Taipei First Girls' High School
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Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese high school, located in Zhongzheng District within Taipei City
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, with only the top 1% of scorers on the Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (國民中學學生基本學力測驗) receiving admission.
Overview
The school was founded in 1904 and named as Taipei State Taipei First Girls’ High School during Japan's colonialTaiwan under Japanese rule
Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....
period. After the retrocession of Taiwan in 1945, the name was changed to Taiwan Provincial Taipei First Girls’ High School on December 12. In 1967 it was renamed to Taipei Municipal First Girls’ Senior High School due to Taipei City
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
becoming a municipality. With its history stretching back over one hundred years, the school has had over 60,000 students. Currently, the school operates seventy eight classes and has over 3,000 students.
The school's campus measures roughly 26,000 sq. metres, with a total of six main buildings - the oldest being Guang-Fu Building , a three storey structure built by the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese government in 1933. Other buildings include Ming-De Building , Zhong-Zheng Building , the Library, the Activity Center (completed 1971), and Zhi-Shan Building .
The school is famous for the traditions it maintains, including a uniform of green shirt and black skirt. An alumni T-shirt says "Green Shirt Legend" in Chinese on the right, "T.F.G." on the left, and on the back, an illustration of the campus, complete with students in green shirts.
Features
Over the past few decades the school has endeavored to modernize its facilities. In 1971 a sports and assembly hall was constructed. In 1993 a new building was completed; Zhi-Chan. This five-story building has a large observatory located on the roof with several telescopeTelescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
s therein. Within the Zhong-Zheng building are IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
facilities together with abundant reading materials, audio-visual headsets and Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
access.
The school also possesses an auditorium, conference rooms, a heated indoor swimming pool
Swimming pool
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and a subterranean parking lot.
Academia
- Lily Yeh Jan: Member, United States National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
. AcademicianAcademicianThe title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries, it is an honorary title. There also exists a lower-rank title, variously translated Corresponding Member or Associate Member, .-Eastern Europe and China:"Academician" may also be a functional...
, Academia SinicaAcademia SinicaThe Academia Sinica , headquartered in the Nangang District of Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. It supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences.Academia Sinica has...
. Professor, University of California, San FranciscoUniversity of California, San FranciscoThe University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
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- Jennie S. Hwang: First Chinese female member, United States National Academy of Engineering. Distinguished professor, Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
. President, H-Technologies Group, Inc.
- Teresa H. Meng: Second Chinese female member (after Jennie S. Hwang), United States National Academy of Engineering. Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Founder and director, AtherosAtherosQualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company...
. IEEE Fellow.
- Wen-hsin Yeh: Richard H. and Laurie C. Morrison Chair Professor in History, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
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- Yeh Nai-changNai-Chang YehProfessor Nai-Chang Yeh is a world renowned physicist specialized in experimental condensed matter physics.Her research emphasis is the fundamental physical properties of strongly correlated electronic systems. She is best known for her work on a variety of superconductors, magnetic materials, and...
: The first and the sole female professor of physics, California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyThe California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
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- Jen Sheen: Professor of Genetics, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. Academician, Academia Sinica.
- Connie J.Chang-Hasnain: John R. Whinnery Chair professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences department, University of California, Berkeley. Chair, nanoscale science and engineering graduate group, University of California, Berkeley. Director, Center for Optoelectronic Nanostructured SemiconductoR Technologies (CONSRT). Fellow of the IEEE, OSAOsaOsa may refer to:*Osa peninsula, a peninsula in Costa Rica*Osa, Allahabad, a village in Allahabad, India*Osa, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship *Osa, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia*Osa class missile boat...
and IEEInstitution of Electrical EngineersThe Institution of Electrical Engineers was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. The I.E.E...
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- Jean Chen Shih: Chair Professor, Distinguish Scholar, United States National Academy of Sciences. Vice chair, International Brain Research Committee, United States National Academy of Sciences. Boyd and Elsie Welin Professor of Molecular Pharma, Chancellor's professor, University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. Academician, Academia Sinica.
- Ru-Chih Chow Huang: Professor of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
. Academician, Academia Sinica. Outstanding Asian-American Scientist Award recipient.
- You-Hua Chu: Chair professor of astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
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- Lin Li-chiung: First Asian female principal staff scientist, GEGêGê are the people who spoke Ge languages of the northern South American Caribbean coast and Brazil. In Brazil the Gê were found in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Piaui, Mato Grosso, Goias, Tocantins, Maranhão, and as far south as Paraguay....
