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Never mind computers, there weren't many telephones in Sandor Hau's hometown when he was a boy. Hau grew up in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, home to the austere Amish farming community. "Mine isn't a classic Silicon Valley pedigree," jokes Hau, 28, who speaks Korean, English, Japanese and the archaic Amish-German dialect. "I think my family were the only Koreans in the county...
...Hau long ago left his horse-and-buggy home for Seoul, where he holds the reins of one of Asia's hottest Internet start-ups. Last October, he and partners Hans Tung of Taiwan and Chih Cheung of New York launched Helloasia.com an e-commerce and community portal with $20 million of venture capital. Helloasia.com is a kind of frequent-flyer program for Asia's Net surfers. The more you spend at its e-commerce site on items like CDs, travel tickets and computers, the more points you receive toward free gifts. The idea is to promote "stickiness," the ability...
Besides Avery, Faculty and administrators on the Trust Committee are: Laura Gordon Fisher, associate dean of the Faculty for academic planning, Julia G. Fox, special assistant to the Dean of Harvard College, Howard Georgi '68, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Master of Leverett House, Lene Hau, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics, Jacqueline Landry, Catholic Chaplain, United Ministry, Harry R. Lewis '68, dean of Harvard College and Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Katharine Park '72, Zemurray and Stone Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science, and Lorraine Sterritt, associate dean of freshmen...
...felt this was a time in my life when I would really like to teach and deal with students," Hau said. "And I think with my background--having worked really heavy-duty scientifically--I have a strong background to do that...
...Hau, who was courted by Princeton and Stanford Universities as well as the University of Illinois, said the major draws of Harvard were its students and facilities, particularly the center for mesoscale structures that is currently in planning stages...