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U.C. Berkeley to Dedicate Study Center to Ex-Chancellor

By Associated Press

BERKELEY — Former University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien will soon be honored by the university, which will name a new building after him.

University officials have announced that a yet-to-be-built East Asian library and study room will be named after the 65-year-old Tien, who served as chancellor from 1990 to 1997.

Those were tough financial times for the university, but Tien envisioned an ambitious 7-year fundraising campaign that ended in December and resulted in $1.44 billion — the most money ever raised by a public university.

It was at a celebration for the completion of the “Campaign for the New Century” fundraiser that Robert Berdahl, the current chancellor, announced plans for the Tien dedication. Tien, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in September, was not at the event.

The East Asian center will be located across from the main campus library in front of the Memorial Glade. The dedication still needs to be approved by the U.C. regents.