. Principal investigator of physics, National Taiwan University.
- Anne Chao: Fellow, Institute of Mathematical StatisticsInstitute of Mathematical StatisticsThe Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts of the world...
. Member, International Statistical InstituteInternational Statistical InstituteThe International Statistical Institute is a professional association of statisticians. The Institut International de Statistique or International Statistical Institute was founded in 1885 although there had been international congresses from 1853.. The Institute publishes a variety of books and...
. Professor of Mathematics, National Tsing Hua UniversityNational Tsing Hua UniversityNational Tsing Hua University is one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan. The university has a strong reputation in the studies of science and engineering. Times Higher Education - World University Rankings is107in the world. Engineering and Science are the best in Taiwan...
. Chair Professor of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University. Taiwan National Chair Professor.
- Chung-pei Ma: Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley. Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award recipient.
- Mei-Chi Shaw: Professor of Mathematics, University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
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- Eunice L. Lau: Principal investigator, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
, NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
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- Louise T. Chow: Former Senior Scientist with tenure, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor LaboratoryThe Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. The Laboratory has a broad educational mission, including the recently established Watson School of Biological Sciences. It...
. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamThe University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...
. Discoverer of RNA splicing and alternative RNA processing.
- Feng Yen: Executive committee member, International Federation of Child Welfare. Chair professor of social work, National Taiwan University. DeanDean (education)In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
, National Taiwan UniversityNational Taiwan UniversityNational Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
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- Chih Lin I: Professor of Communication Engineering, National Chiao Tung UniversityNational Chiao Tung UniversityNational Chiao Tung University is a public university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious and selective universities in Taiwan and is renowned for its research and teaching excellence in electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, management, and...
. Vice President and R&D Director, Advanced Wireless Technologies Communications Technologies Group, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited. Former Director of Wireless & Access Technologies, AT&T IP Architecture.
- Chuang Chuang Tsai: Professor of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University. Former principal staff scientist, XeroxXeroxXerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
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- Judy S. Lu: Head, Collection Services, Asian Division, Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
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- Christina Y. Liu: Chair professor, Department of Finance and Graduate Institute of Finance, National Taiwan University. Former LegislatorLegislatorA legislator is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people...
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- Pi-Twan Huang: Minister, Council for Cultural Affairs. Director of Department of Higher Education. President, Tainan National University of the Arts.
- Lucie Cheng: Professor Emerita, University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. Former director, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA. Founding Director, Center for Pacific Rim Studies, UCLA.
- Helen Lee: Principal Investigator of Haematology, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. Former principal staff scientist, Abbott LaboratoriesAbbott LaboratoriesAbbott Laboratories is an American-based global, diversified pharmaceuticals and health care products company. It has 90,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries. The company headquarters are in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician, Dr....
. European Women of Achievement Award recipient.
- Jean Y.J. Wang: Principal investigator, Medical Center, University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, San DiegoThe University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
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- Frances YaoFrances YaoFrances Foong Yao is professor and head of the department of computer science at the City University of Hong Kong.After receiving a B.S. in mathematics from National Taiwan University in 1969, Yao did her Ph.D. studies under the supervision of Michael J. Fischer at the Massachusetts Institute of...
: Chair professor of the department of computer science at the City University of Hong KongCity University of Hong KongCity University of Hong Kong is a comprehensive research university in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. It has achieved fast growth in recent years and received international recognition for its academic achievements...
. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
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- Jane Lin: Principal investigator of pathology, New York Medical College. (Married to artist Ang LeeAng LeeAng Lee is a Taiwanese film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain , for which he won an Academy...
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Industry
- Nancy T. Chang: Co-founder and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Tanox,Inc.
- Mei-June Liao: Divisional Vice President, HEMISPHERx Biopharma.
- Marr Chang-Chi: Legislator of the Republic of China. Research Director, Applied Materials Co. Vice President, CDE Engineering Co.
- Wang Po-hsia: Vice president, IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Taiwan Corporation.
- Chen Jin-chuan: Co-founder, General Sciences Corp. Former research fellow, NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
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- JoMei ChangJoMei ChangDr. JoMei Chang is presently the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vitria Technology, Inc. She has also contributed to the founding of TIBCO Software and QilinSoft...
