Dr. Ming Tang Lai (賴明堂博士)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Dr. Ming Tang Lai
- Chinese: 賴明堂博士
- Era: —
- Geography: Chiayi, Taiwan
- Core roles: entrepreneur, scientist
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
Accomplishment
- Director of Taiwanese American Center of Northern California (北加州台灣會館理事)
Education
- National Taiwan Univ. — 1962 — B.S., Plant Diseases and Pests
- Univ. of Berkeley — Ph.D., Plant Diseases and Pests
Employment
- Lai’s Housing Industry (賴氏房產業) — Chairman — Sacramento Taiwanese Culture Foundation (美國加州首府沙加緬度台灣文化基金會) — Chairman — Community — Taiwanese American Center of Northern California (北加州台灣會館) — Director
Family
- Wife: 林正子
Role in the Community
- Taiwanese American Center of Northern California (北加州台灣會館) director. The Center’s own record (Our Journeys 53 北加州台灣會館的成長) names him among the directors who joined over the years and “worked together, giving their money and time without expecting any rewards” — alongside Chen-Ho Wu, Chin-tang Lin, Ye-Ming Wu, Henry Wu, Hsin-hung Li, Chun-chun Chuang, and Shih-chang Chang. They sustained the Center’s annual large-scale concerts: the 2006 SEMISCON Vocal band concert, the 2007 Dream of Formosa concert (250+ choir singers and orchestra members from National Taiwan Normal University), and the 2008 concert with Chai Found Music Workshop — each drawing over 3,000 attendees at Jubilee Christian Church in Northern California. (English edition: ourjourneys53-eng; Chinese: ourjourneys53.)
- Community philanthropy with his wife 林正子. A 2015/01 feature in the TAHS story corpus, 「賴明堂 博士 林正子 女士 夫妻的愛心與奉獻 回報鄉里」 (271. Care for Taiwan by Taiwanese American (台美人顧台灣), via 台灣亞太發展基金會), records the couple’s charity and service returning to their hometown.
- Biographical encyclopedia entry: 1886. Dr. Ming Tang Lai 賴明堂博士 (2017-09-07).
- 複核（deepen-x slice-09180131-18, 2026-09-18）：re-grep 賴明堂 / Ming Tang Lai（content/works + content/articles）hit set identical to the records already absorbed above (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886, harvest index) — SKIP, 無新回憶錄/社群材料可吸收。
複核（deepen-x slice-09190130-4, 2026-09-20）：re-grep 賴明堂 / Ming Tang Lai hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886) — SKIP, 無新材料。
複核（deepen-x slice-09201400-10, 2026-09-21）：re-grep 賴明堂 / Ming Tang Lai hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886, works/index 書目行) — SKIP, 無新材料。
複核（deepen-x slice-09211300-13, 2026-09-22）：re-grep 賴明堂 / Ming Tang Lai hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886, works/index) — saturated, SKIP, 無新材料。
複核（deepen-x slice-09220800-11, 2026-09-22）：re-grep 賴明堂 / Ming Tang Lai hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886, works/index) — saturated, SKIP, 無新材料。
複核（deepen-x slice-09230317-9, 2026-09-23）：re-grep 賴明堂 / Ming Tang Lai hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886, works/index) — saturated, SKIP, 無新材料。
複核（deepen-x slice-09231100-2, 2026-09-25）：re-grep hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53 ±eng, #271, #1886, works/index) — verified-saturated, SKIP, 無新材料。
複核（deepen-x slice-09250317-6, 2026-09-25）：re-grep 賴明堂 hit set unchanged (ourjourneys53, #271, #1886, works/index)，均已吸收並連結於上；寬式 ‘Ming Tang Lai’ 另命中 our-journeys-378／ourjourneys106／ourjourneys275，經檢核皆為同名不同人「李明雄」（台大土木、西北大學工程博士、艾莫可石油公司，黑名單返台探親_story，見 ourjourneys106 Dryden/Engel Hall 宿舍回憶）— HOLD 註記：李明雄≠賴明堂，未吸收。SKIP, 無新材料。