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 California-
Berkeley for 7 years; 
Whereas Dr. Tien received his bachelor’s degree at National 
Taiwan University, a masters degree in mechanical engi-
neering from the University of Louisville, and a masters 
degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Prince-
ton University; 
Whereas Dr. Tien joined the University of California-Berke-
ley faculty in 1959, and in 1962, at the age of 26, be-
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came the youngest professor to receive University of Cali-
fornia-Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award; 
Whereas Dr. Tien pioneered the fields of thermal radiation 
in gases and microscale heat transfer and was inter-
nationally 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 engi-
neering and whose accomplishments have benefited 
United States citizens; 
Whereas Dr. Tien developed a wide range of partnerships be-
tween academia and government, business, and commu-
nity, 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 Democ-
racy and the Council on Foreign Relations; 
Whereas Dr. Tien served as a leader in various capacities, in-
cluding 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 Cen-
tury, 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 Con-
gress 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 incep-
tion 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
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, 
and mentor, on the occasion of his death, and extends its 
condolences to the Tien family and to the faculty, staff, 
and students of the University of California-Berkeley.
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