Bulletin Spring 1977

UPGC News New Chairman The Hon. J. H. Bremridge ， OBE, JP, Member of the Legislative Council and Chairman of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd., was appointed Chairman of the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee from 1st January, 1977 to succeed Dr. the Hon. Sir Sidney Gordon, CBE, JP. UPGC Visitation In connection with the planning for the 1978- 81 Triennium, members of the University and Poly technic Grants Committee made their formal Visi tation to the University on 14th and 15th March, 1977. Discussions were held with: Administrative and Planning Committee and Director of Buildings Office Faculty of Arts (Chairmen of Boards of Studies) Faculty of Social Science (Chairmen of Boards of Studies) Faculty of Business Administration (Chair­ men of Boards of Studies) Faculty of Science (Chairmen of Boards of Studies) Elected Non-Professorial Members of the Senate Academic Planning Committee Student Members of the Senate Committee on Staff/Student Relations Student Welfare Representatives Planning Committee for Faculty of Medicine Senate Committee on University Library System Senate Committee on Computer Services Centre Graduate School and School of Education Representatives Senate Committee on Extramural Studies V C Honoured The International Mark Twain Society in America has elected Dr. Choh-Ming Li, the Vice-Chancellor, an Honorary Member of the Society in recognition of Dr. Li's outstanding contribution to Modern Edu­ cation and World Peace. The Society has previously awarded Gold Medals to Sir Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt among other person­ alities of international repute. New Chairmen of Advisory Boards Academic Advisory Board on Natural Sciences Lord Todd, P.R.S., a world renowned British Chemist, has accepted the Chairmanship of the University Aca demic Advisory Board on Natural Sciences to succeed Professor Sir Frank G. Young, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge, who has retired as Chairman but continues to serve as a member of the Board. Lord Todd, Master of Christ College, Cam bridge, since 1963 and currently President of the Royal Society, has been active in the field of Medical Chemistry for more than four decades and won inter national recognition, notably the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957. Other members of the Board are: Professor Shiing-shen Chern, Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley; Professor Tsung-dao Lee, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at Columbia University; Professor Choh-hao Li, Professor of Bio­ chemistry and Medical Science and Director of Hormone Research Laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco; Professor Saw-pak Thong, Principal of Tunku Abdul Rahman College in Kuala Lumpur; Professor Chien-shiung Wu, Professor of Physics at Columbia University; Professor Chen-ning Yang, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at the State Uni­ versity of New York, Stony Brook. Advisory Board on Extramural Studies The Hon. Francis Yuan-hao Tien, O.B.E .， J.P., Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, has accepted the Chairmanship of the University Ad­ visory Board on Extramural Studies. Other members of the Board are: Dr. Ellen Li, Dr. J. S. Lee, Mr. T. C. Cheng, Dr. A.R.B. Etherton, Mr. D. A. Gilkes, Mr. T. C. Lai, Mr. Wang Chi, Mr. N. H. Young, and Mr. C. T. Chu (Secretary).