IV 

107TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 613

Honoring the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, and 

mentor. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2002

Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. WU, Mr. SCHIFF, 

Ms. LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. STARK, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WAXMAN, and 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Government Reform 

RESOLUTION

Honoring the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, 

diplomat, and mentor.

Whereas Dr. Chang-Lin Tien was the first Asian Pacific 

American to head a major research university in the 

United States as Chancellor of University of CaliforniaBerkeley for 7 years; 

Whereas Dr. Tien received his bachelor’s degree at National 

Taiwan University, a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville, and a masters 

degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Princeton University; 

Whereas Dr. Tien joined the University of California-Berkeley faculty in 1959, and in 1962, at the age of 26, be-
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came the youngest professor to receive University of California-Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award; 

Whereas Dr. Tien pioneered the fields of thermal radiation 

in gases and microscale heat transfer and was internationally recognized with numerous honors in his field, 

including the Max Jakob Memorial Award in 1981, the 

highest international honor in his field; 

Whereas Dr. Tien became one of the youngest members of 

the National Academy of Engineering in 1976, and in 

2001 was awarded the Academy’s Founders Award for 

members who have made lifelong contributions to engineering and whose accomplishments have benefited 

United States citizens; 

Whereas Dr. Tien developed a wide range of partnerships between academia and government, business, and community, both in the United States and abroad; 

Whereas Dr. Tien was committed to fostering communication 

between the East and the West to promote the values of 

democracy and freedom across the world as an active 

member of the Pacific Council on International Democracy and the Council on Foreign Relations; 

Whereas Dr. Tien served as a leader in various capacities, including his appointment as member of the National 

Science Board, chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area 

Economic Forum, member of the National Commission 

on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and chairman of the Asia Foundation; 

Whereas Dr. Tien served on the first board of directors of 

the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional 

Studies, an organization that seeks to empower Asian 
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Pacific Americans and functions as a resource for Congress about the Asian Pacific American community; 

Whereas Dr. Tien tirelessly supported student diversity, and 

in 1995, launched the Berkeley Pledge, a partnership 

program between the University of California Berkeley 

and California’s public schools that later became the 

model for the national ‘‘Gear-Up’’ project, serving over 

1,000,000 low-income students nationwide since its inception in 1998; and 

Whereas, as Chancellor, Dr. Tien maintained and raised the 

University of California-Berkeley and its programs to the 

top in the Nation, despite California’s lagging economy 

and decreased State funding for the university, by 

launching the most ambitious fundraising drive of the 

time for the University of California-Berkeley, raising 

more than $975,000,000 to support students and faculty 

through scholarships, professorships, research funds, and 

facilities: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 

2 the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, 

3 and mentor, on the occasion of his death, and extends its 

4 condolences to the Tien family and to the faculty, staff, 

5 and students of the University of California-Berkeley.

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