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T. Y. Ko (柯翠園)

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T. Y. Ko (柯翠園)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: T. Y. Ko
  • Chinese: 柯翠園
  • Era: —
  • Geography: Taichung, Taiwan
  • Core roles: educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
  1. President of the Taiwanese Alumni Association of Univ. of Kansas (堪薩斯大學台灣同學會長)

Education

  • Kansas Univ. — M.S.

Employment

  • Tunghai University (東海大學) — Lecturer, Dept. of Foreign Languages — Community — NATWA — Vice President — Huntsville Taiwanese American Association (阿拉巴馬州番薯味同鄉會) — President — Taiwanese Association of Greater Kansas City (大堪薩斯市臺灣同鄉會) — President — Taiwanese Alumni Association of University of Kansas (堪薩斯大學台灣同學會) — President

Family

Role in the Community

  • President of the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association (NATWA) — during her term she created the NATWA website and pushed chapter-level community service activities (Our Journeys 60 — NATWA history).
  • After 阿香 (吳美芬) stepped down from the 公論報「婦女信箱」column (~1993), 柯翠園 was among the members who took over the column in rotation (Our Journeys 60).
  • Named in the「點心擔」column history as former NATWA 總會長 who in 1999 identified the column as the「婦女習作園地」successor to 婦女信箱 (Our Journeys 154).
  • Listed among NATWA leadership/award records for 1993–1994 alongside 阿香、葉錦如、林美里、廖愛華、李素秋 (Our Journeys 161).
  • Speaker on 女性 topics at the 17th 北美台灣同鄉會年會 (1995-07, Converse College, SC; theme「新台灣，新希望」) (Our Journeys 245).
  • Own TAH literature contribution「戲如人生」(2014/12): TAH #169 戲如人生 / 柯翠園 / 2014-12.
  • Her own TAH encyclopedia record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1629-t-y-ko|TAH #1629 T. Y. Ko 柯翠園]]; her memoir piece 被黑熊追趕的女人 (2003/05, Literature/文學): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/66-e8-a2-ab-e9-bb-91-e7-86-8a-e8-bf-bd-e8-b6-95-e7-9a-84-e5-a5-b3-e4-ba-ba-e6-9f|TAH #66 被黑熊追趕的女人]].
  • Re-grep 2026-09-22 (slice 09211400-22): ZH+EN corpus hits (ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, work 66, whos-who-1629) are exactly the linked set above; no new memoir or event mention. SKIP: verified-saturated. Re-grep 2026-09-23 (slice 09220900-18): fresh ZH+EN hit set again identical (work 66, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629) — saturated. Re-grep 2026-09-24 (slice 09230400-16): fresh ZH+EN hit set identical again (66 / 60 / 154 / 161 / 245 / whos-who-1629); NATWA 網路站+分會社區服務, 婦女信箱輪值接手, 點心擔 1999 認定, 1993–94 leadership 名單, 17th 年會女性講者 — all already absorbed. Verified-saturated, SKIP-with-reason; no new community facts.

Sources

SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 09240400-3, 2026-09-25): fresh ZH+EN re-grep — hit set identical again (work 66, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629); NATWA 網路站+分會社區服務, 婦女信箱輪值, 點心擔 1999 認定, 1993–94 leadership 名單, 17th 年會女性講者 — all already absorbed. SKIP: verified-saturated.

SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 09260400-20, 2026-09-26): fresh ZH+EN re-grep — hit set identical again (work 66, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629); no new memoir or event mention. SKIP: verified-saturated. SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 10051143-1, 2026-10-06): fresh ZH+EN re-grep — hit set identical again (work 66, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629, plus 169 戲如人生 already absorbed); no new corpus facts. SKIP: verified-saturated. SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 10060911-1, 2026-10-07): fresh ZH+EN re-grep across works/articles/sources/events/topics — hit set identical again (work 66, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629, work 169 戲如人生); no new corpus facts. SKIP: verified-saturated. SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 10080049-2, 2026-10-09): fresh ZH+EN re-grep across works/articles/sources/events/topics — hit set identical again (work 66 被黑熊追趕的女人, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629); NATWA 網路站+分會社區服務, 婦女信箱輪值接手, 點心擔 1999 認定, 1993–94 leadership 名單, 17th 年會女性講者 — all already absorbed. SKIP: verified-saturated. SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 10090800-2, 2026-10-10): fresh ZH+EN+alias re-grep across works/articles/sources/events/topics (+ people/ cross-check) — hit set identical again (work 66 被黑熊追趕的女人, work 169 戲如人生, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629; spouse cross-mentions in people/yen-sen-chen + people/sue-chiu already reflected in Family/Role sections). No new memoir or event mention. SKIP: verified-saturated. SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 10100700-30, 2026-10-11): fresh ZH+EN re-grep across works/articles/sources/events/topics — hit set identical again (work 66 被黑熊追趕的女人, work 169 戲如人生, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629, works/index, sources/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org); surname-only probe returned nothing new. No new memoir or event mention. SKIP: verified-saturated. SKIP-note (deepen-x slice 10110316-6, 2026-10-12): fresh ZH+EN re-grep across works/articles/sources/events/topics — hit set identical again (work 66 被黑熊追趕的女人, work 169 戲如人生, ourjourneys 60/154/161/245, whos-who-1629, plus index/sources hubs); surname-only probe same set. No new memoir or event mention. SKIP: verified-saturated.

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