Chia-Wei Woo

Background

Woo, Chia-Wei was born on November 13, 1937 in Shanghai, China. Son of Chih-Ming and Janet (Hsia) Woo. came to the United States, 1955, naturalized, 1972.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1956; Master of Arts, Washington University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, 1966; Doctor of Letters, Georgetown College Doctor of Science, Washington University.

Career

Applied mathematician, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1959-1962; research associate, Washington University, St. Louis, 1966; assistant research physicist, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, 1966-1968; assistant professor physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968-1970; associate professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1971-1973; professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1973-1979; department chairman physics and astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1974-1979; provost, professor physics, University of California-San Diego, 1979-1983; president, San Francisco State University, 1983-1988; founding president, Hong Kong U. Science and Technology, since 1988. Visiting associate professor of University Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1971. Honorary professor Institute Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, since 1978, Fudan U., Shanghai, since 1978, Shenzhen U., since 1986, Peking U., since 1996.

Achievements

• Chia-Wei Woo has been listed as a noteworthy University president, physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Yvonne Lo, January 23, 1960. Children: De-Kai J., De-Yi Y., De-Hwei M, Detian A.

Father:

Chih-Ming Woo

Mother:

Janet (Hsia) Woo

Spouse:

Yvonne Lo

child:

De-Kai J. Woo

child:

De-Hwei M. Woo

child:

Detian A. Woo

child:

De-Yi Y. Woo