Morgan Chu (Chinese: 朱欽文; pinyin: Zhū Qìngwén; born December 27, 1950)[1] is an American intellectual property attorney.
Chu's mother Ching Chen Li, also left China during World War II to study economics at MIT.
Steven Chu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997 and was President Obama's Secretary of Energy from January 21, 2009, to April 22, 2013.
Chu dropped out of high school and left home, but by age 25 he had five university degrees.
In 1977, Chu went to work as an associate at the Los Angeles law firm of Irell & Manella.
[14] Chu and his wife Helen have endowed student scholarships at Harvard and UCLA, as well as the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences (IMGSBS) at City of Hope.
[15] Chu has received awards and honors as one of the top attorneys in the United States, as well as for his contributions to higher education and the community.