Mung Chiang, an engineer who topped Hong Kong's 1995 public examinations with 10 perfect A grades, has been named president of Northwestern University, becoming the first Asian American to lead the 175-year-old U.S. institution.

Mung Chiang moved to Hong Kong from Tianjin at age 11 and attended Queen’s College before pursuing higher education at Stanford University in the US.

Mung Chiang, an engineer who topped Hong Kong's 1995 public examinations with 10 perfect A grades, has been named president of Northwestern University, becoming the first Asian…