In August of 1992, five Chinese (with no relation to Tan), including Yang Zhenning, planned and organized the Tan Kah Kee International Institute, summoning overseas entrepreneurs everywhere to heed the call. Among the famous universities of the United States, the ground was broken for the first building to be named after a Chinese, the Tan Kah Kee Building at UC Berkeley, in April of last year.
一九九二年八月，楊振寧等五位和陳嘉庚並無淵源的華人菁英，發起籌組「陳嘉庚國際學會」，號召各地華人企業家響應；美國著名大學中，第一座以華人命名的大樓﹘ ﹘加州柏克萊大學陳嘉庚樓，則在去年四月破土興建……。