11 Facts About Yen Chen-hsing

Yen Chen-hsing was a Chinese-born engineer, educator, and politician based in Taiwan.

Yen Chen-hsing earned a master's degree and doctorate from the Department of Mechanics and Hydraulics at the University of Iowa in 1938 and 1941, respectively.

Yen Chen-hsing joined the faculty of Henan University shortly before moving to Taiwan in 1949, along with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government.

In Taiwan, Yen Chen-hsing became chief engineer of Kaohsiung Harbor before assuming the presidency of National Cheng Kung University in 1957.

Yen Chen-hsing stepped down in 1965 and was named Minister of Education.

The next year, Yen Chen-hsing began concurrently serving as chairman of the National Youth Commission.

Yen Chen-hsing left the Ministry of Education in 1969 and ended his tenure at the National Youth Commission the next year.

Yen Chen-hsing stepped down from the Atomic Energy Council in 1971, having held the position since 1966.

Yen Chen-hsing assumed administrative posts at several universities while working in the government, and held party posts, namely membership in the Kuomintang Standing Committee from 1981.

Yen Chen-hsing then led National Taiwan University from 1970 to 1981.

Yen Chen-hsing was elected to the Academia Sinica in 1982 and awarded the University of Iowa's Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement in 1984.