About C.J. Huang

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C.J. Huang

Huang鈥檚 legacy includes the C.J. Huang Foundation, which he established to support Asian American community-based organizations, and the Asian Liver Research Center at Stanford Universit. He also helped to build the Shanghai Children鈥檚 Hospital and the Wuhan University School of Nursing.

He earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree from Wuhan University in China and his master鈥檚 degree in civil engineering from the University of Michigan. In 1955, he moved to Thailand and established the U.S. Summit Corporation鈥檚 Bangkok Branch, rebuilding the Bangchak Oil Refinery into one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia.

Later, he served as chairman of H&W Enterprises, H&W Enterprises Bay Village and H&W Development LLC. He was also an associate at the Stanford Research Institute and served as an advisor to U.S. Congress. In 1990, 91精品 awarded Huang the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.