Bulletin Spring 1990

Profiles Professor Ambrose Y. C. King P r o f . Amb r o se Y . C . K i n g New Pro-Vice-Chancellor The University appointed Prof. Ambrose Y.C. King Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University for a term of two years from 11th October 1989. Prof. King's appointment brings the number of Pro-Vice- Chancellors to two, the other being Prof. Baysung Hsu. Prof. King received his BA (law) from National Taiwan University in 1957, M A (political science) from National Chengchi University in 1959, and Ph.D. (public & international affairs) from the University of Pittsburgh, USA in 1970. He had taught at National Chengchi University, served as associate editor of the Taiwan Commercial Press L t d ., and ed i t o r - i n - ch i ef of The Eastern Miscellany before joining this university in 1970 as lecturer in sociology. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1974, reader in 1979, and professor in 1983. He Has visited and conducted research in many famous institutions such as the University of Cambridge, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Heidelberg. Over the last 20 years, apart from devoting himself to teaching and research, Prof. King has made important contributions to the University's administration and academic development. From 1977 to 1985 he was head of New Asia College and from 1983 to 1985 chairman of a special panel on curriculum review, which recommended a new curriculum based on the adoption of the credit unit system. He is currently chairman of the Department of Sociology and a member o f the University Council, the Senate and various committees of the University. Prof. King has also served for many years as a member of the editorial board of two important journals: The China Quarterly and The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science . Prof. King has actively participated i n community services. He has served on the Community Research Sub-Committee of the I CAC , the Law Reform Commission, the Council o f the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts an d as a part-time member of the government's Central Policy Unit. Apart from many academic papers published by international journals, Prof. King has written From Tradition to Modernity (1966)， The Ecology of Public Administration (1967), Social Life and Development in Hong Kong (editor and author) (1981), The Predicament and Development of Democracy in China (1984), The Developmental Experience of Hong Kong (editor and author) (1985), and The Politics of the Three Chinese Societies (1988). He is also a prose writer and has published Some Reflections on Cambridge (1977) and Some Reflections on Heidelberg (1986) in prose style. PROFILES - 2 3