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Chia-Wei Woo | |
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| 1st President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| In office 1991–2001 | |
| Chancellor | David Wilson Chris Patten Tung Chee-hwa |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Chu Ching-wu |
| 11th President of San Francisco State University | |
| In office 1983–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Paul F. Romberg |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Corrigan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) Shanghai, Republic of China |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Pui Ching Middle School Georgetown College (BSc) Washington University in St. Louis (MA, PhD) |
| Awards | 1996 CBE 2000 GBS 2001 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Northwestern University University of California, San Diego San Francisco State University |
| Thesis | Theory of the normal ground state of liquid helium three (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eugene Feenberg |
Chia-Wei Woo GBS CBE (traditional Chinese: 吳家瑋; simplified Chinese: 吴家玮; pinyin: Wú Jiāwěi), CBE GBS, was the founding president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work included raising funding and recruiting outstanding faculty for the university. With Chung Sze Yuen, Woo created an institution, including a top ranked Business School, known as the HKUST Business School. The school's MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programs have been consistently ranked as Asia's top programs, and in the World Top 50 MBA programs by the Financial Times of London.[1] Woo retired in 2001 after 13 years of service and remains President Emeritus as well as University Professor Emeritus.