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Prof. Jyu-Hsiung Fang (方菊雄教授)

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Prof. Jyu-Hsiung Fang (方菊雄教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Jyu-Hsiung Fang
  • Chinese: 方菊雄教授
  • Era: 1938
  • Geography: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Core roles: scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Prof. Jyu-Hsiung Fang 方菊雄教授 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Absorbed Facts (from TAH cites, 2026-09-10)

  • Born 1938 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Biology/botany scientist who moved from academic medicine (Columbia) to medical-education leadership at Tzu Chi University (慈濟大學) — first as Director of the Institute of Human Genetics, then as University President
  • Community leadership: President of the TAA/New York Chapter (大紐約區台灣同鄉會), Coordinator of the Taiwanese American Conference/East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會), and President of the |Professor Chen Wen-Chen Memorial Foundation

Timeline

  • 1962 — B.S. Botany, National Taiwan Univ.
  • Ph.D. — Biology, Kansas State Univ.
  • 1972–1992 — Assistant Professor, Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • 2000– — Director of the Institute of Human Genetics, Tzu Chi Univ.
  • 2002–2005 — President, Tzu Chi Univ.

Community roles

  • President — TAA/New York Chapter (大紐約區台灣同鄉會)
  • Coordinator — Taiwanese American Conference/East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會)
  • President — Professor Chen Wen-Chen Memorial Foundation (陳文成基金會)

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1962 — B.S., Botany
  • Kansas State Univ. — Ph.D., Biology

Employment

  • Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons — Assistant Professor — (1972-1992) — Tzu Chi Univ. — Director of the Institute of Human Genetics — (2000-) — Tzu Chi Univ. — President — (2002-2005) — Community — TAA/New York Chapter (大紐約區台灣同鄉會) — President — Taiwanese American Conference/East Coast (美東台灣人夏令會) — Coordinator — Professor Chen Wen-Chen Memorial Foundation (陳文成基金會) — President

Vault Holdings

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/186-prof-jyu-hsiung-fang|TAH #186 Who’s Who]] (published 2018-11-06)
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-714-jyu-hsiung-fan|TAH #714 Who’s Who]] (published 2015-11-27)
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/371-e5-a6-99-e5-8d-9a-e5-a3-ab-e6-96-b9-e8-8f-8a-e9-9b-84-e4-bb-a5-e6-a0-a1-e7-8|TAH #371 — 妙博士方菊雄 以校為家 永不畢業 (陳美羿, 2015/11)]] — feature profile, published 2015-11-30

Family

Vault Holdings

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/186-prof-jyu-hsiung-fang|TAH #186 encyclopedia entry]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-714-jyu-hsiung-fan|TAH #714 encyclopedia entry]] — the two Who’s Who records cited below.
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/371-e5-a6-99-e5-8d-9a-e5-a3-ab-e6-96-b9-e8-8f-8a-e9-9b-84-e4-bb-a5-e6-a0-a1-e7-8|TAH #371, 妙博士方菊雄 以校為家 永不畢業 (陳美羿, 2015/11)]] — profile feature written around his Tzu Chi University presidency.
  • Wife |黃靜枝 has her own TAH record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-827-jean-j-fang|TAH #827 Jean J. Fang]].

Vault Cross-References (ourjourneys corpus, absorbed 2026-09-10)

  • Kansas State years: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys33|Our Journeys #33]] records that in 1964–1965 Fang, then a Kansas State graduate student, met regularly with 莊秋雄, 蔡一, 王能祥, 黃石定, 呂天明 and 陳希寬 as the “Kansas Suite Group,” and that the group ran 228-advertisement campaigns in the Kansas State Collegian during the 1966–1968 campus unification/independence debate — corroborating the Ph.D. timeline above.
  • Peace Church network: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys268|Our Journeys #268]] names Fang a 和平契友 (Taipei Peace Presbyterian Church fellowship member) and records that he hosted the 22nd 台灣人夏令會 (Taiwanese American Conference) in 1991.
  • Taiwanese House building campaign: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys09|Our Journeys #09]] lists Fang as head of the finance group (財務組) in the first 1983 executive-committee meeting of the 台灣會館 building drive under 陳隆豐.
  • Chen Wen-cheng Scholarship: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys8|Our Journeys #08]] records Fang, as a standing director, liaising with 北美洲台灣人教授協會 on the 陳文成獎學金 — the first Taiwanese-American scholarship in North America.

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