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Tsan-hung George Chang (張燦鍙教授)

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Tsan-hung George Chang (張燦鍙教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Tsan-hung George Chang
  • Also seen: Professor George Chang — TAH #56. Prof. Tsan-hung Chang — 2017 photo title. Who’s Who uses both parts. Not dropped.
  • Chinese: 張燦鍙教授
  • Era: 1936
  • Geography: 台灣 台南市
  • Core roles: engineer, professor
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Tsan-hung George Chang 張燦鍙 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Education

  • 台灣大學 — 1958 — BS. 化學工程
  • Rice University — 1965 — P.h.D 化學工程
  • California Institute of Technology — 博士後研究

Employment

  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — 1967- — 化工系主任(1971-1974)
  • 臺灣獨立聯盟 — 1970-1973 — 副主席
  • 世界台灣獨立建國聯盟 — 1973-1987 — 主席
  • 臺灣建國委員會 — 1987-1991 — 委員長
  • 臺灣獨立建國聯盟 — 1991-1995 — 主席
  • 台南市政府 — 1997-2001 — 市長
  • 開創台灣文化基金會 — 1996- — 董事長
  • 台南市李登輝民主協會 — 現任 — 常務理事

Family

  • Wife: |張丁蘭
  • Daughter: 張惠琳
  • Daughter: 張惠君

妻子為 |Tina Chang 張丁蘭，其 TAH 紀錄另見該頁。

本頁 tah-tables 所載 1970–1995 歷任台独運動職位（臺灣獨立聯盟副主席 → 世界臺灣獨立建國聯盟主席 → 臺灣建國委員會委員長 → 臺灣獨立建國聯盟主席）之機構頁：|United Formosans for Independence UFI；任期長度之出處見本項 Sources 之 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/56-professor-george-chang-the-longest-president-of-world-united-formosans||TAH #56（任期最久之 World United Formosans 會長）]]。

Timeline

  • 1958 — 台灣大學 BS 化學工程
  • 1965 — Rice University Ph.D 化學工程；後於 California Institute of Technology 進行博士後研究
  • 1967– — The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art（化工系主任 1971–1974）
  • 1970–1973 — 臺灣獨立聯盟 副主席
  • 1973–1987 — 世界台灣獨立建國聯盟（WUFI，見 |United Formosans for Independence UFI） 主席（本頁 Sources 之 TAH 百科 #56 記載其為任期最久的 World United Formosans 會長）
  • 1987–1991 — 臺灣建國委員會 委員長
  • 1991–1995 — 臺灣獨立建國聯盟（WUFI 台灣总部，見 |UFI） 主席
  • 1996– — 開創台灣文化基金會 董事長
  • 1997–2001 — 台南市政府 市長
  • 現任 — 台南市李登輝民主協會 常務理事

Role in the Community (deepened 2026-09-14, vault corpus)

