Huang Chen-tai (; born 17 October 1948) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He was vice minister of the
Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 1991 to 1994, before assuming the same position at the
Ministry of Education until 1995. Subsequently, he was named president of
Feng Chia University, where he served until his 1998 appointment as minister of the
National Science Council. Huang stepped down from the position in 2000 and became active in the John Tung Foundation. In 2008, Huang left the FCU faculty and became the president of
Soochow University. He was named commissioner of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2012 and served until his resignation in 2014.
Career
Huang earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from
National Taiwan University and completed advanced studies at the
University of Virginia and
Columbia University in the United States. He did postdoctoral work at
Princeton University and the
University of Chicago. Upon his return to Taiwan, Huang joined the faculty of
National Tsing Hua University, where he taught chemistry from 1979 to 1991, while also working for the
National Science Council and
Ministry of Education. In 1991, Huang became vice minister of the
Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, and joined the
Ministry of Education in the same capacity in 1994. The next year, Huang was appointed president of
Feng Chia University.
He left FCU to chair the
National Science Council. As head of the NSC, Huang advocated for research into aftershocks and mapping of the Chelungpu fault, on which the epicenter of the
1999 Chi-Chi earthquake
The Chi-Chi earthquake (later also known as the Jiji earthquake) (), also known as the great earthquake of September 21 (), was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on Tuesday, 21 Se ...
sat. Near the end of his term in 2000, Huang promised to resolve an investigation into
United Microelectronics Corporation, which had built a plant in 1998 without submitting an environmental impact assessment for government approval. Huang also announced plans to expand science-based industrial parks across Taiwan. Upon leaving the NSC, Huang joined the John Tung Foundation, and was a proponent of suicide prevention and mental health initiatives.
Huang was named president of
Soochow University, where he remained until 2011. In 2012, he was appointed commissioner of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League. As CPBL commissioner, Huang oversaw the sale and renaming of the
Sinon Bulls
In Greek mythology, Sinon (Ancient Greek: Σίνων, from the verb "σίνομαι"—''sinomai'', "to harm, to hurt") or Sinopos, was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War.
Family
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to the EDA Rhinos. During his tenure, Huang also explored ways to expand the league. In July 2014, Huang resigned as CPBL commissioner due to a contract dispute with
MP & Silva, the company responsible for arranging television broadcasts of league contests.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Tainan
National Taiwan University alumni
University of Virginia alumni
Columbia University alumni
National Tsing Hua University faculty
Ministers of Science and Technology of the Republic of China
Soochow University (Taiwan) faculty
Presidents of universities and colleges in Taiwan
Feng Chia University faculty
Chinese Professional Baseball League commissioners