Background
Chao, Ching Yuan was born on December 5, 1921 in Shaoshing, Chekiang, China. Son of Jin Ho and Wang Shih Chao. came to the United States, 1969.
Chao, Ching Yuan was born on December 5, 1921 in Shaoshing, Chekiang, China. Son of Jin Ho and Wang Shih Chao. came to the United States, 1969.
Student, National Chekiang (China) University, 1943. Bachelor of Science, National Ying-Shih University, Chekiang, 1945. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1961.
Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1963.
Teaching assistant Fukien Provincial Agriculture College, Fuchow, Fukien, China, 1945-1946. Professor National Taiwan University, Taipei, 1946-1963. Visiting associate professor Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1964-1968.
Associate professor St. Mary University, 1968-1969, Michigan Technology University, Houghton, Michigan, 1969-1972. Professor Jackson (Mississippi) State University, 1972—1998. Retired, 1998
Visiting scholar National Nanking and Chekiang Universities, China, 1980.
American delegate in agricultural economics to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Citizen Ambassador Program, Moscow, 1989. Honorary professor agricultural economics National Chekiang University, China, since 2000.
Member American Economic Association, American Agricultural Economics Association, Academy Economics and Finance (executive board, program area coordinator, session chair, discussant, board member editors 1986-1998), Southwestern Society Economists (session chair, discussant), Southwestern Economics Association (session chair, discussant), National Chekiang University Alumni Association North American (southeast district coordinator United States of America, northern California president), Phi Tau Phi.
Married Nelly Chin Chuku, September 28, 1947. Children: Amy Hsiao Ming Chao Chang, Hsiao Lin Chao Tharp.