Two of the most highly touted candidates in the latter category--National Taiwan University's Yang Kuo-shu and Harvard University's Tu Wei-ming--both failed to win election, drawing public complaints from many Academicians.
選前呼聲頗高的台大教授楊國樞和哈佛大學教授杜維明雙雖榜，引起許多院士公開為其抱屈。