Shien Biau Woo
| Shien Biau Woo 吳仙標 |
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| 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delaware | |
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In office January 15, 1985 – January 20, 1989 |
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| Governor | Michael N. Castle |
| Preceded by | Michael N. Castle |
| Succeeded by | Dale E. Wolf |
| Personal details | |
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August 13, 1937 Shanghai, Republic of China |
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Democratic Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Katy K.N. |
| Residence | Newark, Delaware |
| Alma mater |
Georgetown College Washington University in St. Louis |
| Profession | Professor |
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳仙標 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴仙标 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Xiānbiāo |
Shien Biau "S.B." Woo (born August 13, 1937) is an American professor and politician from Newark, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.
Woo's ancestral hometown is Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1937 in Shanghai, China. He fled the communist revolution in 1949 with his parents and came to the United States at the age of 18 from Hong Kong. He received undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Georgetown College in Kentucky and his PhD in Physics from Washington University in St. Louis.
He married in 1963 and has two children. In 1966, he joined the faculty of the University of Delaware, where he became a professor of physics and astronomy. He retired in 2002 after 36 years.
In his first attempt at public office, Woo was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1984. He won the Democratic primary election by defeating two veteran State Senators, Nancy W. Cook of Dover and David B. McBride, of New Castle. In the general election he narrowly defeated Republican Battle R. Robinson of Georgetown, who was the first woman to practice law in Sussex County, and the assistant legal counsel to retiring Governor Pierre S. du Pont, IV. Woo thus became one of the highest ranking Chinese-American public office holders in the nation and served one term from January 15, 1985 until January 20, 1989.
Woo narrowly won the Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator in 1988, defeating Samuel S. Beard, an heir to a railroad fortune, and resident of Greenville, Delaware. In fact, the election appeared to be lost until an error in the tabulation was discovered, which changed the result. Nevertheless, Woo lost the general election to the incumbent Republican U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr.. Likewise, in 1992, he was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, but lost the election to retiring Governor Michael N. Castle.
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