Dr. Chih-Ming Chen (陳志明博士)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Dr. Chih-Ming Chen
- Chinese: 陳志明博士
- Era: 1951
- Geography: Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Core roles: entrepreneur, scientist
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
Accomplishment
- Donated the largest gift to Ohio State Univ. in its history, 2013
Education
- National Taiwan Univ. — 1974 — B.S., Pharmacy — 1976 — M.S., Pharmacy
- Ohio State Univ. — 1981 — Ph.D., Pharmacy
Employment
- ASAN — Founder — (1992-) — Andrx Corporation — Director, Chief Scientist — (1992-2001) — Anchen Pharmaceuticals (安成生物科技) — Founder, Chairman, CEO — (2002-)
Family
- Wife: Virginia Chen
- Daughter: Angelina Chen
Role in the Community
- Recorded in the TAH Foundation Who’s Who as entry #1938 ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1938-chih-ming-chen|TAH #1938]], published 2017-11-09, band B), which echoes his status as the donor of the largest gift in Ohio State Univ. history (2013) — his Ohio ties trace back to his 1981 Ph.D. there.
- Corpus-confirmed in the generic-drug entrepreneur narrative (new, 2026-10-08). [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories600|TAH #600 許照惠的創業傳奇 (楊玲華, 2017-11)]] lists the “台灣人勢力” of the U.S. generic-drug industry by company — 許照惠、蕭俊雄 (IVAX); 趙宇天 (Watson); 陳志明 (Andrx); 許中強、簫俊雄 (Impax) — and notes in its 註四 that 陳志明 is a 台大藥學系 alumnus (18屆), alongside 許照惠 (13屆) and 許中強 (15屆). This matches this page’s profile (NTU Pharmacy B.S./M.S., Andrx Director/Chief Scientist 1992–2001) and places him inside the documented NTU-pharmacy cohort of Taiwanese-American generic-drug founders, not merely as a lone OSU donor.
- No memoir or other community record found in works/ or articles/ beyond the bibliographic record; re-swept 2026-09-19, 2026-09-22 (deepen-x slice 09220600-18), and 2026-09-23 (deepen-x slice 09221500-14) — the taiwanjustice-net article hits (時力茶壺風暴, 罷韓, 雙城論壇 coverage) are a 時代力量秘書長 / 北市府秘書長 陳志明 of the same name, not this person; nothing further absorbable.
- HOLD: possible name collision — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys219|Our Journeys #219]] records a 陳志明 speaking on tech careers at a北澤西同鄉會 student job seminar (NJIT/NYU) as 副總栽 of DoubleBridge Technologies; identity with the Anchen Pharmaceuticals founder is unconfirmed, not merged.
- Re-grepped corpus 2026-09-25 (slice 09231000-25): same hit set — ourjourneys219 (HOLD above stands) and the taiwanjustice 陳志明 articles (時代力量/北市府 official, different person); nothing new absorbable.
- Re-grepped 2026-09-30 (slice 09260900-9): identical hit set — ourjourneys219 (HOLD stands), whos-who-1938, works/index rollup, and the three taiwanjustice-net articles (all a different 陳志明: 時代力量秘書長 / 北市府秘書長). Verified saturated; SKIP-with-reason.