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Frank C.H. Chen (陳治煌)

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Frank C.H. Chen (陳治煌)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Frank C.H. Chen
  • Chinese: 陳治煌
  • Era: -
  • Geography: 台灣
  • Core roles: engineer
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Frank C.H. Chen (Conductor). Frank C.H. Chen holds a BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University and the University of California at Santa Barbara, respectively. He served as conductor and music teacher of the National Taiwan University Chorus (NTUC) for three years while he was a student at the university. He also directed, conducted and produced the first NTUC public performance of the Opera “Yeomen of the Guard” by Gilbert & Sullivan. After moving to Maryland, Mr. Chen co-founded the Haitien Chorus and served as conductor for nine terms. Frank and his wife |Amanda Hsu 許惠敏 have been serving as NTUAC-DC Chorus conductors since 2012.

Education

  • 台灣大學 — B.S. Electrical Engineering
  • University of California at Santa Barbara — M.S. Electrical Engineering

Employment

  • Freddie Mac — Senior Engineer

Timeline

  • 台灣大學 — B.S. Electrical Engineering
  • While an NTU student: conductor and music teacher of the National Taiwan University Chorus (NTUC) for three years; directed, conducted and produced the first NTUC public opera performance, Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Yeomen of the Guard”
  • University of California at Santa Barbara — M.S. Electrical Engineering
  • After moving to Maryland: co-founded the Haitien Chorus and served as conductor for nine terms
  • Haitien Chorus cross-corroboration: Butterfly Chong’s TAH entry records that she conducted the Haitien chorus for two years after 2000 — confirming Haitien as an active DC-area Taiwanese American ensemble with multiple conductors across the period of Mr. Chen’s nine-term tenure
  • 2012–present — NTUAC-DC (臺大校友合唱團 DC) Chorus conductor together with his wife |許惠敏 Amanda Hsu; accompanist on the same podium: |丁志清 Eileen Lo
  • Freddie Mac — Senior Engineer

Family

Sources

  • |TAH Foundation
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • Vault records of the cited entries: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician408||TAH #408 musician entry]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1706||Who’s Who #1706]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1708||Who’s Who #1708]]

Vault Holdings（deepen pass 2026-09-14）

  • 本頁所引三筆 TAH 記錄（#408、#1706、#1708，皆 06/2017）均已入庫，為書目級記錄（value band B），全文留存在 vault；Timeline 內容即出自該等記錄之 TAH tables，無另行補充之新傳記事實。
  • 夫妻同為合唱指揮：夫人 |許惠敏 之 TAH 記錄見 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1707-amanda-hsu||Who’s Who #1707]] 及 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician407||TAH #407（conductor, 06/2017）]]；兩頁互證 1989 年夫妻共同創辦海天合唱團（Haitien Chorus，暫無獨立頁面）之記載。
  • DC 台裔社區脈絡：|Greater Washington Taiwanese community。

Corpus re-check (slice 09141400-6, 2026-09-14) — SKIP

  • SKIP-with-reason: corpus grep (works/ + articles/) again returns only his own TAH entry pages (#408/#1706/#1708, already linked and absorbed above) plus index rows. No memoir/community material mentions him. Nothing absorbable; biography unchanged, last_reviewed current.

Corpus re-check (slice 09141213-3, 2026-09-14)

  • Vault-wide grep (works/ + articles/): the only matches are his own three TAH entry pages (#408/#1706/#1708), already recorded above. Two near-miss hits were ruled out on inspection: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1911-f-frank-chen|TAH #1911 Prof. F. Frank Chen 陳鳳山]] is a different person, and the “Frank Chen” mention in the Chien-Ming Wang story is not this subject. No community/memoir material adds facts. Nothing new absorbable this pass; biography unchanged.

Corpus re-check (slice 09142319-7, 2026-09-15) — SKIP

  • SKIP-with-reason: third corpus grep pass (陳治煌／Frank C.H. Chen, works/ + articles/) returns only his own TAH entries (#408/#1706/#1708, already linked and absorbed into the Timeline/Vault Holdings above) plus index.md rows. No new community/memoir mentions; biography unchanged.

Corpus re-check (slice 09150316-1, 2026-09-15) — SKIP

  • SKIP-with-reason: fourth corpus grep pass (陳治煌／Frank C.H. Chen, works/ + articles/) again returns only his own TAH entry pages (#408/#1706/#1708, already linked and absorbed into Timeline/Vault Holdings) plus index.md rows. No memoir/community mentions; nothing absorbable, biography unchanged, last_reviewed current.

Corpus re-check (slice 10091404-15, 2026-10-10)

  • Fifth grep pass (陳治煌／Frank C.H. Chen, all five corpus dirs): same result — only his own TAH entries plus index rows. Two named near-misses re-ruled out on inspection: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1911-f-frank-chen|TAH #1911 Prof. F. Frank Chen 陳鳳山]] is a different person, and the “Frank Chen” in the Chien-Ming Wang story is Taiwanese-Canadian director 陳惟揚, not this subject.
  • ONE absorbable community fact found this pass via Haitien-chorus grep (not the person name): TAH entry for Butterfly Chong (洪郁雯) records she conducted the Haitien chorus for two years after 2000 — cross-corroborates Haitien Chorus as an active DC-area ensemble with multiple conductors during Mr. Chen’s nine-term tenure. Added to Timeline with wikilink; no biography/date changes.

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