The Cal Alumni Association has named its 2011 Alumnus of the Year: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will be awarded the association’s highest honor in recognition of his scientific contributions, his commitment to addressing the problem of climate change, and his leadership in energy research and policy.
From Closet Gamer to Millionaire: How Kevin Chou Made It Big
The only child of Taiwanese immigrants, Kevin Chou grew up bored and lonely in Moorpark, a sleepy middle-class suburb of Los Angeles.
As he recalls it, he spent much of the ’80s in his parents’ dining room playing 8-bit floppy disk games on his father’s IBM XT.
“I had no friends. I had video games,” Chou says today with a wry laugh.
“It’s very surreal,” says Chou, “to go from being a closet gamer to watching a whole generation cheer on, and aspire to be, gamer-athletes—we’ve all won. And it hasn’t been that long.”