張賴益新博士 (Brian Yishing Changlai, MD, Ph.D)為本校化工系大學部1967級校友，於戰亂中出生，1963年獲免試保送台大化工系，畢業後申請到全額獎學金旋即隻身負笈至美，分別於紐約Clarkson大學與Weill Cornell Medical School，得到化工博士與醫學博士，行醫逾三十年不曾間斷。張賴博士一家人皆為醫生，長年行醫濟人回饋社會，其深覺工程教育與訓練的重要性，特捐款資助母系獎勵成績優秀之莘莘學子，並於本系設立「張賴益新化工及醫學博士，戴美利醫學博士及張賴台平醫學博士永續獎學基金」，期能永續嘉惠後學。
本系已擬定獎學金施行辦法，刻正進行相關行政程序，獲核定後即可自發布日起施行。感謝張賴博士慨然捐贈，除鼓勵本系學弟妹們，亦對本系教學研究發展助益良多。
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張賴益新和Mary Daye的傳奇
The Legend of Changlai Yishing and Mary Daye[:en]Dr. Brian Yishing Changlai (MD, Ph.D.) was born in Taichung, Taiwan during the Second World War. He matriculated to the Department of Chemical Engineering of the National Taiwan University in 1963. Brian received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Clarkson University in New York and MD in medicine from Weill Cornell Medical School. He has been practicing medicine for more than 30 years without interruption. Dr. Changlai's family are doctors and medical practitioners, and have been giving back to society for many years. This year, Dr. Changlai established the "Brian Yishing Changlai, BS’67, MD,PH.D., Mary C. Daye, MD and Brian Alfred Changlai, MD Endowed Scholarship Fund" at NTU to support and encourage the students in our department. The scholarship based on this Fund will soon be implemented and open for application. To learn more about the legendary story of Dr. Changlai, please read the attached autobiography article, which has also been published in the US Pacific Times of Los Angels.
The Legend of Changlai Yishing and Mary Daye