Bulletin Number Four 1986

Profiles Dr. David S. Yen Dr. David S. Yen Uni versi ty L i b r a r i an Dr. David S. Yen joined this University on 1st Septem ber, 1986 as the University librarian. Educated in America, Dr. Yen has a broad educational background. He received his BA in History and Economics from Baylor University, MDiv in Biblical Theology from American Baptist Seminary o f the West, Berkeley, MS in Information Science from the University o f Southern California, MA and PhD in Government from Claremont Graduate School, and LLB from Cambridge University. Dr. Yen started his teaching career at Western Washington State University in 1972. A year later, he joined the School o f Law o f the Southwestern University in Los Angeles and became Professor o f Law in 1975. A t the Southwestern University, he served concurrently as Director o f the Law lib ra ry , which he bu ilt as one o f the leading law libraries in Southern California. In 1983 ， Dr. Yen became Dean o f Research and Library Services, Director o f Inter national Studies, and Professor o f Law at the Western State University in California. As Dean o f Research and lib ra ry Services, he was instrumental in the planning and establishment o f the library facilities for the new campus in San Diego in 1983, and played a vital role in the reorganization o f the library facilities on the Fullerton campus. As Director o f International Studies, he established and implemented a Cambridge Summer Study Program in International Law subjects at Cambridge University from 1983 on. Dr. Yen is a member o f the American lib ra ry Association, American Association o f Law libraries (he was a member o f its Education Committee from 1977 to 1978 )， American Association of International Law, American Academy o f Political and Social Sciences and American Academy o f Political Sciences. He is an Executive Editor o f Computer/Law Journal, and a book reviewer for Law Books in Review and the International Association o f Law Libraries Journal. He is a member o f Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society). The rich professional experience o f Dr. Yen has been acquired through his innumerable professional activities over the years. He has been invited to attend conferences on university library resources, sources and substance o f international public and private law, which were sponsored by famous universities as well as institutions such as the International Association o f Law libraries, the Practicing Law Institute, the American Association o f Law Schools, the American Association o f Law libraries and the China Council for the Promotion o f International Trade. The major seminars and conferences he has participated since 1976 included the Conference o f M inority Law Administrators and Teachers, at Northwestern University School o f Law; the Institute o f American Constitutional Law and Legal History, at Harvard Law School; the International Conference on Legal Systems in Socialist Countries, at Budapest, Hungary; the Institute o f the Japanese Legal System, at the University o f Tokyo; the International Conference on Latin American Legal and Social Systems, at Quito, Equador; the Conference on Multinational Corpor ations and International Law, at London; the US Immigration and Naturalisation Institute, at San Francisco; and the International Economic and Trade Law Conference, at Beijing, China. In addition, he has served on the Governor's Task Force on Higher Education for the State o f Washington, and directed Asian-American study programmes and community relations in California, Dr. Yen was awarded scholarships by univer sities for his academic achievement and honours by university student associations for his distinguished service. Dr. Philip Shen Dean o f F a c u l t y o f A r t s Dr. Philip Shen was born and educated in Manila, Philippines. He went to the United States in 1953 for graduate studies in Philosophy o f Religion and Theology, and received an MA from Oberlin College, and a BD and a PhD (w ith distinction) from the University o f Chicago. He joined the Department o f Philosophy and Religion o f Chung Chi College in 1962 and was Chair man o f the Department for many years. From the beginning he has been involved in the College's general education programme, teaching every year its in tro ductory course for the freshman class and a course on ‘Plato's Republic' . For the former he has written and 24 PROFILES