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Prof. Shirley Cheng Tsai (鄭秀蘭教授)

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Prof. Shirley Cheng Tsai (鄭秀蘭教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Shirley Cheng Tsai
  • Chinese: 鄭秀蘭教授
  • Era: 1941
  • Geography: Miaoli, Taiwan
  • Core roles: engineer, scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Prof. Shirley Cheng Tsai 鄭秀蘭教授 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1963 — B.S., Chem. Eng.
  • Calif. Inst. of Tech. (Caltech) — 1969 — Ph.D., Chemistry

Employment

  • Gulf Oil, Pittsburgh, PA — Senior Research Engineer — (1974-1980) — Occidental Research Center, CA — Senior Research Engineer — (1980-1983) — California State University, Long Beach — Professor — (1983-2009) — Academia Sinica, Taiwan — Visiting Research Fellow — (1999-2003)

Timeline（自本頁既有史料整理，deepen 2026-09-14）

  • 1941 — 出生於台灣苗栗
  • 1963 — 國立台灣大學化學工程學士（B.S., Chem. Eng.）
  • 1969 — 加州理工學院（Caltech）化學博士
  • 1974–1980 — Gulf Oil（匹茲堡）资深研究工程師
  • 1980–1983 — Occidental Research Center（加州）资深研究工程師
  • 1983–2009 — 加州州立大學長灘分校（CSULB）教授
  • 1999–2003 — 中央研究院訪問研究學者

Family

  • Husband: Chen S. Tsai (蔡振水) — 見 |Prof. Chen S. Tsai
  • Daughter: Jeanne L. (蔡珍玲)
  • Son: Larry W. (蔡金勳)

Sources

Vault Cross-References

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/45-prof-shirley-cheng-tsai||TAH #45 encyclopedia entry: Prof. Shirley Cheng Tsai 鄭秀蘭教授]]（vault 記錄發布日 2018-08-24）
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-369-shirley-cheng-tsai||TAH Who’s Who #369: Prof. Shirley Cheng Tsai 鄭秀蘭教授]]（vault 記錄發布日 2015-04-16）
  • |Husband: Prof. Chen S. Tsai (蔡振水)

Role in the Community (deepen 2026-09-14, slice 09141213-32)

  • Corpus author: she contributed her own memoir essay 「追求夢想的幸福女兒」 (published 2015-04-13) to the 台美史料中心 story corpus — vault record [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/227-e8-bf-bd-e6-b1-82-e5-a4-a2-e6-83-b3-e7-9a-84-e5-b9-b8-e7-a6-8f-e5-a5-b3-e5-8||TAH #227]]. This makes her a first-person source for the Taiwanese American scientific-generational record (NTU Chem. Eng. 1963 → Caltech Ph.D. 1969 → industry → CSULB). Vault copy of #227 is a bibliographic record only (full text stays at the live site), so no narrative facts could be absorbed from it.
  • Possible TASC link (HOLD): the TaiwaneseAmerican.org interview Building Bridges: An Interview with Organizers of the Taiwan-America Student Conference names “Shirley Cheng” among the TASC Executive Committee members. HOLD: context (a student-organized conference, c. 2017, team recruited via a NTHU professor’s network) suggests this may be a different, younger Shirley Cheng; identity not auto-merged pending confirmation.
  • No other memoir mentions of her in works/ or articles/; her encyclopedia records remain TAH #45 / #369.

Deepen pass 2026-09-15（slice deepen-x-09142319-24，SKIP-with-reason）

  • 全語料庫重掃（works/ + articles/）：命中僅自有條目 #45、#369、本人投稿 memoir 之書目紀錄 #227（均已連結）、works/index.md，及 TASC 訪談中「Shirley Cheng」一處（已列 HOLD，疑為另一人，不逕行歸併）。無可吸收之新增社群事實。

Corpus re-check (slice deepen-x-09150316-16, 2026-09-15)

全語料重掃：命中僅 #45、#369、本人投稿 #227（均已連結）、works/index，及 TASC 訪談「Shirley Cheng」一處（HOLD 見上）。無新增可吸收社群事實——SKIP。

Corpus re-check (slice deepen-x-09150400-9, 2026-09-15)

命中集無變（#45、#369、#227、works/index、TASC 訪談「Shirley Cheng」一處維持 HOLD）。維持 SKIP。

Corpus re-check (slice deepen-x-09150500-4, 2026-09-15)

全語料重掃（works/ + articles/）：命中集無變——僅本人出處頁 #45、#369、本人投稿 memoir 書目紀錄 #227（均已連結），及 TASC 訪談「Shirley Cheng」一處（維持 HOLD，疑為另一人）。memoir 語料無新事實——維持 SKIP。

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