Dr. Morris Chang Given the Title of Professor Emeritus of NJU

Published: Oct. 21, 2008

On the afternoon of Oct. 18, the awarding ceremony of Dr. Morris Chang from TSMC in Taiwan as Professor Emeritus of NJU was held in the lecture hall of Zhixing Building. Attendants of the ceremony included Chiao Yu-lon, chairman of board of the Walsin Lihwa Group in Taiwan, Hong Yinxing, Secretary of the Party committee of NJU, Ren Lijian, member of the standing committee of the Party committee of NJU and head of the office of the Party committee of NJU, directors from various departments and nearly 100 students from the department of physics and the department of electronic engineering. Zhang Rong, Deputy President of NJU and member of the standing committee of the Party committee of NJU, presided over the ceremony.

President Zhang introduced the achievements of Dr. Morris Chang and read the decision of giving him the title of Professor Emeritus. Secretary Hong awarded Dr. Chang the letter of appointment and pinned the badge of NJU.

After the ceremony, Prof. Chang gave a 40-minute speech on his life, career and thoughts. When the speech was over, he visited the Museum of the University History in the company of the leaders of the university.

Prof. Morris Chang was born in 1931 in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from there in 1952 and 1953 in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chang accepted a job as an engineering manager at Texas Instruments in 1958. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1964. In 1972, he rose in the ranks to become Group Vice President at Texas Instruments. In 1984, he left Texas Instruments to become President and Chief Operating Officer of General Instrument Corporation. In 1986, the Taiwan government recruited him to become Chairman and President of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Chang founded TSMC in 1994 and in 2001 he was selected by Time as one of the "Top 25 Managers of the Year". He was considered as one of the most significant contributors in the 50 years of semiconductor industry.