Tai Lin (林泰)
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Primary work page: Toward A Community of Hope (work & sources)
Full text (GitHub): complete extract
- English: Tai Lin
- Chinese: 林泰
- Era: Birth Place
- Geography: 台灣台北
- Core roles: engineer, entrepreneur, scientist
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
Dr. Tai Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan and graduated from Taiwan National Tsing Hua University with BS degree in Physics in 1983. Then, he came to Washington University in St. Louis for graduate study in 1987 and received Doctor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1994 with a dissertation focus on the understanding of cochlear physiology. In 1996, He went on to Harvard/MIT after receiving the NIH fellowship in furthering his research in this area. He then joined his former dissertation advisor in applying such knowledge into innovative hearing aids designs and received both European and USA patents on this. He and his wife, Dr. Yuhling Lu, started a business, Ariel Premium Supply, Inc., in 1993 in Promotional Product Industry. This company has done well with his wife’s major support and guidance. Ariel has received numerous awards from the industry as well as a St. Louis top 50 company. His personal interests in music started at the age of 10 with private piano lesson. The passion for music came much more stronger in high school band playing flute. He began his exploration of vocal and choir music in Tsing Hua University. He was the choir conductor in Tsing Hua Universit
Education
- National Tsing Hua University — 1983 — B.S. Physics
- Washington University in St. Louis — 1994 — Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Employment
- Tsing Hua University Choir — 1980-81 — Conductor
- 台北金穗合唱團 — Conductor
- 唯歌小集 — Conductor
- St. Louis Taiwanese Youth Chamber Orchestra — Conductor
Family
- Wife: Yuhling Lu
Sources
- TAH #552 encyclopedia: 552. Tai Lin 林泰 2015/08
- TAH #279 encyclopedia: 279. Tai Lin 林泰, Conductor / 2015/08
- TAH Who’s Who
Related Pages
Timeline (absorbed 2026-09-10 from profile text on this page)
- age 10 — began private piano lessons; picked up flute in high school band; took up vocal/choir music at Tsing Hua University
- 1980–81 — conductor, Tsing Hua University Choir
- 1983 — B.S. Physics, National (Tsing Hua) University, Hsinchu
- 1987 — began graduate study at Washington University in St. Louis
- 1993 — founded Ariel Premium Supply, Inc. (promotional products industry) with his wife Dr. Yuhling Lu; the firm won industry awards and made a St. Louis top-50 list
- 1994 — Doctor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (dissertation on cochlear physiology)
- 1996 — NIH fellowship at Harvard/MIT to continue cochlear-physiology research; then joined his former dissertation advisor applying that research to innovative hearing-aid designs, holding both European and USA patents
Family & Vault Connections (deepened 2026-09-10, vault-internal)
- Wife: Dr. Yuhling Lu — co-founder of Ariel Premium Supply (no vault page yet).
- Conductor posts per the employment table: 台北金穗合唱團, 唯歌小集, St. Louis Taiwanese Youth Chamber Orchestra.
- Listed as a 理事 of 全美台灣人權協會’s 2014 board (as 林泰) per vault page [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys75||Our Journeys #75]], which already wikilinks this page.
- His St. Louis base (Washington Univ. graduate study, Ariel Premium Supply) overlaps with |TAA in Greater St. Louis and |Friends of Taiwan Greater St. Louis; no membership is documented.