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Preceded by
  
Tu Cheng-sheng

Name
  
Shih Shou-chien

Residence
  
Taipei, Taiwan


Nationality
  
Taiwanese

Succeeded by
  
Lin Mun-lee

Role
  
Writer

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Born
  
June 8, 1951 (age 72) Taiwan (
1951-06-08
)

Alma mater
  
National Taiwan University Princeton University

Occupation
  
scholar, writer, professor

Education
  
National Taiwan University, Princeton University

Shih Shou-chien (Chinese: 石守謙; born June 8, 1951) is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, and professor at National Taiwan University. He served as President of National Palace Museum from May 2004 to January 2006. He is an academician of Academia Sinica.

Life and career

Shih Shou-chien was born in Taiwan on June 8, 1951. He graduated from National Taiwan University as well as Princeton University. He studied the Chinese painting history under Fang Wen, a noted Chinese-American art history scholar. He was a professor at National Taiwan University in 1990, becoming director of the Institute of Art History in 1991. In May 2000 Executive Yuan appointed he as Vice-President of National Palace Museum. After this office was terminated in May 2004, he was promoted to President position, serving until January 2006. He is a researcher at Academia Sinica since 2006, and he was elected an academician in July 2012.

References

Shih Shou-chien Wikipedia