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History
For years, many Tsinghua Alumni in greater Houston
area had been thinking to establish their own
association. In the summer of 1996, some alumni (TING
Yubo, HUANG Ming, ZHANG Qian and HUANG Shu, etc) who
attended schools in Houston area held a meeting to
discuss the idea of establishing a Tsinghua Alumni
Association. Late in 1996, several alumni (LI Liping,
ZHENG Shunfeng, etc.) from other states who came to
work in Houston area were also discussing the very
same idea. By the end of 1996, these two groups of
people finally connected with each other and began to
seriously prepare for forming an alumni association.
In the spring of 1997, the preparatory work was
going in full steam and plan was made to formally
announce the establishment of Greater Houston
Tsinghua Alumni Association on the day of the 86th
anniversary of Tsinghua University, April 26, 1997
during a big celebration party. The preparatory
committee sent various advertisement through CND and
other Internet newsgroups as well as local newspaper
to notify local alumni. The preparatory committee
managed to convene several meetings in University of
Houston to prepare the bylaws, organize the election
(through the Internet) for council members and
prepare for the celebration party. In mid April, ten
council members were elected to serve as the first
term officials for the association. The official
celebration party was held in Chinese Consulate at
Houston in the night of April 26, 1997. More than 100
alumni and guests attended the grand party. A special
guest, Dr. SHI Zongkai of Office of President,
Tsinghua University, who came to the States to
establish Tsinghua Education Fundation, flew from New
York to give a key note speech in the grand
celebration party.
Greater Houston Tsinghua Alumni Association (aka,
TAA) has been registered with State of Texas as a
non-profit organization. Currently we boast a
registered membership of about 130. We have members
who just freshly graduated from Tsinghua University.
We also have members who have been in the States for
many years. We hope this organization of our own,
whose membership shares a very similar education
background, faces a very similar challenge in this
new continent, will rise above its members'
expectations and fulfill its mission as prescribed by
its Bylaws.
The Council for Greater Houston Tsinghua Alumni
want to thank all our members for their continuing
support to our work. We also welcome any donation
from our members as well as general public to support
our various activities.
TAA Council
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