Background
Chao, James S. C. was born on December 29, 1927 in Shanghai, China. Son of Yee Chang and Yu Chin (Hsu) Chao. came to the United States, 1959.
Chao, James S. C. was born on December 29, 1927 in Shanghai, China. Son of Yee Chang and Yu Chin (Hsu) Chao. came to the United States, 1959.
Bachelor of Science, National Maritime College, China, 1949. Master of Business Administration, St. John's University, New York City, 1964. Distributed control system, St. John's University, New York City, 1979.
Doctor of Laws, Niagara University, New York City, 1992. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Nyack College.
Marine officer, master port captain, Chinese Maritime Trust, Taiwan, 1949-1959;
assistant to director, China Merchant Navigation Corp, New York City, 1960-1964;
general manager executive vice president, Foremost Maritime Corporation, New York City, 1964-1969;
president, director, Foremost Maritime Corporation, New York City, since 1969;
chairman, Foremost Group, New York City, since 1986. Adjunct Professor St. John's U., New York City, 1977-1983, trustee. Honorary professor DalianMaritime U., Dalian, China, since 1987.
Honorary professor, president Shanghai Maritime College, China.
Board advisors St. John's U. College of Business Administration, New York, since 1971. Honorary trustee Shanghai Jiao Tong U., China. Trustee St. John's U., since 1995.
Member Chinese Maritime Association (president since 1964), Society Maritime Arbitrators, Chinese Opera (honorary member, board director since 1969), Chiao Tung U. Alumni Association in American (chairman since 1989), Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon (honorary.mem.).
Married Ruth Mu-Lan Chu, November 12, 1951.