Jan C. Ting

Jan C. Ting 丁景安
Ting taking part in the 2006 Return Day parade in Georgetown, Delaware
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-17) December 17, 1948 (age 68) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Independent (2008–present)
Other political affiliations	Republican (1990–2008)
Spouse(s)	Helen Page
Residence	Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Alma mater	Oberlin College University of Hawaii at Manoa Harvard Law School
Religion	Methodist

Jan Ching-an Ting (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dīng Jǐngān，born December 17, 1948) is a Professor of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware in the 2006 U.S. Senate election, but two years later Ting left the Republican Party in a dispute over his endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Ting was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, son of Dr. Sik Woo Ting, a Chinese immigrant who came to the United States in 1938 with his wife, to continue their studies after the Japanese invasion of China. His father received his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1943, and joined the U.S. Army as a medical officer during World War II and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle for Germany. Dr. Sik Woo Ting received his U.S. citizenship while on active duty with the U.S. Army in France in 1945.

Jan Ting is a 1966 graduate of Lowrey High School in Dearborn, Michigan, a 1970 graduate of Oberlin College where he majored in history, and he received a Master of Arts degree in Asian Studies from the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii in 1972. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1975. He resides in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Helen Page Ting, a physician. They have two daughters, Margaret and Mary.