Chu, Tao-Zeun "T.Z."
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content: Yeingst, William
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Written Interviews
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content: 2016-01-04
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content: Written interview with Tao-Zeun "T.Z" Chu, former CEO of Finnigan Corporation. Originally from China of both Japanese and Chinese ancestry, Chu recounts his parents' backgrounds and careers; growing up in Shanghai; fleeing to Mumbai, India during the rise of Communism; attending boarding school in Mussoorie, India; studying physical chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley while working at a Del Monte fruit cannery; working with gas chromatographs in the United States and Europe; marriage and family; speaking a mixture of Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Swiss German, French and English with family and friends; identifying as American; and working at Finnigan Corporation.