Ruth Mulan Chu Chao
| Ruth Mulan Chu Chao | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 趙朱木蘭 |
| Born |
Ruth Mulan Chu March 19, 1930 Anhui Province, China |
| Died | August 2, 2007 (aged 77) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lymphoma |
| Monuments | Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, Harvard School of Business Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Building at Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Spouse(s) | James S.C. Chao (m. 1951) |
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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao (Chinese: 趙朱木蘭; pinyin: Zhào Zhū Mùlán; 1930–2007), the Chinese American matriarch of a philanthropic family, established charitable foundations providing scholarships to more than 5,000 students.Harvard Business School has named the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center in her honor, making it the first building at the business school named for a woman and an Asian American. Four of Chao's six daughters attended the business school, including the former United States Secretary of Labor and current U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao.
Ruth Mulan Chu Chao (March 19, 1930 – August 2, 2007) was born in Anhui, Republican China, daughter of the Honorable Vei Ching Chu (朱维谦; Zhū Wéiqiān) and Hui Ying Tien Chu (朱田慧英; Zhū Tián Huìyīng). She was named for the Chinese folklore heroine, Hua Mulan, the legendary warrior representing qualities of character, courage, and resolve.
Amidst political and economic turmoil of the Chinese Civil War, her family migrated from Anhui Province to Nanjing by 1940. As a child only ten years old, she journeyed alone back to Anhui to reclaim the family's gold that had been hidden away on their land. Sewing it into her garments and passing undetected through checkpoints of the occupying Japanese forces, she returned safely to her family, having secured resources they needed to survive the conflict. Her family eventually migrated to Shanghai, where she attended Number One High School in Jiading and she met her future husband, James S. C. Chao. They each independently went to Taiwan in 1949, and were reunited when he found her name in a local newspaper's listing of recent graduates.
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