Taiwanese Pittsburghers welcomed Dr. Wen-Ta Chiu (10/21/09)

Members of the Taiwanese American community at Pittsburgh were privileged and honored to welcome Dr. Wen-Ta Chiu (邱文達) during his visit to Pittsburgh on 10/21/2009; on the occasion of his being selected as the prestigious GSPH 2009 Legacy Laureate—the highest honor bestowed to the alumnui of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. (click the photo to enlarge it)

The welcome party was held at the Sushi Tomo of Pittsburgh; we all enjoyed good food and good company. After the dinner Dr. Chiu had a Power Point presentation introducing Taipei Medical University (TMU), of which Dr. Chiu is the current president. We’re very impressed by the rapid development and expansion of TMU under his leadership. (A granddaughter of my eldest sister is currently a 5th year student at TMU.)

Rarely has any physician excelled in so many diverse fields of medicine. Dr. Chiu’s service and contribution in neurosurgery is matched by his skill in managing large medical universities and large teaching hospitals, not mentioned his experience and expertise in the field of public health. His selection of being a GSPH 2009 Legacy Laureate is no surprise. Our hats off!

Katy sent a dispatch to the World Journal (世界日報, published on 10/31/09), in which news about receiving the prestigious and highly competitive Godina Lecture Award in the field of microsurgery by Dr. Yur-Ren Kuo (we’re fortunate to know him during his research days at UPMC and still miss him), was also mentioned, that will be another post. Stay tuned.

Iron City architecture -- my letter-to-the-editor at the Wall Street Journal

This is my letter-to-the-editor published at the Wall Street Journal on 10/3/09, talking about the architecture of the Iron City (Pittsburgh).  The last G20 meeting was held at Pittsburgh, during which period the Wall Street Journal had a book review about the Pittsburgh city architecture.

(The following is my letter)

Princely Observation From the Iron City

I read David Shribman's review of Franklin Toker's "Pittsburgh: A New Portrait" (Bookshelf, Sept.  22) with delight and pride. It was the Pittsburgh landscape that brought Prince Charles, the most celebrated architecture critic, to Pittsburgh in 1988 when he was the keynote speaker at the Remaking Cities Conference.  His royal highness observed "if we encourage a renaissance of craftmanship and the art of embellishing building for man's pleasure and for the sheer joy in beauty itself . . . then we shall have made our cities centers of civilization once again.

Jer-Yuan Tsai

Waynesburg, PA"