Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1993

instructor for two years at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, before joining Princeton University as assistant professor of mathe- matics. He moved to the University of California at Los Angeles in 1980 to serve as associate professor of mathematics, and was promoted to professor rank in 1981. Last year he accepted an invitation to serve as visiting professor at The Chinese University. His major research interests are differential geometry and partial differential equation. Prof. Cheng is married, with two sons. Professor of Information Engineering Prof. Tony T. Lee has been appointed professor of information engineering from 18th August 1993. Prof. Lee graduated from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1971 with the degree o f Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He furthered his studies in the United States and was awarded an MS degree in applied mathematics by Cleveland State University in 1973. He obtained his master and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn (now renamed Polytechnic University, Brooklyn) in 1976 and 1977 respectively. He joined AT & T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, in 1977 and served there until 1983, when he transferred to Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) at Morristown. In 1991 he was appointed professor of electrical engineering by Polytechnic University, Brooklyn. Prof. Lee is a member of Sigma Xi and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. His research interests include packet switches, systems performance analysis and relational database theory and systems. Prof. Lee is married, with a son and a daughter. Professor of Family Medicine Prof. Wesley Earl Fabb has been appointed professor of family medicine from 20th September 1993. Prof. Fabb studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and obtained his MB BS degrees in 1955. He started his medical career in the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1956 and had since worked in various major hospitals in Australia, acquiring extensive experience in his field. In 1979, he became a Canadian Commonwealth Visiting Fellow and served as visiting professor to the departments of family/community medicine of several major universities in Canada. In 1990, he was visiting professor of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. Prof. Fabb is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK), and an honorary fellow of several overseas colleges. Before joining The Chinese University, Prof. Fabb held such important posts in the RACGP as National Director of Education, Family Medicine Programme; Examination Coordinator; and Director of Examination Research and Development. He was also concurrently honorary clinical associate professor of the Department of Community Medicine at Monash University, and visiting assistant physician in the General Clinic in the Emergency Department of Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Prof. Fabb is married, with six children. Professorial Inaugural Lectures Four professorial inaugural lectures were given between May and December 1993: • Prof. Michael Bond, professor of psychology, delivered his inaugural lecture entitled 'Between the Yin and the Yang: The Identity of the Hong Kong Chinese' on 21st May. • Prof. Lee Kam-hon, professor of marketing, delivered his inaugural lecture entitled 'Solving Local Problems and Constructing Theories in Marketing' on 4th June. News in Brief 37