Paul Yu

Born in Chongqing, China, Yu moved with his family to Hong Kong in 1949 before resettling in Michigan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/12/15/paul-yu-gave-college-brockport-higher-academic-profile/95473242/|title=Paul Yu: Gave College at Brockport higher academic profile|author=Goodman, James|work=Democrat & Chronicle|place=Rochester, New York|date=December 15, 2016|accessdate=May 30, 2017}} Yu went on to receive bachelor's, master's, and a doctorate in philosophy all from the University of Michigan.

He was the younger brother of Yu Ying-shih.

A scholar in philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, Yu was a philosophy professor at Central Michigan University from 1969 to 1980.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605101646/http://executivesearch.calstate.edu/SJ_President/yu.shtml|archivedate=June 5, 2004|title=Paul Yu|url=http://executivesearch.calstate.edu/SJ_President/yu.shtml|publisher=California State University|accessdate=May 30, 2017}} In the 1980-81 academic year, he was a Fulbright lecturer at the National Taiwan University.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219204841/http://www.brockport.edu/president/bio.html|archivedate=December 19, 2003|publisher=SUNY Brockport|title=Paul Yu, President, SUNY Brockport|url=http://www.brockport.edu/president/bio.html|accessdate=May 30, 2017}} Yu returned to Central Michigan University in 1981 as chair of the philosophy department and served in that capacity until 1987, when he moved up to associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Central Michigan.

From 1989 to 1991, Yu served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yu then became vice president of academic affairs in the 1991–92 school year, then was provost and senior vice president of academic affairs from 1992 to 1997.

Yu served as external evaluator for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, National Taiwan University, and the National Science Council of the Republic of China. From 1988 to 1989, Yu served on the Michigan Council for the Humanities from 1988 to 1989. In 1990, Yu was visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing, under the Visiting Scholars Exchange Program (VSEP) sponsored by the United States National Academy of Sciences. He also joined the Board of Directors of the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) in 1998.

From July 1997 to May 3, 2004, Yu was president of SUNY Brockport.{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2004 |title=Special Resolution for President Paul Yu |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/233579851.pdf |publisher=SUNY Brockport College Senate}}

During his presidency, SUNY Brockport rose to Tier 2 within the State University of New York system.{{cite web|url=https://www.brockport.edu/news/stories/memoriam_brown_yu.html|title=In Memoriam: Albert W. Brown and Paul Yu|author=Dimino, Val|publisher=The College at Brockport|date=May 3, 2017|accessdate=May 30, 2017}} He also established the Presidential Scholarship program which attracted several top international students to the SUNY Brockport campus.

On April 20, 2004, the California State University Board of Trustees named Yu as President of San Jose State University, effective July 15.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040618155517/http://www.calstate.edu/pa/news/2004/prezSJSU.shtml|archivedate=June 18, 2004|title=Paul Yu of New York Named New San José State University President|publisher=California State University|url=https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/paul-yu-of-new-york-named-new-san-jose-state-university-president.aspx|accessdate=May 30, 2017}} On August 1, just three weeks after taking office, Yu resigned from San Jose State for health reasons.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040805105830/http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/9307040.htm|archivedate=August 5, 2004|title=SJSU president quits over health|author=Bartindale, Becky|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=August 2, 2004|accessdate=May 30, 2017|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/9307040.htm|url-status=dead}} He returned with his family to New York and took a position with SUNY Brockport.{{cite web|title=SJSU Presidents|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/history/presidents/|publisher=San Jose State University}}

Yu died on December 5, 2016, at the age of 75 after battling Parkinson's disease.{{cite web|title=Dr. Paul Yu, former College at Brockport president, dies|url=http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/dr-paul-yu-fmr-college-at-brockport-president-dies.}}

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