Tsai Ing-wen, LLM ’80
Tsai Ing-wen, LLM ’80, has been elected president of Taiwan. When the master of law grad takes office, she’ll be the first woman—but second Cornellian—to serve as the nation’s president. Lee Teng-hui, who earned a PhD in agricultural economics in 1968, was president from 1988 to 2000. His visit to campus to deliver the Olin Lecture during Reunion 1995 sparked a diplomatic drama between China and the U.S. and drew scores of international journalists to East Hill.