Press Release from National Tsing Hua University For information, please contact Division of Public Affairs +886-3-516-2006 In August, 2014, National Tsing Hua University Recognizes Peter Salovey of Yale University and Irwin Jacobs of Qualcomm with Honorary Doctorates Hsinchu, July 14, 2014 To deepen its global outreach, National Tsing Hua University in the month of August 2014 will bestow honorary doctorates to Dr. Irwin Jacobs, and Dr. Peter Salovey; two individuals of significant global impact and prominence. Dr. Jacobs and Dr. Salovey shall receive the university’s highest honor of, respectively, Doctor of Engineering, honois causa, and Dr. of Humane Letters, honoris causa. The conferment ceremonies in time and venue shall be the following: (1) Dr. Peter Salovey Time: 16:15, August 11 (Monday) Venue: Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center, 391 Prospect Street, Yale University (2) Dr. Irwin Jacobs Time: 16:30, August 19 (Tuesday) Venue: Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California “In recognizing these two gentlemen with our highest and most honorable accolades on sites, NTHU is proclaiming to the world that encompassing the globe is its vision as well as a reflection of its deed”, according to Dr. Hong Hocheng, President of NTHU. Dr. Hocheng elaborated that “NTHU’s core values are best exemplified by embracing a renowned technologist who is a world class entrepreneur with profound respect for education, and embracing a world renowned social psychologist who is at the helm of a world class university best in producing leaders for the betterment of humanity!” Echoing President Hocheng’s enthusiastic comments about these two new honorary doctorate recipients of National Tsing Hua University, Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, Senior Vice President for Global Strategies, Planning and Evaluation said that: “ever since 1911, when China made the monumental and historical transformation from feudal to a republic, the name Tsing Hua became an icon of excellence of higher education not just cross straits, but across the globe. The “eternal president” President Mei Yiqi of cross straits Tsing Hua had uttered these eternal words about higher education, namely “the greatness of a university is not measured by its grand mansions, but by its intellectual maestros.” Unquestionably, Peter Salovey of Yale and Irwin Jacobs of Qualcomm are indeed exemplary in this regard. Welcoming them both in NTHU’s family will no doubt bring us closer to the dream of President Mei.” Dr. Irwin Jacobs is a world renowned electrical engineer, a co- founder and the former Chairman of Qualcomm Corporation. Qualcomm is an American global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services. NTHU recognize Dr. Jacobs for his invention of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology that is deployed in billions of mobile phones, for his outstanding entrepreneurship that created a global wireless telecommunications company, and for his profound respect for education and human dignity. Dr. Jacobs is also the recipient of NTHU’s Honorary Distinguished Chair Professorship. Dr. Peter Salovey is a world renowned social psychologist. He became Yale Universitys 23rd president on July 1, 2013. Founded in 1701, Yale is unquestionably one of the most influential universities globally. The alumni of Yale are world leaders in nearly all human endeavors, from politics to medicine, from engineering to basic sciences, and from humanities to legal studies. NTHU recognizes Dr. Salovey for his pioneering work known as Emotional Intelligence. His research in collaboration with Dr. John Mayer shows that just as people have a wide range of intellectual abilities, they also have a wide range of abilities pertaining to emotional control, reasoning and perceptivity. He also has made major contributions to health psychology – and thereby to health itself – particularly regarding ways that public health messages can effectively reduce health risks. About National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) National Tsing Hua University is a research university with a long and proud tradition. Since the re-establishment in Hsinchu in 1956, the university has been known for her excellent academic programs as well as her spacious verdant campus. NTHU initially began in Taiwan with nuclear sciences studies, and gradually expanded to include general sciences and engineering; in the past twenty years, the social sciences and humanities, life sciences, information sciences, and management sciences were added. Over the last fifty-seven years, NTHU has transformed herself into a comprehensive university and is recognized globally in many disciplines. There are thirteen Academia Sinica Academicians on the faculty, and sixteen professors awarded with various National Chair Professorships. Among the sixty thousand alumni, there is one Nobel Laureate Yuan Tseh Lee and twelve Academicians. The university development, with active participation from all staff members, has been built on a transparent and progressive platform, and the campus life is visibly permeated with vitality and enthusiasm, with the eight colleges complementing each other in scholastic endeavors. The per-student funding from the Ministry of Educations Toward World-Class Universities Project surpasses all other universities in Taiwan. In the 2013 ranking of Shanghai Jiaotung University for universities in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, NTHU is among the top three universities. Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center, Yale University Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall
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