David Jung-Kuang Chiu

Who was David Jung-Kuang Chiu?

David Jung-Kuang Chiu ;, was a Chinese-born American leader in education, serving as both Professor and Dean at Hofstra University from 1970 to 2001 when he retired.

During 1936, Professor David J. Chiu was born on July 11, in Gulangyu, a westernized Island-city in southern China to Minxian and Juyin Chiu. At the time, Gulangyu was the location of the consulate offices of the Western countries in China. Soon after Chiu's birth, the family moved to Qinhuangdao in northern China, the starting point of the Great Wall of China. In 1947 at the age of eleven, Chiu's family moved to Taiwan, because Chiu's father, Mingxian, a commissioner of the Chinese Marine Customs, was sent to recover the Taizhong Marine Customs office from Japanese occupation. Chiu went on to earn his B.A. and M.A. in the island of beauty.

Professor Chiu was valedictorian of his graduating class at National Chengchi University an honor which led to a research-assistantship at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. At the university, Chiu completed work towards a Ph.D. In 1970 he started teaching at Hofstra University, located on Long Island, New York. During his tenure at Hofstra University Chiu held the positions of Professor of Comparative Literature and Languages, Dean of University Advisement, and Director of Asian Studies.