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Prof. W.S. William Wei (魏武雄教授)

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Prof. W.S. William Wei (魏武雄教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. W.S. William Wei
  • Chinese: 魏武雄教授
  • Era: 1940
  • Geography: Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Core roles: professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Prof. W.S. (William) Wei 魏武雄教授 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1966 — B.A., Economics
  • Univ. of Oregon — 1969 — B.A., Mathematics
  • Univ. of Wisconsin — 1972 — M.S., Statistics — 1974 — Ph.D., Statistics

Employment

  • Temple University — Chair of Statistics Department — (1982-1987) — Temple University — Professor of Statistics — (1974-) — Temple University — Director of Statistics Graduate Programs — (2015-2016) — Nankai University (南開大學) — Visiting Professor — (1988-1989) — National Chiao Tung University — Visiting Professor — (2010-2011) — National Taiwan University — Visiting Professor — (2010-2011) — Community — Upper Dublin School District Education Advisory Committee — Member (1993, 1994) — Taiwanese Hakka Association of Greater Philadelphia — Founding President (1999) — Taiwanese Association of America - Greater Philadelphia Chapter (TAAGP) — President (2001) — Pennsylvania Branch of Taiwanese Association for Public Affairs — President (2002, 2003) — TAAGP High School Scholarship Committee — Chair (2003, 2004) — Taiwanese Hakka Association - East Coast — President (2004, 2005) — Taiwanese Hakka Association for Public Affairs in North America — President (2005, 2006) — North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association — Board Member (2006, 2007) — Taiwanese Hakka Associations of America — President (2014, 2015)

Career & Community

  • Academia — Temple University: Professor of Statistics (1974–), Chair of Statistics Department (1982–1987), Director of Statistics Graduate Programs (2015–2016); visiting professor at Nankai University 南開大學 (1988–1989), National Chiao Tung University (2010–2011), and National Taiwan University (2010–2011)
  • Education — NTU B.A. Economics (1966); Univ. of Oregon B.A. Mathematics (1969); Univ. of Wisconsin M.S. Statistics (1972), Ph.D. Statistics (1974)
  • Civic leadership — Founding president, Taiwanese Hakka Association of Greater Philadelphia (1999); president, TAAGP 大費城台美協會 (2001); president, Pennsylvania Branch of Taiwanese Association for Public Affairs (2002–2003); chair, TAAGP High School Scholarship Committee (2003–2004); president, Taiwanese Hakka Association – East Coast (2004–2005); president, Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs in North America (2005–2006); board member, North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (2006–2007; the vault page documents the Southern California chapter); president, Taiwanese Hakka Associations of America (2014–2015)
  • Local education — Member, Upper Dublin School District Education Advisory Committee (1993, 1994)
  • Community memoirs — His own accounts in the TAH corpus: 2016) and 2017) describe a rural childhood and teaching at a Taiwan elementary school before graduate study; 2016) is his own account of THAA and HAPA-NA, and the association roster in 290 confirms his HAPA-NA presidency (2005–2006)

Family

  • Wife: Susanna Wei
  • Daughter: Jessica Wei
  • Son: Stephen Wei, Stanley Wei

Vault Records

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