  • 1966 — With 陳榮成 and 賴文雄 he made the first long journey across the U.S.A. by car, an early mobility/organizing episode recorded in the TAH encyclopedia: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/53-george-chang-long-chen-chen-wen-hsong-lai-e5-bc-b5-e7-87-a6-e9-8d-99-e9-99-b3|TAH #53 — The first long journey across the U.S.A.]].
  • FAPA’s origin traces to his chairmanship: as WUFI president he wrote (1982-01-10) to twenty enthusiastic colleagues worldwide inviting them to a Los Angeles meeting on an overseas radio station; the Feb 13 meeting pivoted to founding a national-diplomacy organization — the birth of FAPA, per 蔡同榮’s memoir [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys65-eng|Our Journeys #65 — The Birth of FAPA]] → |FAPA Los Angeles.
  • 《台灣公論報》founding era: in 張月英’s oral history he quipped that even he was told 《台獨月刊》「拿去廁所看還看不下去」, prompting the movement to publish an easier-to-read paper, and he proposed a 「三日刊」 cadence for it: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys49|Our Journeys #49 — 《台灣公論報》創刊]].
  • The KMT prosecution in the 美麗島/Kaohsiung Incident named him a 「暴力分子」 whose alleged work-funds ($5,000 carried by Rev. 張瑞雄 to 姚嘉文) were branded WUFI donations — regime-side evidence of his WUFI fundraising reach: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-350|Our Journeys #350 — 舊金山灣區台灣基督教會史料]].
  • Memorialized alongside 林永生 and 王康陸 in the community’s remembrance of 王康陸: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys302|Our Journeys #302 — 台美人沒有忘記王康陸]].
  • 1961–1965 — As a Rice Ph.D. student in Houston he was the acknowledged leader of the local student group — 呂理順’s memoir recalls his Ford Falcon, Galveston fishing/crabbing trips, and Memorial Park mid-autumn moon-viewing parties: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-359|Our Journeys #359 — 一九七零年前休城臺灣人的狀況]].
  • 1966-07-04 — As part of the Houston delegation (with 廖明徵) he attended the Philadelphia talks that founded UFAI, the 台獨聯盟 predecessor; the 「自由長征」 assigned to him and 陳榮成 to crisscross the university towns distributing 《台灣青年》/《Formosagram》 is described there, and his own account of the 八千哩 run is in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys7|Our Journeys #7 — 八千哩路自由長征]]: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys81|Our Journeys #81]].
  • 1971 — At the Little League World Series in Williamsport, as WUFI chair he rented a banner plane 「台灣獨立萬歲 / GO GO TAIWAN」 over the stadium ($260) against KMT flag-mobilization, and devised the salt-in-pocket countermeasure for the PhDs facing naval veterans: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys62-eng|Our Journeys #62 — 博士與水手在威廉波特的對陣]]. HOLD: this account names him WUFI chair in 1971 while the tah-tables and 張炎憲’s account date his first election as U.S. headquarters chair to 1973 — not auto-merged.
  • 1979-12-15 — The 臺灣獨立聯盟 (represented by him) was among the founding groups of the 臺灣建國聯合陣線 in New York after the 美麗島 arrests: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/our-journeys-357|Our Journeys #357]].
  • 二萬名移民額 campaign — 蔡同榮 credits him, as 聯盟主席, with 「功不可沒」: constant strategy consultation and support throughout the immigration-quota fight: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys59|Our Journeys #59 — 二萬名移民額]].
  • 1981 — He invited 月英 into the聯盟’s New York office (the 「咖啡廳」 cover name), where she copied/mailed 《台獨月刊》 and helped prepare 《台灣公論報》 — corroborating his role in that paper’s founding era already cited via [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys49|Our Journeys #49]]: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys33|Our Journeys #33 — 一家人做伙來打拼]].
  • 九月廿八日「台獨聯盟遷台餐會」 in New York (year not stated in the memoir) — he walked his octogenarian mother onstage for the crowd’s tribute and announced the first list of聯盟 members returning to Taiwan with him: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys280|Our Journeys #280 — 那一夜，在紐約]].
  • 2017-03 — Returned to the U.S. to talk with T.A. organizations: TAH photo record — Prof. Tsan-hung Chang came to the U.S. and talked to T.A. organizations, March 2017; a colleague’s portrait of his mayoral years: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories412|My Stories #412 — 他所認識的張燦鍙市長]].
  • 1966 — At the UFAI founding congress in Philadelphia he and 賴文雄 were put in charge of the organization department; the 「萬里自由長征」 west route (Los Angeles → San Francisco) was his and 陳榮成’s assignment: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys234|Our Journeys #234]].
  • 1969-12 — As a联盟 leader he tasked 林振榮 (met at 林榮長’s home) with organizing Houston’s Taiwanese, leading to the Formosan Club — the Houston 台灣人同鄉會’s founding line: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys308|Our Journeys #308]].
  • 1970 — At the Houston 「民眾大會」 he spoke as 台灣獨立聯盟主席 alongside 彭明敏 and 魏瑞明; the next-day 《Houston Post》 carried his remarks: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys317|Our Journeys #317]].
  • 1967 — At UCLA he came over from Pasadena to hear Neil Jacoby’s talk, and earlier had attended the monthly secret 台獨聯盟 meetings at USC (with 賴文雄、蔡同榮、王秋森 et al.): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys240|Our Journeys #240]].
  • 1981-06-30 — As 台獨聯盟主席 he issued the 《台灣公論報》 founding-eve open letter to overseas countrymen (「這項宿願將由『台灣公論報』的誕生而得償」), corroborating the founding-era account already cited via [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys49|Our Journeys #49]]: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys63|Our Journeys #63]].
  • 1988–1991 — He was among the overseas blacklisted 「闖關回台」 returnees; on 1991-12-07, as 台獨聯盟世界總本部主席, he flew back via Tokyo and was arrested at Taoyuan airport: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys230|Our Journeys #230]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys234|Our Journeys #234]].
  • During the island-side 代夫出征 street campaign his wife was introduced on the sound car as 「台灣獨立建國聯盟前主席張燦鍙夫人」 — a movement-side record of 張丁蘭’s public presence alongside |Tina Chang: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys210|Our Journeys #210]].
  • 1996-07 — Political-track speaker at the 18th 台灣人公共政策協會/同鄉會聯誼會年會 (Chattanooga, 「台美連心，踏入國際舞台」): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys245|Our Journeys #245]].
  • 台獨聯盟主席任內招攬羅福全主持《台灣公論報》：羅福全停刊感言回憶約三十年前（創刊草創期）在夏威夷接到「台獨聯盟主席張燦鋈」（張燦鍙名字之異寫）來電，說已向近二千預訂戶籌足辦報資金、請他出任發行人；羅辭去夏威夷大學教職返紐約主持草創，並述 1985 年「四腳仔官司」勝訴經過： [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys156|Our Journeys #156 — 公論報停刊感言（羅福全）]]。
  • 國民黨黑名單以其人際網絡為據：何文亮、莊峻華整理的中華民國黑名單記載，台大化工系出身、萊斯大學化工博士林榮長「交友不慎結識台獨聯盟前主席張燦鍙之故」被列名禁足—— regime-side evidence of his organizing network among Houston/Rice 化工同儕: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys106|Our Journeys #106 — 中華民國的黑名單]].
  • 早期社群出資與出版支持：陳希寬回憶編印第一本《全美台灣同鄉通訊錄》時，名列「熱心捐助同鄉及代表人」十九人之一（共捐 171 美元）: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys58|Our Journeys #58 — 回憶編印第一本《全美台灣同鄉通訊錄》（陳希寬）]].
  • His own political writings in the corpus: 台灣建國藍圖概略 (1983-04), 台灣：舊的神話和新的現實 (1987-10), 建設東方瑞士 (1989-06), 台灣獨立運動三十年(上) (1991-10) and its continuation 台灣獨立運動三十年(下) (1991-10), 文化—台灣問題的根源 (2003-06), 台灣國家之道 (2009-11), 從對立到對話 (2013-03), 從對話到共識：你我共同的台灣 (2016-09); his own first-person accounts: 八千哩路自由長征, [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories43|My Stories #43 — 募款為台灣]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories44|My Stories #44 — 叫我Captain]]; book-length: 夢想台灣國 (1995-09, 王美琇編); biography of him: 追尋一種生命的情調：張燦鍙三十年的台獨運動生涯 (王美琇, 1992); filmed interview: 張燦鍙先生專訪 (2020); undated record of a State Department talk on the Taiwan question: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/12-17|TAH #17 — 張燦鍙教授於美國國務院演講台灣問題]].
  • 1970 — 世界台灣獨立聯盟（WUFI）在紐約成立時，正式提出「建國」主張，首任主席蔡同榮、張燦鍙為副主席、秘書長鄭自財 — corroborates the tah-tables 1970–1973 副主席 term from an independent movement-history essay: TJJ column, 2024-02-25.
  • Financial sacrifice for the movement: a colleague’s memoir records that he gave half his university salary to support fellow activists, and that one of his houses was confiscated as collateral shortfall after he stood guarantee following 黃文雄’s action against 蔣經國: TJJ column, 2024-04-21.
  • 1993 — during the 闖關返台 wave of 郭倍宏、李應元、張燦鍙、王康陸、陳婉真 et al., the 全美台灣人權會 enlisted Amnesty International (London) for the returnees/arrestees, per 王泰和’s memoir — context for his own 1991-12-07 arrest already cited via [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys230|Our Journeys #230]]: TJJ column, 2025-08-11.
  • 2020-12 — at the 台獨聯盟 memorial for 洪哲勝 in Taipei he recalled the two men’s friendship formed through the independence movement (洪 was a full-time movement worker for 《台獨月刊》/《台灣公論報》): TJJ, 2022-02-28.
  • 2021-09-13 — with 何康美 (前獨盟歐洲本部主席) he donated 36 boxes of early overseas independence-movement documents/archives to the 國立台灣歷史博物館 for digitized preservation, the movement’s own paper trail entering a national collection: TJJ, 2021-09-13.
  • 2026-01-22 — as 李登輝民主協會理事長 he spoke at the 「下架吳斯懷」 protest, urging unity 「建國的大旗下」 — a late record of continued public activity in his stated current role: TJJ, 2026-01-22.

