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Prof. Tender Lin (林天德教授)

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Prof. Tender Lin (林天德教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Tender Lin
  • Chinese: 林天德教授
  • Era: 1939
  • Geography: Pingtung, Taiwan
  • Core roles: professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. Coordinator of East Bay Taiwanese Americans Community Service Center (東灣台灣人社區服務中心主任)

Education

  • National Normal Univ. — 1962 — B.S., Education
  • Northeast State Univ. of Missouri — 1966 — M.S. in Guidance
  • UCLA — 1970 — Ph.D., Counseling Psychology

Employment

  • Miami Dade Junior College, FL — Assistant Professor — (1971-) — South Carolina Dept. of Mental Health — Research Director and Clinical Psychologist — (1973-1989) — Tainan Teachers College (台南師範學院) — Guest Associate in Dept. of Elementary Education — (1989-) — Taipei City Teachers College (台北市立師範學院) — Guest Associate in Dept. of Elementary Education — (1990-) — National Chengchi Univ., Institute of Education — Adjunct Associate Professor — (1991-2000) — EBTACSC (東灣台美人社區服務中心) — Psychologist and Director — (2001-) — Community — East Bay Taiwanese Americans Community Service Center — Coordinator/Director — East Bay Taiwanese Americans Community Garden Club — Originator

Community Service

Absorbed from the TAH profile above:

  • Coordinator/Director of the |East Bay Taiwanese Americans Community Service Center (EBTACSC) — the nonprofit center founded in 2002 in the San Francisco East Bay; see also the TAH encyclopedia entry 20. EBTACSC 東灣台美人社區服務中心.
  • Originator of the East Bay Taiwanese Americans Community Garden Club — he wrote up the club himself in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys335||OJ #335. 光芒四射的舊金山東灣園藝組 (2018)]].
  • Career path: assistant professor at Miami Dade Junior College, FL (1971-); research director and clinical psychologist, South Carolina Dept. of Mental Health (1973–1989); guest associate in the departments of elementary education at Tainan Teachers College (1989-) and Taipei City Teachers College (1990-); adjunct associate professor, National Chengchi Univ. Institute of Education (1991–2000); psychologist and director, EBTACSC (2001-).
  • Trained at National Normal Univ. (B.S. Education 1962), Northeast State Univ. of Missouri (M.S. Guidance 1966), and UCLA (Ph.D. Counseling Psychology 1970).

Connected in the Vault

Timeline

Chronology absorbed from the TAH profile and tah-tables above (no external sources):

  • 1939 — Born in Pingtung, Taiwan
  • 1962 — B.S. Education, National Normal Univ.
  • 1966 — M.S. Guidance, Northeast State Univ. of Missouri
  • 1970 — Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, UCLA
  • 1971– — Assistant professor, Miami Dade Junior College, FL
  • 1973–1989 — Research director and clinical psychologist, South Carolina Dept. of Mental Health
  • 1989– — Guest associate, Dept. of Elementary Education, Tainan Teachers College — his return to teach in Taiwan is covered in |18. 林天德教授返台任教 (1989)
  • 1990– — Guest associate, Dept. of Elementary Education, Taipei City Teachers College
  • 1991–2000 — Adjunct associate professor, National Chengchi Univ. Institute of Education; essay |438. 台灣人, 別再隨緣認命 (1994) falls in this period
  • 2001– — Psychologist and director, |EBTACSC (center founded 2002)
  • 2018 — Writes up the garden club he originated: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys335||OJ #335. 光芒四射的舊金山東灣園藝組]]
  • Originator of the East Bay Taiwanese Americans Community Garden Club

Family

  • Wife: 平井征子
  • Daughter: Meilee, Chris, Kathy
  • Son: Daniel

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