Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 3 Oct 1971

Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor 士 博 嘉 畢 Dr. Charles H. Peake Dr. Charles H.Peake, who had retired as Provost of the University of Pittsburgh in June 1971 ， arrived in August to assume duties as Adviser to the Vice- Chancellor. Dr. Peake obtained his A.B. degree in Education, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English Literature fro m the University of Michigan, and has a long and distinguished history in the academic world. Before he joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1956, he had served as Assistant Dean at the University of Michigan and Dean of Knox College, Illinois. Dr. Peake has been both an eminent administrator and scholar. While wit h the University of Pittsburgh this past fifteen years, he served concurrently as Professor of English of the University. His initial appointment at the University o f Pittsburgh was Assistant Chancellor for Student Affairs and he instituted many programmes for the students. As Vice-Chancellor for the Academic Disciplines and as Provost Dr. Peake displayed a unique ability to attract and to inspire to new levels of achievement faculty and staff of highest quality. Under his able leadership, the University o f Pittsburgh has developed nationally recognised academic programme s in many fields, and has formulated and carried through new concepts of education and research, including strong and creative international an d interdisciplinary programmes. Dr. Peake will be with the University for five months. He is now actively participating in various functions of the University and has been holding discussions with faculty member s and heads of various units in order to have a deeper understanding of the working mechanics of th e University so that he can advise the Vice-Chancellor on the administration of the University. Gifts to the University • The Asia Foundation has donated a sum of HK$54,000 to the University to help Prof. S.C. Loh carry on his research on machine translation. The Foundation also contributed a grant of HK$36,067.50 to the University for research projects conducted by the Social Research Centre. • Other gifts to the University include: 1. A San Miguel Scholarship of HK$6,000 per annum from San Migue l Brewery Ltd. to a final-year student; 2. The FICA Scholarship of HK$5,000 per annum for two years at Lingnan Institute of Business Administration from an anonymou s donor; and 3. HK$ 1,000 from the Hong Kong Hotel Association as scholarships for the top three students of the Hotel Operation Course of the Department of Extramural Studies. Members of the Graduate Council Chairman: Dr. Choh-Ming L i Members : Prof. Eric Axilrod Dr. Hson-mou Chang Prof. Chen Cheng-siang Mr. T.C. Cheng Prof. Robert Chin Prof. Chou Fa-kao Prof. Gano S. Evans Prof. N.E. Fehl Prof. Malcolm S. Gordon Prof. Bay-sung Hsu Prof. S.S. Hsueh Prof. S.C. Loh Dr. Yi-pao Mei Prof. Mou Jun-sun Prof. James Shen Dr. Sutu Hsin Prof. Tang Chun-i - 9 -