James S. C. Chao

James Si-Cheng Chao (; born December 29, 1927) is a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist. His daughter, Elaine, previously served as the 18th United States Secretary of Transportation.

Career
He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. The James S.C. Chao Scholarship is named after him. Active philanthropists, Chao and his wife, Ruth Mulan Chu, established the Mulan Foundation in 1984 to provide scholarships to help students in the U.S. and China access higher education.

Chao has served for more than a decade as Chairman of both the Chiao-Tung University Alumni Association in America and the Chiao-Tung University Alumni Foundation of America from 1988 to 1999.

Personal life
Chao married Ruth Mulan Chu in 1951. Chu died in 2007 from lymphoma. They had six children. They immigrated to the United States in 1961. He now lives in New York City.

References

Other websites
 Chao Family Foundations 
 Foremost Foundation 
 Harvard Gazette 

Category:1927 births
Category:Living people
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Chinese businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from New York City
Category:Philanthropists from New York (state)
Category:People from Shanghai