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Enchin Shaw Chen (蕭永真)

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Enchin Shaw Chen (蕭永真)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Enchin Shaw Chen
  • Chinese: 蕭永真
  • Era: 1930
  • Geography: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Core roles: Taiwanese American (TAH Who’s Who)
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Publication(Non-professional) Family History Book : 蕭安居牧師生平及家譜 Life And Family History Of Rev. An-Ku Shaw, 03/2008

Education

  • San Diego State College — 1957 — B.S. Psychology
  • Univ. of Pennsylvania — 1960 — M.S. Social Worker

Employment

  • Springfield Psychiatric Hospital — Director of Social Service — (1957-1964) — Edgemeade School — Director of Social Service — (1964-1968) — Rongshing Children’s Choir — Founding Head — (1996-1999) — Community — Taiwan Presbyterian Church in Washington — Founder — Rongshing Children’s Choir — Founder

Pioneer Record & Community Founding

  • The TAH encyclopedia entry #343 records her as the first female Taiwanese student studying in the U.S., under the heading 「The first Female Taiwanese Student Studying in the U.S.A. / November 1, 1953」 — the earliest dated record of her U.S. studies in the vault. Entries #292 and #291 record her as a founding member of the Formosan Club of Washington D.C., which she documented by printing the club’s first directory in 1966, and of the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington D.C., which was started at her house in 1972 — consistent with her employment record as founder of the Washington church.
  • Career in social work and mental health in the U.S.: Director of Social Service at Springfield Psychiatric Hospital (1957–1964) and at Edgemeade School (1964–1968), after a B.S. in Psychology at San Diego State College (1957) and an M.S. in Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania (1960).
  • Founding Head of the Rongshing Children’s Choir (1996–1999), extending her service from social work into children’s musical formation.
  • Author of the family history book 《蕭安居牧師生平及家譜》 Life And Family History Of Rev. An-Ku Shaw (03/2008), preserving the record of the next generation’s ministerial lineage in the |Presbyterian Church in Taiwan milieu.
  • Church lineage: the 華府基督長老教會 thirty-year commemorative issue records her father Rev. L.S. Shaw (蕭樂善牧師) as the church’s first pastor ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories599|TAH #599]]); she is also the granddaughter of Rev. An-Ku Shaw (蕭安居牧師), whose life her 2008 family history book preserves ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/942-life-and-family-history-of-rev-an-ku-shaw|TAH #942]]). The corpus also holds a dedicated 2016-03 record of her father ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos866|TAH #866 — 蕭樂善]]).
  • Church founding narrative: her own account “The Beginning of Our Church” documents the origin of the Washington church founded by her circle ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys215|TAH #215]]).
  • Early-education record: 朱真一’s survey of early postwar Taiwanese women who studied in North America records her 1930 birth, 1952 graduation from 淡江英專, 1953 departure for the U.S., and 1965 marriage to Dr. Donald C. J. Chen (陳哲仁), the D.C. area’s first Taiwanese private-practice physician ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys270|TAH #270]]; see also [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos474-donald-c-j-chen|TAH #474]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff309|TAH #309]] on her husband’s clinic).
  • Archival collection: her personal collection 「蕭永真女士的收藏」 is held in the TAH story corpus as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/collection-of-mrs-enchin-shaw-chen|TAH #8 (2016)]] — the vault record of her documentary holdings, alongside the Chen family photo album ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-111|TAH #111]]).
  • Family-network context: her husband Dr. Chen led the Washington D.C. branch among the 28 founding chapters of the Formosan Club of America (全美台灣同鄉會), registered in D.C. in 1971 ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys76|TAH #76]]; Donald C.J. Chen). Family photographs are held in the vault album of the Chen household ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-111|TAH #111]]).

Family

  • Husband: 陳哲仁 (Dr. Donald C. J. Chen, m. 1965 per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys270|TAH #270]])
  • Daughter: 陳美真理 (Michellee Shaw Chen, [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos871-michellee-shaw-chen|TAH #871]]) & 陳安仁理 (Angellee Shaw Chen, [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos872-angellee-shaw-chen|TAH #872]])
  • Son: 陳安哲&陳善哲

Timeline

Absorbed from on-page records (TAH #343, #292, #291, #473, #270, #599; no external sources):

  • 1930 — born in Taiwan; granddaughter of Rev. An-Ku Shaw (蕭安居牧師) ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys270|TAH #270]]).
  • 1952 — graduated from 淡江英專 ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys270|TAH #270]]).
  • 1953-11-01 — recorded as the first female Taiwanese student studying in the U.S. (TAH #343; corroborated in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories599|TAH #599]]).
  • 1957 — B.S. Psychology, San Diego State College; began as Director of Social Service, Springfield Psychiatric Hospital (1957–1964).
  • 1960 — M.S. Social Work, University of Pennsylvania.
  • 1964–1968 — Director of Social Service, Edgemeade School.
  • 1965 — married Dr. Donald C. J. Chen (陳哲仁), ENT specialist in the D.C. area ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys270|TAH #270]]; Donald C.J. Chen).
  • 1966 — printed the first directory of the Formosan Club of Washington D.C., of which she was a founding member ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff292|TAH #292]]).
  • 1971 — Formosan Club of America (全美台灣同鄉會) registered in Washington D.C. with 28 founding chapters; her husband’s name heads the D.C. chapter list ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys76|TAH #76]]).
  • 1972 — Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington D.C. started at her house; she was a founding member ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff291|TAH #291]]; her own account in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys215|TAH #215]]). Her father Rev. L.S. Shaw (蕭樂善牧師) is recorded as the church’s first pastor ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories599|TAH #599]]).
  • 1996–1999 — Founding Head, Rongshing Children’s Choir.
  • 2008-03 — published the family history book 《蕭安居牧師生平及家譜》 Life And Family History Of Rev. An-Ku Shaw, preserving the record of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan milieu ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/942-life-and-family-history-of-rev-an-ku-shaw|TAH #942]]).

Connected in the Vault

  • Her TAH encyclopedia entries are harvested in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/senior-taiwanese-american-3||TAH #3]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff343||TAH #343 — first female Taiwanese student studying in the U.S.]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff292||TAH #292 — founding member, Formosan Club of Washington D.C.]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff291||TAH #291 — founding member, Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington D.C.]], and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-473-enchin-shaw-chen||TAH #473 Who’s Who entry]], with a second encyclopedia profile at [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/7-enchin-shaw-chen||TAH #7]].
  • Her family history book 《蕭安居牧師生平及家譜》 preserves Rev. An-Ku Shaw’s record in the |PCT milieu ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/942-life-and-family-history-of-rev-an-ku-shaw|TAH #942]]).
  • Corpus essays with new material: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys270|TAH #270 — early postwar women students in North America (朱真一)]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories599|TAH #599 — first female Taiwanese student / church commemorative]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys215|TAH #215 — The Beginning of Our Church]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys76|TAH #76 — Formosan Club of America founding chapters]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-111|TAH #111 — Chen family life photos]].
  • Family: Dr. Donald C. J. Chen 陳哲仁 — husband, D.C. area’s first Taiwanese private-practice physician ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff309|TAH #309]]).

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