Paul Shu-Pei Tien, Ph.D. is an American educator who was born in Tianjin

Tianjin

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, China

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 and grew up in Taiwan

Taiwan

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. He came to the United States

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 to pursue graduate education in electrical engineering

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, and later became a professor of electrical engineering in Ohio

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. In January 1978, Dr. Tien established the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC)

American University of the Caribbean

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 on the Caribbean

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 island of Montserrat

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. AUC is presently located on the island of Sint Maarten.

Paul Tien is the current chancellor of AUC; http://www.aucmed.edu/pdf/AUC-Catalog.pdf American University of the Caribbean website. accessed 15 Nov 2009 while his son, Yife Tien

Yife Tien

Yife Tien is founder and chancellor of Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is the son of Paul Tien, founder of the American University of the Caribbean, and is the current chancellor of the school. American University of the Caribbean website...

, is the current chancellor of Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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