STATE : 1st Asian to Head UC Campus
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<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents today named Chang-Lin Tien chancellor of UC Berkeley. He is the first Asian-American to head a UC campus.
Tien, 53, a mechanical engineer born in China, is now second in command at UC Irvine and has been a vice chancellor and professor at the Berkeley campus. The appointment was made by the regents at a meeting in San Francisco.
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