T.H. Chan

T.H. Chan
T.H. Chan
Born	Chan Tseng-hsi; 1923; Kwangtung, China
Died	8 March 1986 (aged 62–63)
Occupation	Property developer
Known for	Co-founder of the Hang Lung Group
Children	Ronnie Chan; Gerald Chan

Chan Tseng-hsi (Chinese: 陳曾熙; pinyin: Chén Zēngxī; 1923 – 8 March 1986) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur who founded the Hong Kong-based real estate company Hang Lung Group.[1]

Born and raised in Kwangtung, China, Chan moved to British Hong Kong in the 1940s because of the Chinese Civil War. He took an entry-level job in a bank and eventually built a successful real estate business. According to his son Gerald, he used to loan money to his friends to pay for their children's school fees. His mother was a nurse who, in the 1950s, gave cholera vaccinations to the neighbourhood children in the family kitchen.[2]

After Gerald got a fellowship for his doctoral studies at Harvard, Chan was proud of his son, but disturbed that Gerald was taking the place of someone who couldn't pay. He told a friend, "We have the means to pay tuition. Why is Gerald taking the scholarship away from someone else?"[2]

In 2014, his sons Ronnie and Gerald donated $350 million to Harvard University, which named the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health after him.[2][3] Harvard officials said the money would be used in four areas: pandemics, including obesity, cancer, and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; harmful environments, including pollution and violence; poverty and humanitarian crises; and failing health systems.[3]

In 2021, the Chan family made an unrestricted gift of $175 million to the UMass Medical School, which changed its name to UMass Chan Medical School in recognition of this donation.[4]

References

https://connections.hanglung.com/en/node/3709 Archived 16 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Madeleine Drexler (19 July 2016). "The story of T.H. Chan". Harvard Public Health Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
Richard Pérez-Peña (8 September 2014). "Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard's School of Public Health $350 Million". New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
UMass Chan Medical School Communications (17 September 2021). "University of Massachusetts announces $175 million transformational gift to its Medical School". Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

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[1] ttps://connections.hanglung.com/en/node/3709 Archived 16 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[HSPH-2] Madeleine Drexler (19 July 2016). "The story of T.H. Chan". Harvard Public Health Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

[NYT-3] Richard Pérez-Peña (8 September 2014). "Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard's School of Public Health $350 Million". New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

[4] UMass Chan Medical School Communications (17 September 2021). "University of Massachusetts announces $175 million transformational gift to its Medical School". Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.