Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2003

research. Under the tutelage of Prof. Wolfgang Back é , L u achieved remarkable results and secured patents in Europe and the Un i t ed States for five important inventions in f l u id d y n a m i c s t r a n s m i s s i on t e c h n o l o g y. Meanwhile Prof. Back é , deeply impressed, was all encouragement and Prof. Lu gained the doctorate in engineering in only t wo years, compared w i th the no rm in Germany of five; this was a record at the Technical University of Aachen. Prof. Lu returned to China in 1981 and set out to organize a research laboratory for fluid dynamics transmission, which he directed. He was keenly aware of the need for China to nurture and develop her own technological and scientific personnel, and he resolved to do so at his alma mater as a way to contribute to national development. The research laboratory was subsequently reorganized as a research institute. Prof. Lu continued to be its director and, apart from becoming one of the nation's major research institutions, the institute has trained many prominent engineering scholars over the years and their research is now at the leading edge of their respective disciplines. In 1988 Prof. Lu became the president of Zhejiang University, a venerable institution w i th a long list of illustrious and distinguished personages among its f o rmer presidents, including Zhu Kezhen, Ma Yinchu and Qian Sanjiang. Prof. Lu came to the presidency at the r e l a t i ve ly y o u ng age of 45, a f u r t her testimony to his outstanding capabilities. Prof. L u b u i lt u p on the f o u n d a t i on l a id by his predecessors and sought to lead Zhejiang University along the road of development. First of all, he established over 50 research institutes, and t r a n s f o r med the Un i v e r s i ty f r om a teaching institution into one w i t h an equal emphasis on research. The standard of research at Zhe j i ang Un i v e r s i ty rose. Second, he established a fair and systematic procedure for the recruitment of professors, based on the s t a n d a rd of t e a c h i ng a nd research as well as quantitative assessments, and enforced the procedure v i go r ous l y. This recruitment policy injected a dose of fresh air into academic life at Zhejiang University, and ushered i n a practice, based entirely in merit, that was a first i n the country. Furthermore, Prof. Lu changed the motto of the University from Qiu Shi (To seek that which is Right) to Q iu Shi Chuang Xin (To seek that which is Right and to create the New) — in recognition of the need for innovation i n the face of rapid change and i n t e r n a t i o n al c omp e t i t i o n. Science and technology must meet community needs and constantly renew itself to keep abreast w i th the times. Such a sh i ft of emphasis b r o u g ht significant changes: when Prof. Lu assumed the presidency i n 1988 there were 170 doctoral candidates, but wh en he handed over the presidency in 1995, there were 1,700; the figure now stands at 5,000. The remarkable achievements and success of Prof. Lu in both research and administration h ad l ed to his a p p o i n t me n t, w h i l e s t i ll president of Zhejiang University, as a vice- president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences i n 1993, and president f r om 1997. From then on he has been able to realize his l ong- cherished aim of b r i ng i ng prosperity to the country through science and education. When Under the tutelage of Prof. Wolfgang Back é , Lu achieved remarkable results and secured patents in Europe and the United States for five important inventions in fluid dynamics transmission technology.…Prof. Lu gained the doctorate in engineering in only two years, compared with the norm in Germany of five; this was a record at the Technical University of Aachen. The 60th Congregation