: President and Co-founder, Viria Technology Inc. Co-founder, Teknekron Software Systems. Former principal staff scientist, AT&TAT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
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- Tri-Rung Yew: Deputy Division Director, Central R&D, United Microelectronics CorporationUnited Microelectronics CorporationUMC was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute .-Overview:...
. Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department, National Tsing Hua UniversityNational Tsing Hua UniversityNational Tsing Hua University is one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan. The university has a strong reputation in the studies of science and engineering. Times Higher Education - World University Rankings is107in the world. Engineering and Science are the best in Taiwan...
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- Sheueling Chang-Shantz: Distinguished Engineer, cryptographer, Sun Microsystems LaboratoriesSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
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- Alice Hsin: CEO, Linx Communications, Inc. Former principal staff scientist, AT&T.
- Chiam Wu: Group Vice President of Applied MaterialsApplied MaterialsApplied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
and Vice Chairwoman of Applied Materials Taiwan. Vice President of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, responsible for worldwide customer service.
- Chang Yi WangChang Yi WangChang Yi Wang , is an immunologist and astute organic chemist, best known for establishing a new platform in vaccines technology that employs designer peptides Peptide as key ingredients to be formulated into vaccines for the prevention and treatment of AIDS, HIV, Alzheimer disease, allergy and...
: Chairperson and CEO of the United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI) Group of companies.
Politics and Military
- Annette LuAnnette LuAnnette Lu Hsiu-lien , was the Vice President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008, under Chen Shui-bian. She announced her intentions to run for President of Taiwan on March 6, 2007, but withdrew in order to support DPP presidential nominee, Frank Hsieh...
: First female Vice presidentVice presidentA vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of the Republic of China.
- Chai Huei-jen: Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
of the Republic of China ArmyRepublic of China ArmyThe ROC Army's current operational strength includes 3 armies, 5 corps. As of 2005, the Army's 35 brigades include 25 infantry brigades, 5 armoured brigades and 3 mechanized infantry brigades...
. Former associate professor, National Defense Medical CenterNational Defense Medical CenterThe National Defense Medical Center is a ROC military affiliated medical school in Taipei, Taiwan. The NDMC is responsible for the training of military doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.- History :...
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- Ch'ih Yu-lan: Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
of the Republic of China ArmyRepublic of China ArmyThe ROC Army's current operational strength includes 3 armies, 5 corps. As of 2005, the Army's 35 brigades include 25 infantry brigades, 5 armoured brigades and 3 mechanized infantry brigades...
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- Peng Feng-chih: Grand Justice of the Republic of China.
- Wang Ching-fengWang Ching-fengWang Ching-feng is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.Wang graduated from the Taipei First Girls' High School and received her bachelor and master degrees in law from National Chengchi University. Wang has been working as a lawyer since graduation. Since 1987, she has been organising activities to...
: Minister of Justice of the Republic of China. Notable Taiwanese lawyer.
- Bonnie Peng: Minister of National Communication Commission of the Republic of China. Professor, Department of Journalism, National Chengchi University.
- Wang Ju-Hsuan: Minister, Council for Labor Affairs of the Republic of China. Notable Taiwanese lawyer.
- Liu Chu-chi: Minister of Examination of the Republic of China. Professor of Law, Fu Jen Catholic University.
- Isabelle ChengIsabelle ChengIsabelle Cheng , also known as Cheng Nian-Tzu, is an intelligence agent for the National Security Bureau of Taiwan....
: Intelligence agent for the National Security Bureau of Taiwan.
- Lee Yong-ping: Former legislator. Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner.
- Hedy Chang: Former mayor and alderwoman, Morgan Hill, CaliforniaMorgan Hill, CaliforniaMorgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884...
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- Wang Li-chih: First Asian alderwoman, CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Commerce
- Joanna Chien Lei: The first and the sole Asian female deputy CEO, American Broadcasting CompanyAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. Legislator of Taiwan.
- Li Wen-chih: CEO, A Plus International Inc.
- Tzung Tsai-yi: Former Minister of Economy Affairs of the Republic of China. Former CEO, China Airlines.
- Rebecca Kuei: Head of sales and business development at GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
Taiwan.
- Rose Tsou: Yahoo!Yahoo!Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
Inc's senior vice president in Asia. Former managing director of Yahoo! Taiwan.
- Huang Ching-wen: Chairwoman, Pacific Sogo Department StoreSogoSogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...
