Some SJU Alums
David Chan (SJU '73)
David Chan, from Hong Kong, studied art at Saint John's, and went on to become a successful filmmaker. He most often worked as a freelance producer for both Hollywood and Chinese films. Among his best-known films are three of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies developed in the 1990s. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I (1990) remains one of the highest-grossing independent releases in American Film history. It won the 1991 CSB Movie Award for Most Popular Children/Family Movie. Chan worked for 32 years at Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Ltd., a movie company based in Hong Kong. Chan has worked on over 19 international and 100 Chinese films in addition to the blockbuster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. SJU helped him get used to loneliness which is critical in film. As Chan stated in 2016, when he returned to campus to give a talk, "Loneliness is constantly a recurring theme in a lot of commercial movies. I used those experiences and they helped me a great deal in translating it and incorporating it into screenplays and movies in my career."
Sun ("Sunny") Wong (SJU '73)
Sun Wong from Hong Kong, graduated from SJU in 1973 and continued living in the US. He was the managing director and co-owner of ComponentOne® a privately held company which is a leading provider in tools and solutions for software developers, technical writers, customer service representatives, support managers, and support centers. The company’s headquarters was in Pennsylvania with offices in California and the UK. It received numerous industry and user accolades, including awards from Info World and PC Magazine.
Canning Fok ('74)
Canning Fok ('74) is one of the most prominent businessmen in Hong Kong. He graduated from SJU with an accounting and economic degree. Fok is the executive director since 1984 and group managing director since 1993 of the international conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL), which is one of the largest companies in Asia. HWL does business in ports, hotels, energy, retail, and telecommunications. He also held a directorial role in Hutchison Telecommunications, which was the owner of the wireless phone company 3G. Fok’s HWL connection has benefitted many CSB+SJU students on study abroad, as they are able to see into the industry. Fok has served as a member of the Saint John’s Board of Regents since 2003. In 2014, Fok received the Fr. Walter Reger Distinguished Alumnus Award. This is the highest honor given by the Alumni Association. In recent years (2020s), Fok has been labeled “King of Employees” because he has been one of Hong Kong’s top five taxpayers.
Frank Miu (SJU '75)
Frank Miu (SJU ’75) got an accounting degree from SJU. He returned to Hong Kong in 1985 after he graduated from Harvard and worked at a New York Law firm. He was a lawyer for the Hong Kong branches of a few prominent stateside law firms. He had a prominent role in negotiating business deals in the new market when China began to open up for international trade. Miu owned eight A&W franchises in Beijing from 1996-2003. In 2007 he was a special advisor to Ample Capital Finance Group, which is a boutique investment banking group offering services in corporate finance and IPOs in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the US.
Bernard Yip (SJU '77)
Bernard Yip (’77) from Hong Kong, graduated SJU with a degree in chemistry and went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at Iowa State University. In 2007, Yip became vice president for the consumer Products Services Division of Bureau Veritas Hong Kong, Ltd. (BVCPS). BVCPS works with leading retailers and manufactures around the world to make sure their products meet regulatory, quality and performance requirements.