Bulletin Winter 1977

HONORARY GRADUATES Professor Y ü Ying-shih, Dip. (New Asia), Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor Y ü Ying-shih is a scholar and teacher o f rare distinction. A graduate o f New Asia College o f this University, Professor Y ü went on to pursue further studies in the United States and obtained his doc­ torate from Harvard University in 1962. Seven years later, he was made Professor o f Chinese History by the same University. He was then only thirty-nine years o f age. In 1973 ， on leave from Harvard, Pro­ fessor Y ü returned to his alma mater to serve as President o f New Asia College and was concurrently Pro-Vice-Chancellor o f our University until 1975. when he resumed his teaching at Harvard. Earlier this year Professor Y ü was further honoured by another appointment. He was invited to serve as Charles Seymour Professor o f History at Yale University. Although his field is Chinese History, Professor Y ü is a scholar whose interests extend far and wide. Aside from being the author o f the widely-acclaimed Trade and Expansion in Han China, he has also published numerous treatises on Chinese philosophy and Chinese literature. One o f his favourite subjects is The Dream o f the Red Chamber. As Pro-Vice- Chancellor o f the University between 1973 and 1975, Professor Y ü was instrumental in starting numerous projects in the broad field o f Chinese studies. He himself provided the living link between the various academic disciplines. As Chairman o f the 1974 Working Party on Educational Policy and University Structure, he helped formulate a number o f the recommendations which were subsequently taken by the Fulton Commission o f 1976 as major points of reference. In recognition o f his outstanding academic achievements and his invaluable contribution to the development o f The Chinese University o f Hong Kong, I now ask you, Mr. Chancellor, to confer on Professor Y ü Ying-shih the degree o f Doctor o f Laws, honoris causa. 9