Bulletin Number Three

In Honour of Dr. Ma Lin Dr. Ma Lin was educated at the West China Union University and, subsequently the University of Leeds where he obtained his PhD degree in Protein Chemistry in 1955. Dr. Ma began his distinguished academic career in 1947 at his alma mater, the West China Union University, and worked for the University of Hong Kong's Department of Pathology from 1957 to 1964. His long association with this University started in 1964. As a Senior Lecturer and then Reader in Biochemistry, he was instrumental in setting up the new Department of Biochemistry. His outstanding scholarship eventually earned him appointment to the Founding Chair of Biochemistry in 1973. He remained the guiding hand for the Department as Professor and Chairman until 1978 when he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University. Dr. Ma will retire at the end of September 1987, after serving the University for twenty-three years. Dr. Ma has also played an active part in a long list of educational and cultural bodies, including the Royal Society of Arts, of which he is a Fellow, and the Association of Commonwealth Universities, of which he is a Council Member. He has also made significant contributions to the territory as a member of the Hong Kong SAR Basic Law Drafting Committee as well as one of the Co-conveners of its Sub-Group on education, science, culture, sports and religion. He is member of a number of professional associations and societies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, and associated with many educational and cultural foundations and associations. Dr. Ma was made a Commander of the British Empire (Hon.) in 1983 and was conferred an honorary DSc degree by the University of Sussex in 1984. In recognition of his distinction as a biochemist, and to pay tribute to the outstanding leadership he has given the University, Dr. Ma will be accorded the title of Emeritus Professor and will also be honoured with the award of the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, upon his retirement from University service on 30th September, 1987. After his retirement, Dr. Ma will continue to be closely associated with the University in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Shaw College. 2