| English Name | Dr. Tu Chen |
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| Hanji Name | 陳都博士 | ||
| Birth Year | 1935 | ||
| Birth Place | Yilan, Taiwan | ||
| First year / First city / State in U.S. | 1961/Minneapolis/MN | ||
| Address | CA | ||
| Family | 1. Wife: Pi-Fang Nancy | ||
| 2. Daughter: — | |||
| 3. Son: Glenn, John | |||
| Education | School Name | Year – Year | Degree and major |
| 1. National Cheng Kung Univ. | 1958 | B.S., Metallurgical Engineering | |
| 2. Univ. of Minnesota |
1964 |
M.S., Metallurgical Engineering | |
| 3. Univ. of Minnesota |
1967 |
Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering | |
| Employment | Company Name | Year – Year | Position or title |
| 1. Northrop | 1968 | Senior Scientist | |
| 2. Xerox’s famed Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) | 1971 | Researcher | |
| 3. Komag Inc. | 1983-1999 | Co-founder and Chairman | |
| 4. Headway Corporation | 1996-2001 | Co-founder and Vice Chairman | |
| Accomplishment | 1. President of Taiwanese Association of America (TAA) (全美台灣同鄉會會長) 1983~1984
2. President of World Federation of Taiwanese Associations (WFTA) (世界台灣同鄉會聯合會會長) 1983~1987 3. Board of Director of Formosan Association for Public Affairs(FAPA) (台灣人公共事務會創辦人之一) 1982-1986, 2003-2007 4. Co-Founder and Chairman of Komag, Inc. the World’s Largest Independent Computer Hard-Disk Manufacturer1983-1999 5. Co-founder and Vice Chairman of Headway Corporation 1996-2001 6. Life Fellow of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Society 7. Published a Memoir for the Archive of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California 8. Outstanding Taiwanese American Elected by T.A. Archives in 08/2018 |
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| Publication(Non-professional) | 1. The Evolution of Thin Film Magnetic Media and Its Contribution to the Recent Growth in Information Technology, 2013 | ||
| Hobby | — | ||
For more information, please click : Brief Bio Tu Chen 7-12-2018
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