Background
Tu, Wei-Ming was born on February 26, 1940 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Came to the United States, 1962, naturalized, 1976.
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Tu, Wei-Ming was born on February 26, 1940 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Came to the United States, 1962, naturalized, 1976.
Bachelor, Tunghai University, 1961. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968.
Vis lecturer humanities, Tunghai (Taiwan) U., 1966-1967;
visiting lecturer, East Asian studies Princeton University, 1967-1968;
assistant professor, East Asian studies Princeton University, 1968-1971;
assistant professor of history, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1973;
associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1973-1977;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, from 1977;
visiting professor Chinese history and philosophy, Harvard University, 1981-1982;
professor Chinese history and philosophy, Harvard University, since 1982;
Chairman of Commission on study of religion, Harvard University, 1984-1987;
department chairman East Asian languages and civilizations, Harvard University, 1991-1992;
coordinator Dialogue of Civilizations, Harvard University, 1990-1993. Director Institute Culture and Communication, East-West Center, Honolulu, 1990-1991. Visiting professor department philosophy Peking U., 1985.
Distinguished visiting professor departments philosophy and history Taiwan U., 1988. 10th Ch'ien Mu lecturer New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1989. 1st Henry Chai lecturer Hong Kong U., 1989.
Visiting professor Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, U. Paris, 1991. Board directors Institute Advanced Research in Asian Science and Medicine, since 1993. Trustee Adironack Work-Study Project, Inc., since 1990.
Chairman.adv. board Institute Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, since 1993. Governor Institute East Asian Philosophies, Singapore, 1983-1993. President Contemporary Magazine, Taiwan, 1986-1996.
Academic adviser Chinese Culture Academy, Beijing. Vice-chairman International Confician Association, Beijing, 1994, Annual Freeman Lecturer Wesleyan University, 1982. Assembly speaker Grinnell College, 1983.
Commencement speaker Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, 1990. Keynote speaker alumni conference East-West Center, Bangkok, 1990. GET lecturer Bal StateU., 1991.
Panelist 1st World Chinese Enterprises Convention, Singapore, 1991. Paul Desjardins Memorial lecturer Haverford College, 1992. Baccalaureate speaker Swarthmore College, 1993.
Co-moderator seminar, the Chineses in the Global Community, Aspen Institute, since 1994. National lecturer Indian Coun.Philosophy, 1995. Guest professor Wuhan U., Peking U., since 1996, Nanjing U., since 1997, Shandong U., since 1998.
Foester lecturer University of California Berkeley, 1996;Green lecturer U. B.C., 1997. Burke lecturer University of California San Diego, 1997. Director Harvard Yenchnig Institute, since 1996.
Plenary panelist 20th World Congress Philosophy, Boston, 1998.
(Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (exec committee fundamentalism project 1988-1996), Society for Study of Value in Higher Education. Member American Society for the Study Religion, Association Asian Studies (director 1971-1975), American History Association, Society Asian and Comparative Philosophy, American Academy Religion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Asia Society New York.
Son of Shou-tsin (Wellington) and Shu-li (Sonia Ou-yang) T. Married Helen I-yu Hsiao, August 24, 1963 (divorced). 1 son, Eugene L.; married Rosanne V. Hall, March 17, 1982.
Children: A. Yalun, Mariana Mei-ling B., Rosa Wen-yun.
