Tom Chan
title: "Tom Chan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["businesspeople-from-vancouver", "canadian-chief-executives", "21st-century-canadian-philanthropists", "canadian-businesspeople-in-the-real-estate-industry", "hong-kong-emigrants-to-canada", "hong-kong-philanthropists", "hong-kong-businesspeople-in-the-real-estate-industry", "naturalized-citizens-of-canada", "year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "living-people"] topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Chan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| birth_place | Hong Kong |
| alma_mater | UC Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts in Architecture) |
| parents | Chan Shun (father) |
| relations | Caleb Chan (brother) |
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Tom Chan is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He is known for donating $10 million in support of the University of British Columbia's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, along with his brother, Caleb Chan.
Awards and recognitions
Chan has been conferred two honorary degrees: Doctor of Laws from the Southwestern Adventist University and Doctor of Letters from the University of British Columbia.
References
References
- "The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - 1990 Chronology". Vancouverhistory.ca.
- "UBC Archives - Honorary Degree Citations - 1989-1991".
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