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Leonard Hsu Jr. (許景鴻)

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Leonard Hsu Jr. (許景鴻 / Hsu Ching-Hung)

Identity Snapshot

  • Era: Contemporary
  • Geography: Southern California
  • Core roles: TAHS founder, Echopedia architect, community leader, systems architect

Identity

  • Chinese name: 許景鴻 (Hsu Ching-Hung)
  • Correction note: 陳乃光 belongs to Rex Chen and should not be listed as Leonard Hsu Jr.’s Chinese name.

Personal Information

Family

  • Spouse: Phoenix
  • Children: Two sons - Lennix and Leon
  • Father: |許丕龍 (Ahhee Hsu) — English name Leonard (hence “Jr.”); the LA Times “Leonard Hsu of Monterey Park” dossier below is him (owner-confirmed 2026-09-20)
  • Mother: |蔡瀛如 (Tsai Ying-ju) — private page — owner-confirmed 2026-09-20
  • Half-sister (father’s first household): |許景淳 (Christine Hsu)
    • Grandfather (owner-confirmed 2026-09-20): |許贊育 — i.e. father is one of 五龍 (登龍/左龍/丕龍/右龍/田龍). Owner has rejected all intermediate narrowings; no further pruning legitimate on current evidence.
    • Father — open identity, sourced dossier under the name Leonard Hsu Sr. (name entailed by “Jr.”; person inferred, NOT yet confirmed as a 龍 brother): Monterey Park — created Good Shine Kitchen (故鄉), 235 S. Garfield Ave, plus bakery + food shop (LAT 1985-06-06: “poet, musician, conductor, entrepreneur and Taiwanese patriot”); restaurant a named hub of the LA Taiwanese community (LAT 1985-07-21); quoted as secretary general of 台灣民主運動海外同志社 / Taiwan Democratic Movement Overseas at the Zau-Nan Chen case (LAT 1990-10-01); General Partner of The Rainbow Group LP, 940 E. Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, filed 1984-07-25, co-GP James Hsu, agent Judy Hsu (CA SoS record). Owner 2026-09-20: James & Judy Hsu = business partners, surname coincidental, not relatives. Same city as 孫榮基’s recorded 1995 death. Local archive of all four external sources — owner-confirmed 2026-09-20: this dossier is |許丕龍. Which 龍 brother bears the name = open; LA-businessman profile fits 右龍/田龍 per 638 (both LA) — ranking only, no prune.
    • CONFIRMED by owner 2026-09-20. Identification basis (now sourced via owner confirmation; originally inferred from vault-internal edges): Father = |許丕龍 (Ahhee Hsu), English name Leonard (= the LAT “Leonard Hsu” dossier above: Monterey Park office per OJ #272, 1985 — same year/city as LAT 1985 profile; poet-lyricist 出頭天進行曲, musician, choir/orchestra conductor 北美文協室內樂團, entrepreneur, Taiwanese patriot; LAT 1990 同志社 secretary-general). Mother = 蔡瀛如 (Tsai Ying-ju) — per ahhee-hsu.md Family (Wife) + hsu-ching-chun.md (father’s later spouse; sister of |蔡英文). Consistency: grandfather 贊育 ✓ (owner-confirmed); 景 generation ✓; Henry Hsu = cousin via uncle 登龍 ✓; SoCal entrepreneur 第二代 ✓ (TAHS coverage); half-sister = 許景淳 (b. 1965, ~20 yrs elder); 1995 grandmother death Monterey Park ✓ same town as family business.

Summary

Leonard Hsu Jr. (許景鴻 / Hsu Ching-Hung) is a Taiwanese American community organizer, systems builder, and the current President of the Taiwanese American Historical Society (|台美人歷史協會 (TAHS)). He leads Echo System and Echopedia initiatives focused on preserving Taiwanese American history, identity documentation, and community memory infrastructure.

Role

Lead of Echo System 3.0 and key figure in the Taiwanese American Historical Society (TAHS / |台美人歷史協會 (TAHS)).

TAHS Leadership

  • President (會長), Taiwanese American Historical Society (|台美人歷史協會 (TAHS))
  • Tax ID / EIN: 46-4005384 (501(c)(3) public charity; exemption effective June 18, 2024; IRS determination letter June 27, 2024)
  • Current org mailing address (c/o): 279 S. Main St, Orange, CA 92868

Known Public Footprint

Areas of Work

  • Community historical documentation and oral history
  • Digital infrastructure for public memory (Echopedia / Quartz wiki)
  • Identity verification and contributor workflows (LINE-first)
  • Lightweight, low-maintenance systems for volunteer organizations

Echopedia Role

Primary architect and maintainer of Echopedia, the community knowledge base for TAHS and related Taiwanese American organizations. Responsible for page creation standards, Chinese + romanized name formatting, and publishing workflows.

