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.