Clement Chang Explained

Clement Chang
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Order:Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China
Term Start:1 June 1989
Term End:24 April 1991
Successor:Ma Cheng-fang (acting)
Eugene Chien
Order1:Speaker of the Taipei City Council
Term Start1:25 December 1981
Term End1:1 June 1989
Successor1:Chen Chien-chih
Order2:Deputy Speaker of the Taipei City Council
Term Start2:25 December 1969
Term End2:25 December 1981
Predecessor2:Chen Shao-hui
Successor2:Chen Chien-chih
Order3:President of Tamkang University
Term Start3:1 August 1964
Term End3:31 July 1986
Party:Kuomintang
Birth Date:15 March 1929
Birth Place:Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (today Yilan County, Taiwan)
Death Place:Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality:Empire of Japan (until 1945), Republic of China (from 1945)
Alma Mater:St. John's University, Shanghai
University of Illinois
Occupation:Politician, educator

Clement Chang (; 15 March 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a Taiwanese academic and politician.

He was president of Tamkang University from 1964 to 1986, stepping down to serve three years as the chairman of the institution's board of trustees. Chang won his first election to the Taipei City Council in 1969, and served as deputy speaker for three terms until 1981, when he was named speaker. In 1989, Chang was appointed to the Executive Yuan as Minister of Transportation and Communications, and was succeeded by Eugene Chien in 1991.[1] Chang was a founding editor of the Journal of Futures Studies from November 1996[2] [3] to his death at National Taiwan University Hospital on 26 May 2018, aged 89.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Stevenson . Tony . Clement C. P. Chang: bringing foresight to Taiwan . Futures . October 2004 . 36 . 8 . 921–931 . 10.1016/j.futures.2004.01.004 . 23 November 2018 . 0016-3287 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181124003728/http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~tddx/en/pdf/Clement%20cP%20chang--bring%20foresight%20to%20Taiwan.pdf . 24 November 2018 . dead .
  2. Message from the Journal Founder . Journal of Futures Studies . Tamkang University Press . 24 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180209220748/http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/foundersmessage.html . 9 February 2018 . dead .
  3. Establishing Futures Studies with Global Scholars . 1 . 1 . Journal of Futures Studies . November 1996 . Tamkang University Press . 24 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180211153339/http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/oldsarticles.html . 11 February 2018 . dead .
  4. News: Chen. Chih-chung. Liu. Kuan-lin. Clement Chang, founder of Tamkang University, dies at 89. 27 May 2018. Central News Agency. 26 May 2018.