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Dr. John Hsu (徐新宏博士)

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Dr. John Hsu

(徐新宏博士)

Not to be confused with John Hsu (許惠欽), real-estate executive (STC Management).

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. John Hsu
  • Chinese: 徐新宏博士
  • Era: 1947
  • Geography: Miaoli, Taiwan
  • Core roles: entrepreneur, scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. President of Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles (大洛杉磯台灣會館基金會) 2010

Education

  • National Chung Hsing Univ. — 1971 — B.S., Agricultural Chemistry
  • Mississippi State Univ. — 1979 — Ph.D., Agricultural Chemistry

Employment

  • Utah State University, Logan — Assistant Professor — (1986-1987) — National Chung Hsing University, Soil Environmental Science — Assistant Professor — (1988-) — J. H. Biotech, Inc. (佳和生物科技公司) — Chairman & CEO — (2014-) — Community — Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles (大洛杉磯台灣會館基金會) — President — Taiwanese Hakka Association of the World (世界台灣客家聯合會) — President — North American Taiwanese Professors’ Association, South CA Chapter (北美洲台灣人教授協會南加州分會) — President — National Chung Hsing University Alumni Association of South California (中興大學南加州校友會) — President

Role in the Community

  • 2015-02-20 — Invited lecturer at 長青教室 (sponsored by Irvine台灣長老教會, ITPC): spoke on 「臺灣會館的經營與運作」(operation and management of the Taiwan Center) — documented in our own community record [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys107|TAH ourjourneys #107, 長青教室 (2015-02)]]. The talk positions him as the community’s spokesperson on Taiwan Center governance, consistent with his presidency of the Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles.
  • 2025-09-08 (reported) — 美洲台灣日報 published his op-ed 〈檢舉文化下的交通安全：進步還是緊張？〉, bylined with the self-identification 「作者為前大洛杉磯台灣會館董事長」 — the first source in our corpus recording him as a former 董事長 of 大洛杉磯台灣會館 (his presidency is otherwise dated 2010 via TAH Who’s Who) — 美洲台灣日報

Timeline

  • 1947 — Born in Miaoli, Taiwan
  • 1971 — B.S. Agricultural Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University (中興大學)
  • 1979 — Ph.D. Agricultural Chemistry, Mississippi State University
  • 1986–1987 — Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Logan
  • 1988– — Assistant Professor, Soil Environmental Science, National Chung Hsing University
  • 2010 — President, Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles (大洛杉磯台灣會館基金會)
  • 2014– — Chairman & CEO, J. H. Biotech, Inc. (佳和生物科技公司)

Community Leadership

Family

  • Wife: 陳麗華

Vault Holdings

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ota-287||TAH #287 encyclopedia: Dr. John Hsu 徐新宏博士]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-873-john-hsu||TAH #873 encyclopedia: Dr. John Hsu 徐新宏博士]]
  • Publication dates (absorbed from the works index, 2026-09-15): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ota-287|#287]] 刊於 2019-05-20；[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-873-john-hsu|#873]] 刊於 2016-03-06；演講紀錄 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys107|長青教室 #107]] 刊於 2015-02-20（band A 社區紀錄）。
  • The fuller biography of the same person (徐新宏, born 1947 Miaoli; spouse 陳麗華 matches the Family field above; founded J.H. Biotech, Inc. 1987, Chairman/CEO of 佳和企業集團) is on vault page |Hsu Hsin-hung (徐新宏), sourced from |the 2017 TAHS publication. That page cross-links back here.
  • HOLD: conflict — J.H. Biotech tenure 2014– (TAH Who’s Who employment table on this page) vs founded 1987 (2017 TAHS publication, via hsu-hsin-hung). Not auto-merged.
  • Disambiguation: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-2262-john-hsu|TAH Who’s Who #2262 “John Hsu 許作初”]] is a different person (許作初 ≠ 徐新宏) despite the shared English name.
  • Corpus recheck (deepen-x slice 09142319-2, 2026-09-15): 檢索命中僅 #287、#873、#107（皆已連結，刊期已記於 Vault Holdings）、#2262（不同人）及 works index 書目條，無其他可吸收之生平素材。

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