Dr. and Mrs. Tom Aurand, Dr. T. Ming Chu

This endowment was established by Dr. T. Ming Chu in honor of his mentor and professor, Dr. Leonard W. Aurand. Dr. Aurand is a distinguished scholar and investigator in enzymes, lipids, and flavor biochemistry who spent his entire academic career, from 1949 to 1988, at NC State. Dr. Chu came to NC State from Taiwan in 1963 as a graduate student of Dr. Aurand and completed his master’s degree in 1965. Dr. Aurand, a 1949 biochemistry doctorate from Pennsylvania State University, recommended Dr. Chu to his own mentor at Penn State where Dr. Chu received his doctorate in biochemistry in 1967. Dr. Chu is an internationally recognized authority in cancer immunodiagnosis and tumor immunology and is the developer of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for screening for prostate cancer. Dr. Chu received the Presidential Award of the American Urological Association, the Presidential Award and the Dornier Innovative Research Award of the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases, the Abbott Award of the International Society of Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, the Jacob S. Schoellkopof Medal of the American Chemical Society, and the Van Slyke Award of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.