Director of Stanford’s Chinese Cultural Research Center
Dr. Dien and Wife Arrive in Taiwan

(Central News Agency)The new director of Stanford’s Chinese Cultural Research Center, Dr. Albert E. Dien, and his wife arrived in Taipei on the 13th from Tokyo.

Dr. Dien is taking up Dr. David S. Nivison’s post as D of the Research Center. Dr. Nivison will return to Stanford University in September. Nivison and Dien are both sinologists. The former has contributed significantly in the preparatory stages of the center. This research center is located on the National Taiwan University campus. One of the fifteen expected students has already arrived in Free China, while the remaining students will come to Taipei in the beginning of September.

Dr. Dien says that courses at the Chinese Cultural Research Center will commence around September 26. This research center is one of five established by Stanford University in foreign countries. The other four are in West Germany, France, Italy, and Japan. The goal for establishing these centers is to allow Stanford students to study local cultures and experience them directly n their native environments.

Dr. Dien is an American scholar of Chinese culture. He previously taught Chinese at the University of Hawaii. He told reporters “I can speak Chinese, and I can write some Chinese characters.” The American scholar came to Taiwan three years ago to study Chinese history for a period of two and a half years. Dr. Dien said that he learned Chinese at the University of California and in Taiwan. Dr. Dien’s wife is from Taiwan. They were married in the United States.