Bulletin Number Four 1983

Vice-Chancellors Dr. Choh-Ming L i , KBE (Hon . ), JP Founding Vice-Chancellor from 1964 to 1978 Dr. Choh-Ming Li, a distinguished educator and scholar, was the first Vice-Chancellor of this University. He held the post for fifteen years, with his term extended thrice, and charted the course of the University. He has devoted himself to the promotion of Chinese Studies, Economics and Management Studies and made significant scholarly contributions. His pioneering publications, Economic Development of Communist China and The Statistical System of Communist China, have remained works of classic importance. He has also compiled the Li's Chinese Dictionary. Born in China, Dr. Li attended Nanking University from 1927 to 1930. Then he furthered his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with the degrees of BA (1932 )， MA (1933) and PhD (1936). In the years 1937 to 1943, Dr. Li taught at Nankai University，National Southwest Associated University and Central University in China as Professor of Economics. From 1951 to 1963, Dr. Li was on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley as Lecturer, Associate Professor and finally Professor of Business Administration and Director of the Center for Chinese Studies. In 1964 ， he came to serve as the first Vice-Chancellor of the newly-established Chinese University. In its formative years, Dr. Li, with the able assistance of University staff, laid a solid foundation for the University, which assumed a distinctive character and sought to gain international recognition through a dynamic promotion of academic research. Dr. Li has been regarded as a fund-raiser of considerable reputation. In addition to the full support of the Government, substantial sums were raised for the University from local and overseas donors for various development projects - evidence of the confidence which was placed in the University under his leadership. When he retired in September 1978, the University had emerged as a promising institution, ready to play a more active part in the local community and the international world of learning. The three Vice-Chancellor's Reports, The First Six Years 1963-1969, The Emerging University 1970-1974, and A New Era Begins 1975-1978, give detailed records of the University's achievements in these fifteen years. In recognition of his contributions to education and culture, local, American as well as Canadian universities have conferred upon him numerous degrees and honours. He received the Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974 ， and was elected an Honorary Member of the International Mark Twain Society in America in 1977 and a Member of the Society of the Berkeley Fellows in 1980. He was awarded a CBE (Honorary) and made a KBE by Her Majesty the Queen. He was also a recipient of The Clark Kerr Award of the University of California and the Soong Foundation Hall of Fame (USA) Award. 13