Bulletin Autumn 1975

New College Presidents Appointed Chung Chi College Mr. Robert N. Rayne Mr. Robert N. Rayne, Vice-President of the College, was appointed President for the year August 1975 to July 1976 to succeed Dr. C.T . Yung. Mr. R. N. Rayne Dr. C.T. Yung, President of Chung Chi College, was awarded the title of President Emeritus by the Chung Chi Board of Governors upon his retirement this summer, in recognition of his fifteen years of distinguished service to the College. New Asia College Mr. Han-sheng Chuan Mr. Han-sheng Chuan assumed duty as President of New Asia College this autumn, succeeding Dr. Y ü Ying-shih. Mr. H.S. Chuan Since his graduation from National Peking University in 1935 Mr. Chuan has devoted himself to teaching and research. For over two decades, he has been associated with the Academia Sinica, serving as Director General from 1958 to 1961. He was Visiting Scholar of the University of Chicago in 1961 and became a Research Fellow of Harvard University the next year. Mr . Chuan was Professor of Economics at National Centra l University from 1947 to 49 and at National Taiwan University from 1949 to 61. He joined the History Department o f New Asia College in 1965 and became Department Head in 1974. Mr. Chuan also heads the Research Division on Modern History under the Institute of Chinese Studies, and is chairman of the Editorial Board of The Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies. Mr. Chuan specializes in Chinese economic history and is the author of The Vang and Sung Empire and the Grand Canal, A Brief History of the Hanyehping Iron and Coal Mining and Smelting Company (1890-1926) and co-author of Mid-Ch'ing Rice Markets and Trade (with Richard A. Kraus). A large number of his articles are published in the Series on Chinese Economic History an d Research on Chinese Economic History. I