東海大學第25屆傑出校友名單出爐！有來自學術教育界、媒體業及企業界共五位傑出校友當選，包括協助台灣醫療院所完善管理制度的萬德和教授、紐約市立大學柏魯克學院吳思永校長、致力癌症診斷與治療創新的UCLA醫學院曾憲榮教授、以紀錄片推動環境永續的知名製作人于立平，以及鉅虹建設董事長劉品辰。
歷史悠久的東海大學，多年來培育出無數英才，更有眾多傑出校友落腳於世界各地、在各行各業相當具有影響力，今年第25屆傑出校友評選，共選出5位傑出校友，分別為7屆社會系萬德和、23屆工工系吳思永、35屆化學系曾憲榮、37屆統計系于立平、60屆EMBA劉品辰。其中三位來自教育界的萬德和、吳思永、曾憲榮為學術領域做出重大貢獻，也有一位來自媒體業的于立平及企業界的劉品辰，都為社會與環境帶來正面且永續的影響力。東海大學校長張國恩表示，這次評選委員共有15名，更邀請到金可集團董事長蔡國洲及欣銓科技總經理張季明等重量級人物作為評選委員。
張國恩指出，萬德和為中央佛羅里達大學榮譽教授、高雄醫學大學醫務管理暨醫療資訊學系講座教授，長年推動醫療資訊與健康管理學術機構的發展，對國際及台灣的衛生政策及醫療體系有深遠影響，也投身學術與社會公益，資助東海社會系研究生。吳思永，現任紐約市立大學柏魯克學院校長，帶領學校取得亮眼排名，並於學術界和社會領域展現卓越領導力與影響力。曾憲榮，現為UCLA醫學院分子藥理系教授，專注於奈米醫學及液體活檢領域，為癌症及重大疾病的早期診斷與個人化治療作出卓越貢獻。
張國恩進一步指出，于立平現任公共電視《我們的島》製作人，致力於環境紀錄片製作，以媒體推動社會行動和環境保護，獲得多項國內外獎項肯定。劉品辰現為鉅虹建設董事長，推動「原創建築，自然共生」理念，積極參與社會公益與環境保護，透過建築設計提升都市生活質感，更長期捐助母校各項發展，支持母校持續培育一流人才。傑出校友持續為社會和學術界做出重要貢獻，堪為學弟妹學習的典範，「第25屆傑出校友表揚典禮」也將於11月2日在路思義教堂舉辦。
S. David Wu (吳思永) 第 23 屆工工系，1981 年畢
東海大學第23屆工工系校友，賓夕法尼亞州立大學碩士、博士畢業，現任紐約市立大學柏魯克學院校長，是該校首位亞裔校長，2024年帶領學校在《華爾街日報》及《紐約時報》評選中名列前茅。他在喬治梅森大學擔任教務長及執行副校長期間，使學校成為全美最年輕獲得卡內基研究一號 (R1) 頭銜的頂尖國家研究機構，展現他卓越的領導能力。吳思永曾擔任理海大學工程與應用科學學院院長，是達特茅斯學院塞耶工程學院董事會的成員，積極參與國際顧問委員會，如美國國家科學基金會 (NSF) 和香港研究理事會，也在工業工程領域發表多篇重要學術論文，累積約6000次引用，並獲得美國國家科學基金會等機構超過750萬美元的研究資助。自2020年以來，他連續入選「高等教育影響力百強」、「高等教育影響力五十強」及「亞洲百強」名單，為紐約市及紐約州的教育發展作出了傑出貢獻，2023年入選紐約最具政治影響力的亞裔百大人物之一，在他擔任校長的四年內，也被評選為美國頂尖大學校長之一，並榮獲2023年「50歲以上傑出成就獎」，對於教育研究領域有重大貢獻。
現職：President, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)
學歷：The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. Industrial Engineering
特殊事蹟：
S. David Wu, Ph.D., was appointed as Baruch College’s eighth president in 2020. He was selected by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York (CUNY) following a nationwide search, becoming the first Asian American to lead a CUNY college since its establishment in 1847.
Dr. Wu joined Baruch at an auspicious time as the College was developing new and responsive programs for teaching, research, and student support following the big reset—brought about by the pandemic and the reckoning that has challenged racial and social prejudices. He believes that by providing affordable access to high-caliber education for people from all backgrounds and social classes, especially those in underserved communities, Baruch can pioneer and expand ways of producing the talent needed for today’s innovation economy.
Under his leadership, President Wu has led Baruch to significant growth amidst a national backdrop of declining enrollments. Since 2021, Baruch has enjoyed a 26% surge in applications and a 12% increase in student enrollment to nearly 20,000, standing as a testament to the transformative power of top-quality higher education accessible to the average citizen. The Wall Street Journal's 2023 ranking underscores this achievement by naming Baruch as the best value of all universities in the United States. In 2024,The New York Times called out Baruch College as a “model college” and a symbol of academic rigor and accessibility—an“Upward Mobility Machine.”
In March 2024, the New York State Senate recognized President Wu on the Senate floor as a true champion of opportunity, excellence, and transformative outcomes.
Dr. Wu brings to Baruch a track record of bold and visionary leadership. From 2014 until his appointment at Baruch, he served as provost and executive vice president of George Mason University. Under his leadership, the university experienced historic growth in innovative academic programs, increased student diversity and academic outcomes, and emerged as the youngest university to earn a Carnegie Research 1 (R1) designation. Previously, Dr. Wu was dean and the Iacocca Professor of Engineering at Lehigh University. He has served on the board of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering, in addition to prestigious panels and advisory boards, including those with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Science Foundation of Ireland, the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, and the Science & Engineering Research Council of Singapore.
Dr. Wu is an accomplished scholar in systems engineering and operations research and has published extensively in areas such as game theory, optimization, and high-tech innovations. His research has been supported by the NSF, the U.S. Department of Defense, and Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Wu’s work in data science has been implemented or tested at firms such as Intel, HP, and IBM. The intellectual property developed from his research was marketed by a third party for licensing. He also worked with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning on large urban planning projects. A Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Dr. Wu has served as an editor or on the editorial board of numerous journals in his field.
Within nearly four years of his presidency, Dr. Wu was listed among the 50 Top U.S. College and University Presidents, which recognizes the country’s most renowned college and university presidents. He was recognized by City & State with the“2023 50 over 50 Lifetime Achievement Award.” From 2020 to 2024, he was recognized annually in the “Higher Education Power 100,” “Higher Education Power 50,” and “Power of Diversity: Asian 100” lists as a prominent contributor to New York City and State.
Dr. Wu was a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
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