Daniel c tsui autobiography example free

Doctor of Science honoris causa.

Here, I was free to read, to learn and to think through things at my own pace.

Here is a man who has personified many uniquely Hong Kong phenomena. Like most of his generation currently living in Hong Kong, Professor Daniel Tsui Chee was born in rural China, in the province of Henan, and moved to the then fledgling colony as part of the massive post-war migration wave in search of better opportunities. He was sent here by his parents to receive what he later described as an "outstanding" secondary education.

After graduating from Pui Ching Middle School, he was admitted to read medicine at National Taiwan University but instead opted to enrol in a matriculation programme for students from Chinese-medium schools preparing for entry to this University. That plan was not to be however. A scholarship offer from Augustana College brought Tsui to America.

For many migrants such as Tsui, Hong Kong not only provided a solid foundation but also a springboard from which they could further their aspirations abroad. Tsui spent the next decade in the state of Illinois, during which he grew intellectually, spiritually and even romantically! It was at Augustana that he experienced the freedom to explore his Lutheran faith for the first time.

Tsui was noted not only for his active service in the Christian fellowship on campus, but his ringing tenor voice could often be heard from the pews. As Augustine of Hippo said, Qui cantat, bis orat "when you sing, you pray twice". While exploring the theoretical bases of solid state physics under the young Royal Stark's tutelage who was only two years his senior , he also honed his technical skills, from drawing to soldering to metal works, and helped his mentor build up their new laboratory.

Again we can appreciate our honorand's sense of industry and practicality where most graduate students would not have paid quite so much attention to the hands-on aspects of their studies. This was however so typical of Hong Kong migrants at the time whose very qualities collectively endowed our present success locally and in the diaspora.

But above all Tsui would tell you that his most significant achievement in Chicago was to have met his wife Linda Varland, while eating an ice cream sandwich! Together with daughters Aileen and Judith, they are a close-knit family.