After the groups have all settled down in their seats, energetic, 55-year-old Chang-lin Tien strides in at the head of the University of California contingent, and the crowd of 5,000 or more rises to its feet and applauds enthusiastically at the investiture of the first Asian-American chancellor in the university's 123-year history.
待隊伍一一坐定，五十五歲，精力充沛的田長霖領著加大代表團走進會場，全場五千多人紛紛起立，為這位柏克萊建校一百廿三年來首任亞裔校長的就職大典，報以熱烈掌聲。