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He retired in 2001 after 13 years of service and remains President Emeritus as well as University Professor Emeritus.
Professor Woo was born in Shanghai in 1937. He received his secondary education from Pui Ching Middle School in Hong Kong and went to the US in 1955, where he acquired his BS degree in Physics and Mathematics at Georgetown College in Kentucky and his MA and his PhD degrees in Physics at Washington University in St. Louis. Subsequently he taught at Northwestern University and at the University of Illinois, served as Northwestern's Chairman, Physics and Astronomy Department, then as Provost, Revelle College at the University of California at San Diego (where he had pursued post-doctoral work). In 1983, at the age of 45, he became President of San Francisco State University, the first Chinese American to head a major university in the US. San Francisco State University http://www.sfsu.edu/~100years/history/woo.htm
Since 1964, Professor Woo has published 120 papers and books in various fields of physics, particularly in quantum many-body theory, statistical mechanics, liquid crystals, low temperature physics, and surface physics. Under his supervision, 25 doctoral students and postdoctoral staff completed their thesis and research work.
Professor Woo has received many honors and awards for professional achievement and civic contribution, including Fellowships of the American Physical Society and the California Academy of Sciences; the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship; Honorary Professorships at Fudan University, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Physics), Shenzhen University, and Peking University; the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award by the United Nations Association; the Golden Key of the City of San Francisco; “Chia-Wei Woo Day” was declared by the Mayor of San Francisco. He was National President of the National Association of Chinese-Americans during 1984-86. He was the U.S. China Olympics Liaison for the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles. In 1991, he received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, Washington University. In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Georgetown College, and was named an Honorary Citizen by the Municipal Government of Shenzhen. In 1996, he received a Distinguished International Service Award from the University of Minnesota and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Washington University; and was appointed as an honorary "Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" (CBE) by the Queen of the British Empire. In 2000, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). In 2001, he was awarded "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" by the President of the Republic of France. (en)
- 吳家瑋教授（）生於上海，是香港科技大学创校校长，现为荣休校长及荣休科大讲座教授。吳家瑋教授为香港科大成为世界一流大学作出了重要贡献，并为大学发展筹集款项。
吳家瑋於1937年在上海出生， 1954年畢業於香港培正中學。1955年赴美
留學， 在乔治城大学攻讀物理與數學， 獲理學士學位。其後轉到圣路易斯華盛頓大學深
造， 先後取得物理學碩士及博士學位。
1966至1968年間， 吳家瑋在加州大學（ 聖地牙哥） 作博士後進修。1968
年到西北大學擔任物理學助理教授； 1970年在伊利諾大學任客座副教授。次年
返回西北大學升任副教授； 隨即在1973年晉升爲正教授， 並於1974年開始（ 至
1979年） 擔任物理及天文學系主任。
1979年， 出任加州大學（ 聖地牙哥） 熱斐爾學院院長， 兼任物理學教授。
1983年， 在45歲時， 受聘出任舊金山州立大學校長， 成爲美國有史以來第一位
華裔大學校長。
1964年以來， 吳家瑋在物理研究方面發表了120篇論文及著作； 在量子多
體理論、統計力學、液晶、低溫物理、及表面物理上， 都作了不少貢獻。在他
指導下研究結業的博士生及博士後研究員達25人。
吳家瑋曾獲頒給多種榮譽及獎狀， 反映他在學術上的成就及公職上的貢
獻。其中包括Alfred P. (zh)
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