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Updated Sunday, February 7, 2010 12:27 am TWN, CNA

96-year-old U.S. professor ties knot with long-time sweetheart in Tainan

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A positively venerable foreign couple got married Saturday in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan in a traditional Chinese ceremony.

Britton Chance, a 96-year-old U.S. visiting professor at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan City, and his 62-year-old Japanese bride, Shoko Nioka, tied the knot at the Eternal Golden Castle — one of the most famous historic remnants in the southern city.

The wedding ceremony, witnessed and blessed by Tainan Mayor Hsu Tain-tsair, took place according to traditional rituals with music provided by a Chinese folk music orchestra and a parade of wedding assistants in ancient garb bearing the bride in a sedan chair.

“Tainan City is home to me and Britton, and that is the reason we chose to get married here amid its cultural ambiance,” said Nioka, a Kyoto native.

Chance and Nioka decided to tie the knot after knowing each other for 26 years.

Chance, who was selected as a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1952, is currently teaching at the NCKU.

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February 8, 2010 carltanong@

Congrats to both of you. Your true love show the world how True Love can flourish after 26 long years of courtship.



	Visiting professor Britton Chance, right, from the U.S. and his bride Shoko Nioka from Japan have a toast at their wedding ceremony held in southern Tainan City. (CNA) Enlarge Photo


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