. Former TV anchor. Former vice president in charge of enterprise evelopment under the FarEastern Group's retail business. Classmate of Lee Yong-ping.
- Chung Chin: First chairwoman, Pacific Sogo Department Store. Former head of the Government Information Office. Former Minister without Portfolio.
- Peiti Tung: Former COO & Executive Vice President, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc..
- Lena Sun: Vice President, Trustworthy Mortgage Corp..
- Yi Liu: Managing director, B&QB&QB&Q plc is a multinational DIY and home improvement retailer headquartered in Eastleigh, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange....
Taiwan.
- Lu Yu-min: Managing director, Estée Lauder CompaniesEstée Lauder CompaniesEstée Lauder Companies, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The company has its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-History:...
Taiwan.
- Yao Li-hsien: Managing director, PhilipsPhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
Taiwan.
- Christine Chow MaChristine Chow MaChristine Chow Ma or Chow Mei-ching is the wife of Ma Ying-Jeou, the current President of the Republic of China . Madam Ma is now the First Lady of the Republic of China.-Biography:...
: Former Head, legal department, Mega Financial Holding Company. First lady of the Republic of China, wife of President Ma Ying-JeouMa Ying-jeouMa Ying-jeou is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman...
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- Grace Lin: Credit Suisse. Best mum in the world.
Arts and Literature
- SanmaoSanmao (author)Sanmao , literally "three hairs" though it is not considered to have a meaning, was the pseudonym of the popular Taiwanese author Chen Ping . She adopted her pseudonym from the acclaimed caricaturist Zhang Leping's most famous work "Sanmao", which tells the story of a Shanghai street child named...
: Chinese novelist and travel writer. Penname of the celebrated Taiwanese author Chen Ping.
- Ouyang TzuOuyang TzuOuyang Tzu is the penname of Hong Zhihui , a female Taiwanese writer...
: Penname of Hong Zhihui. Notable Taiwanese novelist and literary critic.
- Chu Tien-hsin: Notable Taiwanese author.
- Qiu MiaojinQiu MiaojinQiu Miaojin was a lesbian author from Changhua, Taiwan.She graduated from Taipei First Girls' High School, and the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University. Later she worked at The Journalist as a reporter...
: Notable Taiwanese lesbianLesbianLesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
author.
- Ping LuPing LuLu Ping , born in Kaohsiung in 1953, writes under the pen name "Ping Lu." Her writing encompasses a broad range of genres, including novels, essays, poems, commentary, and theater plays. She is also known in the Chinese-language world for her critique of social phenomenon, ranging from cultural...
: Notable Chinese novel, essay, poem, commentary, and theater play author. Penname of Lu Ping.
- Fanny Ying-Yi Liao: Interior, industrial, fashion, branding designer. Top prize recipient, 2003 Milan Ermenegildo ZegnaErmenegildo ZegnaErmenegildo Zegna is a leading Italian fashion house, specialing in men's clothing. Founded in 1910, it is now managed by the fourth generation of the Zegna family and remains in family ownership. As well as producing suits for its own labels, it manufactures suits for labels such as Gucci, Yves...
Design Award. Former medical doctor.
- Selina Jen: Singer. Member of the Taiwanese girl-band S.H.E..
Sports
- Shu-Ju Chi: OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
bronze medalist in taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
, 2000 Sydney.
Others
- Chiang Hsiao-changChiang Hsiao-changChiang Hsiao-chang is the only daughter of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. Her mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. She had one older brother, Hsiao-wen, and two younger brothers, Hsiao-wu and Hsiao-yung, with...
: Daughter of Chiang Ching-kuoChiang Ching-kuoChiang Ching-kuo , Kuomintang politician and leader, was the son of President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China...
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- Chen Hsing-yu: Dentist. Daughter of Chen Shui-bianChen Shui-bianChen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...
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Alumni association
- Taiwan Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Northern California Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Southern California Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Greater Washington Area Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Midwest Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Houston Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Atalanta Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Greater New York Area Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
- Japan Alumni Association of Taipei First Girls' High School
See also
- Education in the Republic of ChinaEducation in the Republic of ChinaThe educational system in Taiwan is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education of Republic of China . The system in the ROC produces pupils with some of the highest test scores in the world, especially in mathematics and science. It has been criticised for placing excessive pressure on...
- List of schools in Taiwan
- High SchoolHigh schoolHigh school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....