Chang Lin Tien

A stereotype has lurked behind the controversy about alleged anti-Asian bias in UC Berkeley's admissions policies: Asian-Americans as academic super-achievers. The culture and discipline of Asian-Americans have propelled them to extraordinary success in higher education. But, Asian-American activists say, bigots resent their achievement and fear that universities will be swamped by Asian students.

Chang-Lin Tien, the first Asian American to head a major national research university as chancellor of UC Berkeley, where he garnered attention as a formidable fund-raiser and outspoken advocate of affirmative action, died Tuesday at a hospital in Redwood City. He was 67. Tien, who was chancellor from 1990 to 1997, was diagnosed with a brain tumor and suffered an incapacitating stroke during surgery in September 2000.

On a September afternoon in 1956, 21-year-old Chang-Lin, next-to-youngest son of the Tien family of Taiwan, descended the steps of a Greyhound bus and walked into the unfamiliar world of the pre-civil rights South. Tien had arrived in Louisville, Ky., to study on a teaching fellowship in the University of Louisville's department of mechanical engineering.

Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien has been hospitalized for treatment of a brain tumor, UC officials confirmed. Tien, 65, is in critical but stable condition at UC San Francisco Medical Center. Family members urged Tien to seek treatment after he appeared unusually tired over the Labor Day weekend. He was admitted and underwent surgery. His son, Norman Tien, said the family is awaiting test results before deciding what to do next.

Chang-Lin Tien, the first Asian American to head a major national research university as chancellor of UC Berkeley, where he garnered attention as a formidable fund-raiser and outspoken advocate of affirmative action, died Tuesday at a hospital in Redwood City. He was 67. Tien, who was chancellor from 1990 to 1997, was diagnosed with a brain tumor and suffered an incapacitating stroke during surgery in September 2000.

Among hot seats in higher education, few are warmer than UC Berkeley's chancellorship. The Berkeley chief is duty-bound to maintain the campus' high academic prestige, help provide services to a multiethnic student body of 31,000 and settle sticky political problems with city government and local radicals. All that, plus cope with immense enrollment pressures and a budget crisis.

Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien has been hospitalized for treatment of a brain tumor, UC officials confirmed. Tien, 65, is in critical but stable condition at UC San Francisco Medical Center. Family members urged Tien to seek treatment after he appeared unusually tired over the Labor Day weekend. He was admitted and underwent surgery. His son, Norman Tien, said the family is awaiting test results before deciding what to do next.

Arts & Letters I.M. Pei, architect Deepak Chopra, physician-author Yo-Yo Ma, cellist Amy Tan, writer Maya Lin, sculptor David Henry Hwang, playwright * Politics & Law Joyce L. Kennard, California Supreme Court justice Ming W. Chin, California Supreme Court justice Gary Locke, governor of Washington Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. senator from Hawaii Matt Fong, California state treasurer * Business & Technology Andrea Jung, Avon Products president Robert C.

Publicly airing their opposition to Proposition 209 for the first time, UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young and UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien together condemned the initiative Sunday, saying it would erode the quality of public higher education and send a hurtful message to California's minority residents.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien's surprising announcement that he will step down next year is but the latest in a series of resignations, retirements and non-renewals that are changing the face of education in the Golden State. From public school systems to the state's top universities, California's education leaders are turning over so rapidly that many current chief executives can count their years in the job on the fingers of one hand.

In a sudden and surprising announcement Tuesday, the much-beloved chancellor of UC Berkeley, Chang-Lin Tien, said he will resign next year, dealing another blow to the battered reputation of the nine-campus state university system.

In your April 12 editorial, "Hey, Maybe It Is Whom You Know," you imply that Regent Ward Connerly's inquiry about a student applicant led to the admission of that applicant by UC Berkeley. I have been informed by the Administrative Review Committee that that is absolutely not the case. The applicant's case was placed on the Administrative Review Committee roster so that a status report could be provided to Connerly. The committee took no action and no status report was ever provided. The individual you cited was admitted on the basis of merit alone by one of UC Berkeley's professional schools.

The nine University of California chancellors received their first pay raises in three years Friday when the UC Board of Regents agreed that its top executives--whose annual salaries range from about $165,000 to $243,000--are underpaid. Over the objection of Student Regent Edward Gomez, the board voted to give eight of its chancellors raises of 3.5% to 5%. But UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien got a $20,600 raise--amounting to a 10.

UC Irvine Executive Vice Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien has been named Most Distinguished Chinese Scholar by the Society of Hong Kong Scholars. Tien, the university's second-ranking executive, is a mechanical engineer and an internationally recognized expert on heat transfer. Tien played a key role in efforts to prevent heat-shielding tiles from falling off U.S.

Arts & Letters I.M. Pei, architect Deepak Chopra, physician-author Yo-Yo Ma, cellist Amy Tan, writer Maya Lin, sculptor David Henry Hwang, playwright * Politics & Law Joyce L. Kennard, California Supreme Court justice Ming W. Chin, California Supreme Court justice Gary Locke, governor of Washington Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. senator from Hawaii Matt Fong, California state treasurer * Business & Technology Andrea Jung, Avon Products president Robert C.

Among hot seats in higher education, few are warmer than UC Berkeley's chancellorship. The Berkeley chief is duty-bound to maintain the campus' high academic prestige, help provide services to a multiethnic student body of 31,000 and settle sticky political problems with city government and local radicals. All that, plus cope with immense enrollment pressures and a budget crisis.

Speaking to the business-oriented Comstock Club, UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien on Monday criticized "buy-American" fervor as a "simple answer" and said pressure for such quick fixes is based on fear. He told the private club audience of an incident at the Citrus Bowl in which he was met by chants of "Buy American" from a small group of people--apparently Clemson boosters--after the Berkeley football team won the New Year's Day game.