From the record

  • 2025-09-05 (sourced — archive re-read 2026-10-20) — 美洲台灣日報 (Taiwan Daily) reported Leonard Hsu Jr. (許景鴻)‘s inauguration as TAHS president: ceremony held 2025-09-03 at the 台美人長輩會辦公室, founding president 楊嘉猷 introducing him as a successful 台美人第二代 entrepreneur and the right hand for 世代傳承; the board then adopted a three-year presidential term with officers’ terms synchronized — 美洲台灣日報 (taiwandaily.net)

Revision History

  • 2026-05-26: Initial scaffold
  • 2026-05-28: Updated with confirmed TAHS President role, family details, and location history. Status changed to Published.
  • 2026-06-16: Corrected prior attribution error; restored Leonard Hsu Jr.’s Chinese name to 許景鴻 (Hsu Ching-Hung) and removed Rex Chen’s Chinese name from this page.

Taiwan Justice (台灣公義網) Citations

Works

許景鴻 — 1 title hits, 0 body mentions in the taiwanjustice.net harvest. Listed: last 5 years, up to 8/year. Full index: taiwanjustice.net.

2025 (1)

  1. 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元

Timeline

Chronological events for 許景鴻:

2025 (1 events)

  • 2025-09-05 🤝 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (就職典禮 2025-09-03 假台美人長輩會辦公室; 理事會通過會長一任三年 — 美洲台灣日報)

Network

Pages that link to 許景鴻 (leonard-hsu-jr):

People (6)

  1. david-lee
  2. index
  3. ken-wu
  4. ken-wu
  5. rex-chen
  6. rex-chen

Quotes

Notable quotes and mentions of 許景鴻 in Taiwan Justice articles:

2025 (6 quotes)

  1. “5 (本報洛杉磯訊)台美人歷史協會(Taiwanese American History Society)於九月三日(星期三)假台美人長輩會辦公室，舉行新任會長許景鴻(Leonard Hsu)的就職典禮，同時召開理事會，討論修改章程、會務、財務以及工作計畫等事項。台美歷史協會創會會長楊嘉猷表示，歷史協會已經走入世代傳承的新階” — 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (2025-09-05)
  2. “美歷史協會創會會長楊嘉猷表示，歷史協會已經走入世代傳承的新階段，未來將更專注於收集、訪問及出版台美人第二代、第三代的傑出人物紀事。 創會會長楊嘉猷介紹說，新會長許景鴻是一位成功的台美人第二代企業家，由他來接任會長，是台美人歷史協會世代傳承的最好人選。 台美人歷史協會致力於收集和保存與台美人個人或團體有關的文獻、報導、出版物及” — 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (2025-09-05)
  3. “經出版過兩本「台美人菁英錄」專書，記述數十位成功的台美人。 這兩本專書主要還是介紹第一代成功、出眾的台美人，第二代、第三代的台美人菁英也收錄了一部分，由第二代的許景鴻接掌台美人力是協會，將能夠將觸角更深入採集介紹更多二代、三代菁英台美人菁英，讓台美人的故事更廣泛的流傳予保留。 楊嘉猷說，台美人歷史協會是非營利組織，歡迎各界捐” — 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (2025-09-05)
  4. “深入採集介紹更多二代、三代菁英台美人菁英，讓台美人的故事更廣泛的流傳予保留。 楊嘉猷說，台美人歷史協會是非營利組織，歡迎各界捐款贊助，捐款可以抵稅。捐款請洽會長許景鴻 626-890-0234 或楊嘉猷。 新任會長許景鴻說，他會朝著大家的共同目標努力，也希望各界慷慨捐款給台美人歷史協會，讓會務能蒸蒸日上。 許會長說，若經費許” — 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (2025-09-05)
  5. “事更廣泛的流傳予保留。 楊嘉猷說，台美人歷史協會是非營利組織，歡迎各界捐款贊助，捐款可以抵稅。捐款請洽會長許景鴻 626-890-0234 或楊嘉猷。 新任會長許景鴻說，他會朝著大家的共同目標努力，也希望各界慷慨捐款給台美人歷史協會，讓會務能蒸蒸日上。 許會長說，若經費許可，歷史協會將考慮設專人在維基百科上編寫傑出台美人的條” — 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (2025-09-05)
  6. “台美人的成就。 新會長就職後，立即召開理事會，討論修改章程及會務。會長任期修改為一任三年，相關幹部任期也與會長任期同步。 當天與會的人員包括創會會長楊嘉猷、會長許景鴻、蔡漢成、劉玲華、李意盛、楊錦忠、沈梓在、蔡淑女、黃樹人等。 顧問劉玲華等都提出極具建設性的建議，會務討論極為熱烈。” — 台美人歷史協會新任會長許景鴻接椽 開啟世代傳承新紀元 (2025-09-05)

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Leonard Hsu Jr. (許景鴻) · instrumental · en · 2026-08-27 · 2:35

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