Pei-yuan Chia

[6][7] At the time of his retirement, he was the highest-ranking Asian American executive and corporate director in any major U.S.

[13] Chia himself remained in Taiwan for his education, attending Jianguo Middle School in Taipei and going on to graduate from Tunghai University in Taichung with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1961.

[20][21] To commemorate Frances' life, Chia endowed a garden in front of the women's dormitory at Tunghai University, which opened in November 2006.

[1] Chia served on the Wharton Graduate Executive Board of the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition, he is a Senior Fellow of the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management at the Wharton Business School.

[20][23] In June 2022, Hoag named a hospital building in Irvine, California, for Chia and his wife Shen in recognition of their philanthropy.

Chia donated Chuan Yuan (荃園) in memory of his wife, Frances T.C. Yen Chia (嚴雋荃), at Tunghai University.