Ching-hsien and Laura, who also became a professor at UVA, lived in the same Charlottesville house in the Carrsbrook neighborhood from 1975 until they left in 2016 to be closer to their sons on the West Coast.
Whether as a professor or in an emeritus role, Ching-hsien served the University for five decades, becoming fond of two Wahoo staples: Thomas Jefferson and the men’s basketball program.
Tw said Ching-hsien embodied Jefferson’s philosophy of lifelong learning. In his later years, Ching-hsien, who died Dec. 27 at the age of 88, read books and then translated them from English to Chinese for his family members to enjoy back in his homeland.
“My dad had a statue of Thomas Jefferson in the house,” Tw said. “And as a kid, he would reference him all the time and quote him.
“He would talk to us about having even number of hours of academics and physical activity. He just loved the history of everything about UVA.”
Before he departed the area eight years ago, Tw said his father made sure to buy a gravesite for himself and his wife in Monticello Memory Gardens, less than a mile from the historic home of UVA’s founder.
“It’s literally the most beautiful spot you can imagine,” Tw said. “You can see the Lawn and everything. It’s special.”
A continuous learner himself, Tw is the chief growth officer for Orb, a community-focused social app that operates out of San Francisco. Tien-tsin, a 1997 UVA alumnus, works in the banking industry. Each has two children of their own.
Despite their busy schedules, the Huang brothers, as they did under their dad’s guidance, still make sure to catch every Wahoo men’s basketball game.
“As a child,” Tw wrote in his tribute to his father, “one of my first memories was cheering for Ralph Sampson and UVA. My parents were big basketball fans in Taiwan and they adopted the UVA basketball program as their team. They used to threaten my brother and me that if UVA basketball lost, we would get spanked and grounded.
“I honestly don’t remember if I ever got spanked after a loss, but I do remember cheering for Ralph Sampson and Jimmy Miller as if my life depended on it.”
In addition to his day job, Tw runs Locker Room Access, a multimedia UVA basketball fan site that was co-founded by former Wahoo stars Justin Anderson and Ty Jerome. The opportunity has allowed Tw to form relationships with different generations of Cavalier greats.
He said one of Ching-hsien’s greatest treasures was a personalized autographed national championship hat from Tony Bennett. It was on display in his room until the day he died.
“If I'm being honest,” Tw said, “UVA basketball was really what always drove our conversations. We didn't really talk outside of that. I was calling about sports and games.
“There's nothing else we have in common. I don’t ask him about biochemistry. He doesn’t ask me about business. We talked about UVA, that was the thing that connected us. It was comforting.”
Before he passed away in a hospital in Fremont, California, he wanted his association with Charlottesville to be forever known.
His final message to Tw: “Make sure my obituary is in the Daily Progress.”
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