Tse-tsung "Eugene" Chow

Tse-tsung "Eugene" Chow Passed away on May 7, 2007 at home with his family beside him in Albany, CA. He was 91 years old. Born on January 7, 1916 in Hunan Province, China. He graduated from Chengchih University in Chungking. In 1945-47 he was secretary and speech writer for China's president Chiang Kai-shek. At the University of Michigan he received his PhD in political science in 1955, was a research fellow and associate at Harvard 1956-63, and concurrent research associate at Columbia. He married Dr. Nancy Nan-hwa Wu in 1957. At the University of Wisconsin he contributed greatly to the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literature, serving as chairman 1973-79. Author, poet in classical and vernacular Chinese, and calligrapher, he was a man of broad knowledge and great intellect. He received Ford, Carnegie and Guggenheim Fellowships, and grants from American Council of Learned Societies. Known internationally as an expert on the May Fourth Movement (a historic movement for democracy in China), traditional Chinese literary criticism, and the great Chinese novel The Dream of the Red Chamber. After retiring he continued to write, spending winters in California to be near family. Professor Chow is survived by wife, Nancy Wu Chow; daughters, Lena and Genie; and grandchildren, Jesse and Ariana. We miss you - we will remember you always. The funeral will be held in Madison, WI. Donations may be made to provide scholarships for the study of Chinese literature, to the UW Foundation (Tse-tsung Chow Scholarship Fund in memo), send to: UW Foundation, U.S. Bank Lockbox #78807, Milwaukee, WI 53278.