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H.T. and Jessie Chua cap longtime support with new professorship
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Celebrating the inauguration of the H.T. & Jessie Chua Distinguished Professorship in Engineering are (from left) H.T. Chua; Jessie (Tsao) Chua; Professor Robert Ritchie, holder of the Chua distinguished professorship; and EECS professor Ming Wu.
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Hua-Thye Chua (M.S.’61 EE) and his wife Jessie (M.A.’61 Statistics) of Los Altos Hills returned to campus in January to meet MSE professor Robert Ritchie, the inaugural holder of the H.T. and Jessie Chua Distinguished Professorship in Engineering.
Born in Malaysia and raised in Singapore, H.T. had a 25-year career in Silicon Valley that included positions at Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, and Monolithic Memories before he co-founded QuickLogic in 1988.
“We received excellent educations at Berkeley,” says Chua, “and this is one way we can continue to give in return.” The Chuas, who met on campus as graduate students, are longtime supporters of Berkeley Engineering. Their many gifts to the College are commemorated in the Soda Hall atrium, which is named for them.
Ritchie, who joined the Berkeley faculty in 1981, has held positions at Lawrence Berkeley Lab as deputy director of materials sciences and director of the Center for Advanced Materials. He is known for his work in fracture mechanics and fatigue-crack propagation.
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