taiwan University (chemistry); emigrated to the U.S. in 1966 (Greyhound coach LA→Boston).
  • 1969 — founded the Boston Taiwanese Christian Church.
  • 1970 — charter member, 美東台灣人夏令會 (1st summer assembly, Downington PA).
  • 1973 — Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Northeastern University (Boston).
  • 1977 — Boston Taiwanese Association president; convened the 8th 美東台灣人夏令會 at Brown University.
  • 1980–1984 — Boston University medical school; obtained Massachusetts medical license; then pathology research and teaching until retirement.
  • HOLD: conflict on Northeastern degree — TAH press-kit table says “1967 M.S. 有機化學” vs. memoir says “1973 博士”; likewise existing “1984 Ph.D. Boston University” vs. memoir’s medical degree (醫師執照). Not merged.
  • HOLD: existing Employment lists “Harvard University — professor”; memoir says pathology research/teaching in Boston with no Harvard mention.

Family

  • Wife: Ling-Ling 柯玲玲

Sources

  • |TAH Foundation
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • CORPUS SCAN (2026-09-25, slice 09250900-7): fresh grep 「張啟典／Chi-Tien Chang」 returns only #178, #338, #1576 and the index — all already absorbed. SKIP (verified-saturated); both HOLDs unchanged. 複核（deepen-x slice 09260317-15, 2026-09-26）: fresh ZH+EN re-grep works/+articles/ hit set identical to absorbed records — SKIP (verified-saturated).
  • 複核（deepen-x slice 09260700-10, 2026-09-27）: fresh ZH+EN re-grep works/+articles/ hit set identical to absorbed records — SKIP (verified-saturated), no new corpus material.

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