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Dr. Su-Mei Kao (林素梅博士)

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Dr. Su-Mei Kao (林素梅博士)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Su-Mei Kao
  • Chinese: 林素梅博士
  • Era: 1953
  • Geography: Taiwan
  • Core roles: scientist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. Chairperson of Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Project / Windsor Area 2006

Career Notes

(absorbed from the page’s own TAH tables — no external sourcing)

Dr. Su-Mei Kao worked in the pharmaceutical industry and in teaching: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Taiwan), CIBA-GEIGY, and public/private schools in New Jersey — West Windsor Public School, North Hunterdon Public School, North Brunswick Public School, and Pennington School; her academic path ran through North Carolina State University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Community leadership in New Jersey’s Taiwanese American community:

  • Chairperson, Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Project / Windsor Area
  • President, Windsor Area Taiwanese American Association
  • President, NATWA – New Jersey Chapter (北美洲台灣婦女會紐澤西分會)
  • President, TAA / New Jersey Chapter (紐澤西台灣同鄉會)
  • Coordinator, Taiwanese American Conference / East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會); later Chairwoman, TAC-EC

Education

  • National Chung Hsing Univ. (中興大學) — 1971-1975 — B.S.
  • North Carolina State Univ. — 1981-1983 — M.S.
  • Cornell Univ. — 1985-1990 — Ph.D.

Employment

  • Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Taiwan) — North Carolina State University — University of Missouri at Kansas City — CIBA-GEIGY — West Windsor Public School — North Hunterdon Public School — North Brunswick Public School — Pennington School — Community — Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Project / Windsor Area — Chairperson — Windsor Area Taiwanese American Association — President — NATWA - New Jersey Chapter (北美洲台灣婦女會紐澤西分會) — President — TAA / New Jersey Chapter (紐澤西台灣同鄉會) — President — Taiwanese American Conference / East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會) — Coordinator — TAC-EC (美東台灣人夏令會) — Chairwoman

Family

  • Husband: |高龍榮
  • Daughter: Megan (高怡玫), Jennifer (高怡真)

Role in the Community

(absorbed from our own corpus, deepen-x slice 09141300-13, 2026-09-14)

  • 46th 美東台灣人夏令會 (TAC-EC) — 總召集人. In her memoir 劉照男 records that the 46th TAC-EC, hosted by the New Jersey 同鄉會, closed successfully thanks to the careful planning of 總召集人 林素梅 and her team: theme 「心的所在就是故鄉」, 650 鄉親 of three generations gathered at East Stroudsburg University, speakers and program hosts mostly young people — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys153|Our Journeys #153 (劉照男, 美東夏令會的返鄉之夢)]]. This is a first-hand community corroboration of the TAC-EC Chairwoman role on her TAH profile.
  • TAH archival collection. TAH holds [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/collection-of-mrs-su-mei-kao|TAH #52 Collection of Mrs. Su-Mei Kao 林素梅女士的收藏]] (2017/12). HOLD: identity of the donor is not stated in the record — likely the same Dr. Su-Mei Kao active in the NJ community, but not merged without confirmation.
  • A “Su-Mei Kao, FAPA” signature appears on the Taiwanese American statement (taiwanamerican.org); name matches exactly but identity held unconfirmed.

From the record

  • 2017-05-27 — TAH encyclopedia entry #1684 “Dr. Su-Mei Kao 林素梅博士” published (value band B; bibliographic record held in vault) — 1684. Dr. Su-Mei Kao 林素梅博士
  • 2018-09-12 — TAH encyclopedia entry #87 “Dr. Su-Mei Kao 林素梅博士” published (value band B; bibliographic record held in vault) — 87. Dr. Su-Mei Kao 林素梅博士
  • 2026-01-30 — 以 FAPA 總會長身分發布新聞稿，回應參院外委會前一日通過「台灣能源安全與反禁運法案」「台灣海底電纜韌性倡議法案」「台灣盟友基金法案」等涉台法案，指出美國國會正將焦點從中國傳統軍事威脅轉至日益升高的灰色地帶行動，並呼籲參議院儘速通過相關立法（reported — 頭銜「FAPA 總會長」為報導單方記載；另有 2026-01-12 報導仍稱時任會長為簡明子，見 簡明子 頁 HOLD 註記，未合併）— 美洲台灣日報，存檔於 美洲台灣日報 ingest hub
  • 2025-01-19 (sourced) — 以 FAPA 總會長身分與沈芬芷、巴爾地摩台灣同鄉會全體理事、華府台灣文化中心理事長黃泰郎、FAPA 華府分會會長黃凱峰，於韓國瑜院長華府僑宴場外請立法院秘書處處長孔秉杰轉交連署聲明，要求將立院帶回正軌（報導：中央社記者鍾佑貞華盛頓19日專電）— 韓國瑜參加華府僑宴（taiwanjustice.net）
  • 2025-03-19 (sourced) — 就「駐美代表處正名」法案對中央社表示：法案屬跨黨派性質，盧比歐出任國務卿後行政與立法部門支持力度更強、通過機會大幅提升；並透過聲明主張將駐美辦事處正名為台灣代表處，以強化美國對台灣主權與國格的實質承認（報導：中央社記者鍾佑貞華盛頓19日專電）— FAPA拚通過駐美代表處正名法案（taiwanjustice.net）
  • 2025-03-19 (sourced) — 以「Su-Mei Kao, Ph.D. / National President / Formosan Association for Public Affairs」名義簽署 FAPA 中英文請願行動，呼籲美國國會議員支持 S.Res.86 與 H.Res.148、反制中國對聯合國大會第2758號決議的扭曲（英文署名為該檔第一手記載）— S.Res.86／H.Res.148 請願行動（taiwanjustice.net）
  • 2025-05-16 (sourced) — 透過新聞稿回應「對台六項保證法案」：肯定法案將美國長期對台政策與承諾明文入法、對中國發出清晰且堅定的嚇阻訊號，呼籲國會儘速通過以強化對中國武力犯台的嚇阻力（reported）— 美議員提六項保證入法（taiwanjustice.net）
  • 2025-05-29 (sourced) — 就 FAPA「台美人傳統週」全國倡議行動（全美44位民選官員發布公告或賀函，創歷年新高）表示：台美人傳統週是慶祝文化根源、緬懷移民家庭故事的重要時刻，也是向美國大眾分享台灣豐富多元文化的珍貴契機（reported）— 亞太裔傳統月肯定台美人貢獻（taiwanjustice.net）

Sources

Deepen — 2026-09-14 (vault-only re-check)

All TAH records (#87, #1684) are fully absorbed; every community-role link (NATWA NJ chapter, TAA NJ, the scholarship project and its awards coverage, husband |高龍榮) resolves to an existing page. Her employers/schools (Wyeth, CIBA-GEIGY, NJ public schools, NCSU, UMKC, Cornell, 中興大學) and the Windsor Area Taiwanese American Association / TAC-EC have no vault pages and stay plain text.

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