"Charles Chi-Jung Chu was an accomplished painter, professor, calligrapher, and scholar. He was born in 1918 in a small farming village in Hebei Province, China.  His mother called him "Little Frog" when he was a young boy, and if you knew him as an adult, you'd understand why the nickname remained with him through his life.  Chu possessed a lightness of spirit and a boundless energy that was quite infectious. 

"Chu went to high school in Beijing and then studied at the National Central University in Chongqing.  After serving in the Chinese army during World War II, he came to the United States in 1945 to pursue graduate studies in political science at UC Berkeley and, later, at Harvard, with the intention of returning to his native China to help it reconstruct after the war.  When Communists took charge of China's government, Charles realized there was no room in his home country for a political scientist trained in America, or for the American family he and his wife, Bettie, had begun to raise. 

"Shifting his vision, he set out to adopt this country and to make his impact as a teacher.  He enjoyed teaching at Yale University for 15 years, but could not resist the opportunity to create and direct a Chinese program at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut.  He became one of the College's most loyal, devoted, and beloved professors.  Until his retirement in 1984, Professor Chu taught Chinese language, literature, and the history of Chinese painting..." (Read the full article from littlefrog.com)