From the record

  • 覆核（TJJ-A10090601-30, 2026-10-10）：slice 文章 996879ac7a006acf（全美台灣人權協會第44屆年會暨鄭南榕紀念獎頒獎） 主體連結對照正文再驗證——連結為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09250800-6, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 與 TJJ-A09230400-5／TJJ-A09171100-8 重疊，涵蓋同一組文章；正文再驗證——主體連結為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09240600-1, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 文章 cbf185d4e8137928（一顆難以忘懷的台灣心(廖清山 2017-09-19)）正文再驗證——主體連結為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09230500-1, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 cbf185d4e8137928（一顆難以忘懷的台灣心(廖清山)） 正文再驗證——主體連結為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09230400-5, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 與 TJJ-A09171100-8 涵蓋同一文章 996879ac7a006acf（全美台灣人權協會第44屆年會暨鄭南榕紀念獎頒獎），主體連結與日期事實覆核結果相同（連結為真、條目已在庫）— SKIP，無新材料。

  • 2020-11-25 — FAHR 公告第44屆年會（12/5 台北）邀歷屆「鄭南榕紀念獎」得獎人回娘家，名列 1992 年得獎人（同列：1991 陳婉真、1997 黃文雄、2004 鄭自才、2005 林樹枝、2014 蔡丁貴、2016 金恆煒、2017 鄭文龍、2018 黃帝穎、2019 陳儀深；TJJ, 2020-11-25）。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09171100-2, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 cbf185d4e8137928（一顆難以忘懷的台灣心） 主體連結對照正文再驗證——連結為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 2017-09-19 — 廖清山’s memoir「一顆難以忘懷的台灣心」recalls 張燦鍙 and 賴文雄 coming to him in San Francisco during their 自由長征 cross-country activity, leaving promotional materials (《台灣青年》等) and recruiting him into the work — the start of a fifty-year 莫逆 friendship in which 廖 handled the grassroots chores and 張 brought him hard problems to discuss; the column also records the movement’s outreach to figures like Senator Edward Kennedy and Rep. Solarz (TJJ column, 2017-09-19).

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