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David Chiu (other)
David Chiu may refer to: * David Chiu (poker player), professional poker player based in California, United States *David Chiu (politician), San Francisco politician and representative for California's 17th State Assembly district *David Jung-Kuang Chiu David Jung-Kuang Chiu (; 1936–2006) was a Chinese-born American educator, serving as both Professor and Dean at Hofstra University from 1970 to 2001 when he retired. David J. Chiu was born on July 11, 1936, in Gulangyu, a westernized Island-cit ..., dean of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, United States until 2001 See also * David Chu (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, David ...
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David Chiu (poker Player)
David Chiu (; born August 23, 1960 in Davenport, Iowa) is a Chinese American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets. He is also the winner of the 2008 World Poker Tour's WPT World Championship, and the first winner of the Tournament of Champions of Poker. Chiu was a restaurant owner in Colorado. He took a second job as a poker dealer and later became a poker tournament specialist who earned a reputation for himself by winning the $2,000 limit hold'em event at the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Chiu also cashed in the WSOP $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'em main event in 1996 (10th), 2003 (55th), and 2006 (416th.) Personal life Due to a swimming accident, Chiu is partially deaf in both ears. However, Chiu says that this has allowed him to concentrate more on reading his opponents at the table. World Poker Tour Chiu regularly plays World Poker Tour (WPT) events and has made two WPT final tables. At the Season 1 ...
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David Chiu (politician)
David Sen-Fu Chiu (, born April 2, 1970) is an American politician currently serving as the City Attorney of San Francisco. Previously, he served in the California State Assembly as a Democrat representing the 17th Assembly District, which encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, Chiu was the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Supervisor for District 3, encompassing the northeastern corner of the city, including Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach, Union Square, the Financial District, and Fisherman's Wharf. Chiu was the Chair of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, a position he has held from 2016 to 2021, and the former chair of the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus. He was the first Asian American to serve as District 3 supervisor, the first Asian American to serve as board president, and the first supervisor elected to three consecutive terms as board preside ...
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David Jung-Kuang Chiu
David Jung-Kuang Chiu (; 1936–2006) was a Chinese-born American educator, serving as both Professor and Dean at Hofstra University from 1970 to 2001 when he retired. David J. Chiu was born on July 11, 1936, in Gulangyu, a westernized Island-city in southern China to Minxian and Juyin Chiu. At the time, Gulangyu was the location of the consulate offices of the Western countries in China. Soon after Chiu's birth, the family moved to Qinhuangdao in northern China, the starting point of the Great Wall of China. In 1947 at the age of eleven, Chiu's family moved to Taiwan, because Chiu's father, Mingxian, a commissioner of the Chinese Marine Customs, was sent to recover the Taichung Marine Customs office from Japanese occupation. Chiu went on to earn his B.A. and M.A. in the island of beauty. Chiu was valedictorian of his graduating class at National Chengchi University an honor which led to a research-assistantship at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. At the university ...
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