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Chang-Lin Tien
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<p>Chang-Lin Tien <a href="/facts/Grand_Bauhinia_Medal/1X8GdSJF">GBM</a> (<a href="/facts/Traditional_Chinese_characters/bBFLkuz7">Chinese</a>: 田長霖; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Tián Chánglín</i>; July 24, 1935 – October 29, 2002) was a <a href="/facts/Taiwanese_Americans/Uz72685l">Taiwanese-American</a> academic, <a href="/facts/Mechanical_engineering/cbId4fye">mechanical engineer</a>, and university administrator. He was the seventh chancellor of the <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> (1990–1997), and in that capacity was the first person of Asian descent to head a major <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in the United States. </p>