Chin-Hsin Jason Liu (劉進興)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Chin-Hsin Jason Liu
  • Chinese: 劉進興
  • Era: 1949
  • Geography: 台灣艋舺
  • Core roles: scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Education

  • 台灣大學 — 1971 — B.S.化學
  • Washington University, St. Louis — 1978 — Ph.D.Chemistry

Employment

  • 高雄市政府研究發展考核委員會
  • National Taiwan University of Science and Techonology — 2015- — 1991 -2004 — 主任委員 — Professor
  • 3M Company Corporate , St. Paul, Minnesota — 1983-1991 — Senior Scientist,
  • Institute of Gas Technology at Chicago — 1981-1982 — chemist

Role in the Community

Corpus-linked (absorbed 2026-09-18), from 曾啟明’s Minnesota chronicle 123. 明州台美人百年大事 (2015-03, band A; English version here):

  • 1985 — President of the Minnesota Taiwanese club (同鄉會會長) during his 3M St. Paul years; that year the club hosted writers/poets 巫永福, 李魁賢, 林享泰 and authors 楊青矗, 李喬 on visits.
  • 1995 — Elected DPP 不分區立委 (per the same chronicle). Consistent with the Employment table’s 3M tenure ending 1991 and 主委/教授 roles from 1991.
  • He is also a corpus author: essays 「福爾摩沙的自我追尋」 (1076, 2016-12), 「美霞」 (556. 美霞, 2017-07), and 「花轎記」 (322. 花轎記, 2017-11).
  • His TAH encyclopedia entry is held in the corpus as 1440. Chin-Hsin Jason Liu 劉進興 (2016-12).
  • Further corpus authorship (absorbed 2026-09-22): 「三十物語:一個留學生的蛻變」 (362, 2015-11) and the obituary 「緬懷洪哲勝一生 心胸開闊革命者為台灣民主奮鬥」 (776, 2020-12). The press record confirms his public role at that point as 前總統府國策顧問 mourning 洪哲勝 (TJJ, 2020-12-26).

Family

  • Daughter: Karen
  • Son: Benjamin

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