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Prof. Davis L. S. Chang (張祿生教授)

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Prof. Davis L. S. Chang (張祿生教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Davis L. S. Chang
  • Chinese: 張祿生教授
  • Era: —
  • Geography: Taiwan
  • Core roles: entrepreneur, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Prof. Davis L. S. Chang 張祿生教授 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — B.A., Business
  • Bowling Green State Univ. — M.S.
  • Univ. of Pittsburgh — Ph.D., Business

Employment

  • State Univ. of New York at Buffalo — Assistant Professor — San Jose State Univ. — Professor of Accounting Dept. — Coope & LyBrand Accounting Firm — Senior Auditor — Charles Metcaf Accounting Firm — Staff — Chang & Lin Accountancy Corp. — Principal — (1981-) — Community — Taiwanese American CPA Association (台美會計師協會) — President, 2001-2002 — Taiwanese Hakka Associations of America (全美台灣客家同鄉會) — President — Taiwanese Hakka Associations of the World (世界台灣客家聯合會) — Vice President — TAFNC (北加州台灣同鄉會) — President

Timeline

Sourced from the TAH Who’s Who profile above; no external material added.

  • Educated at National Taiwan Univ. (B.A., Business), Bowling Green State Univ. (M.S.), and Univ. of Pittsburgh (Ph.D., Business).
  • Academic career: Assistant Professor at State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, later Professor in the Accounting Dept. at San Jose State Univ.
  • Practised public accounting: Senior Auditor at Coope & LyBrand Accounting Firm; Staff at Charles Metcaf Accounting Firm; Principal of Chang & Lin Accountancy Corp. from 1981.
  • President of the |Taiwanese American CPA Association (台美會計師協會), 2001–2002.
  • President of the Taiwanese Hakka Associations of America (全美台灣客家同鄉會) — recorded in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys110|TAH #110]] as the association’s 7th president (Northern California); Vice President of the |Taiwanese Hakka Associations of the World.
  • President of the |TAFNC (北加州台灣同鄉會).

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-10)

  • Source record held in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1873-davis-l-s-chang|TAH #1873 (Who’s Who)]].
  • Per the TAH record already on this page: B.A. Business, National Taiwan Univ.; M.S., Bowling Green State Univ.; Ph.D. Business, Univ. of Pittsburgh. Academic posts: Assistant Professor at State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, then Professor in the Accounting Dept. at San Jose State Univ.; public-accounting practice at Coope & LyBrand (senior auditor), Charles Metcaf, and as Principal of Chang & Lin Accountancy Corp. from 1981.
  • Community leadership: President of TACPA (台美會計師協會), 2001–2002; President of the 全美台灣客家同鄉會 — the association is documented in the vault at TAH: Taiwanese Hakka Associations of America; Vice President of Taiwanese Hakka Associations of the World; President of TAFNC (北加州台灣同鄉會).
  • 2026-09-14 (DEEPEN-X09112200-5): re-check — TACPA, TAFNC, the Hakka-association pages and the TAH #1873 work record all resolve in the vault; Bowling Green State, Univ. of Pittsburgh, SUNY Buffalo, San Jose State and the accounting firms have no vault pages; no new absorbable vault-side facts.

TAFNC leadership and 台灣會館 (absorbed 2026-09-14, vault-only)

From the Our Journeys accounts already held in the vault:

  • 1994 — served as one of the two vice chairmen (副會長, with 謝鎮寬) of the 北加州台灣同鄉會聯合會 under chairman 林健次, per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys142|TAH #142 (林健次, 2015/06)]]. During the internal council dispute that year, the pro-KMT bloc proposed stripping the chairman/vice-chairman votes; the episode is recorded there verbatim.
  • 2003 — as chairman (會長), launched the 台灣會館 fundraising drive at the Spring Festival gala (raised $30,000; preparatory committee formed Feb 16, convened by 張信行), per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys38|TAH #38]].
  • Early 2003 — encouraged the founding of the Northern California 台灣會館 and joined its preparatory committee alongside 陳德輝, 石清正, 陳光博, 施天墩, 林典謨, 李華林, 翁嘉盛, 邱俊邦 and 張信行; the 會館 opened in Fremont in March 2003, per [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys24|TAH #24]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys53|TAH #53]].
  • 2026-10-11 corpus re-check — the chairman’s own account in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys24|TAH #24]] gives the full 籌備委員會 roster as 陳德輝, 石清正, 陳光博, 施天墩, 高淑貞, 林典謨, 張祿生, 李華林, 翁嘉盛, 邱俊邦, 邱光一, 吳振和 and 張信行 (adding 高淑貞, 邱光一 and 吳振和 to the roster as recorded above), and records the 會館 beginning operation on 2003-05-01 with 34 teachers and 30+ volunteers running 40+ activities a month, after the Fremont site (a 3,000 sq-ft clinic floor donated at subsidized rent by 吳怡明醫師, introduced by 吳銀鏤醫師) was secured in March on a two-year lease from April 1.
  • A chairman-era record appears in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys110|TAH #110 (張祿生會長)]].
  • 2026-10-12 (DEEPEN-X10120000-5): corpus re-check across works/articles/sources/events/topics — the only hits are the Our Journeys records already absorbed above (#24, #38, #53, #110, #142, plus their English mirrors). The founder account in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys53|TAH #53]] lists 張祿生 among the nine who founded the Fremont 台灣會館 in March 2003 (with 張信行, 陳德輝, 邱俊邦, 林典謨, 翁嘉盛, 石清正, 施天墩, 陳光博, 李華林) — consistent with the roster recorded above; no new absorbable facts, no conflicts.

THA-USA presidency and Hakka conferences (absorbed 2026-10-10, corpus-only)

From 王興富, 話說 美洲台灣客家社團 ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys110|TAH #110]]):

  • He is listed as the 7th president of the 全美台灣客家會 (THA-USA), based in Northern California — the first dated term record for that presidency on this page (the TAH Who’s Who profile lists the office without a term number).
  • Aug 2000 — co-hosted the 3rd Global Hakka Cultural Summer Conference (第三屆全球客家文化夏令會) in Toronto with 黄春發 (Chun-fa Huang), under the theme “Let’s Work Together to Welcome a New Century for the Hakka People.”

From the Federation memoir ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys38|TAH #38]]), the 2003 台灣會館 drive in more detail:

  • Early 2003 — as Federation president he advised the Center planners to start by renting a property funded by a $30,000 drive, sustained for two years while a permanent site was sought, and suggested announcing the Center’s opening at the Federation’s thirtieth-anniversary gala; his encouragement prompted the organizer to gather ten $2,500 pledges within a week. He then joined the Taiwanese American Center Preparation Committee alongside 陳德輝, 石清正, 陳光博, 施天墩, 林典謨, 李華林, 翁嘉盛, 邱俊邦 and 張信行 (Dr. Shinn-Sheng Chang). No conflict with the 2003年春節晚會募捐 record in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys37|TAH #37]] (“會長張祿生發起台灣會館募捐”) — both place him as the driving Federation officer that spring.

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