Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 6 Apr–May 1973

STAFF PROFILES Dr. Harry A. DeWire Visiting Professor of Psychology Chung Chi College D r . DeWire, b o r n in the United States ， is a 1940 A.B. graduate of Johns Hopkins University. He obtained his M. Div. from the United Theological Seminary and Ph. D. from Boston University in 1943 and 1951 respectively. In 1957-58, he pursued postdoctoral studies in personality theory and clinical psychology at Harvard University. Before becoming the Emma Sanborn Tousant Professor of Practical Theology and Psychology at the United Theological Seminary in 1948, he was minister of churches in the United States for twelve years. His professional activities have been many ， and at present he is Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Research, Program Council, United Methodist Church. Dr. DeWire is the author of The Christian as Communicator, Communication as Commitment, articles on ministry and on group process and communication, and book reviews. Dr. William Purviance Fenn Visiting Professor of English Chung Chi College Dr. Fenn was born in the United States but spent his childhood and early youth in Peking. He obtained his B.A. from Hamilton College in 1923, M.A. from New York University i n 1928 and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1932. He has been awarded the honorary degrees of LL.D. by Yonsei University and Ed. D. by Silliman University. Dr. Fenn's association with China has been close. He taught in North China American School in 1923-26 ， and was Professor and Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Nanking during years 193243. He served in 194249 as Field Secretary of the United Board for Christian Colleges in China, and as its Executive Secretary in 1949-51. Since then ， he was General Secretary of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia until his retirement in 1970. During the period 1951-70, Dr. Fenn directed a number of surveys and wrote books and articles on education in various parts of Asia. He has also published books and articles in the field of literature. Dr. Earl Rand Associate Director University of California Study Centre and Visiting Professor of English New Asia College Dr. Rand studied psychometrics at the University of California, from which he obtained the degree of B.A. From 1963 to 1965 ， he worked for the Texas-Taiwan English Teachers' Retraining Project in Taipei. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Texas in 1966. His dissertation, entitled The Syntax of Mandarin Interrogatives, was published by the University of California Press in 1970. Dr. Rand is Associate Professor of the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1968 to 1970, he served as adviser to the English language programme at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur ， and was also on a national examination board for the five Indian Institutes of Technology. Dr. Rand's publications include a series of three English language drill books based on transformational linguistic theory. He is currently engaged in the design of a teacher-oriented computer-based multiple-choice test analyser, and the study of factors contributing to academic success. Dr. David C. Yu Visiting Professor of Religion Chung Chi College Dr. David C. Yu is Professor of Asian Studies at Temple Buell College, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. He teaches Asian Religions and Comparative Religions, and Chinese Buddhism and Taoist religion are his subjects of research. He is the co-author of Religions of the World, published — 4 一 士 博 里 萬 狄 Dr. Harry A. DeWire 士 博 廉 衞方 Dr. William P. Fenn