Bulletin Special Supplement Ever in My Heart: Professor Ambrose King and The Chinese University

中文大學校刊 · 特刊 Chinese University Bulletin · Special Supplement was elected Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan. In 1998, he received anHonorary Doctor of Letters from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Silver Bauhinia Star from the Government of the HKSAR. He was elected an outstanding alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh in 2001. Prof. King is a man of many interests whose lyrical writing is, like his academic papers, elegant and well-known. His two famous essay collections, republished many times since the first edition, have enjoyed a loyal following all these years. The title of the Preface of this publication ‘Ever in My Heart’, is taken from one of his essays. Prof. King has continued to serve The Chinese University with passion and dedication since his retirement. In 2005, he was invited to lead the University’s Committee on Bilingualism. o 一九九四年獲選為台灣中央研究院院 士，九八年獲香港科技大學榮譽博士 學位，同年獲香港特區政府頒授銀紫 荊星章，二零零一年獲選為匹茲堡大 學傑出校友。 金教授興趣廣泛，著作除學術論文 外，亦有不少抒發感情的散文，而 且佳作紛陳，其風格被譽為「金體 文」。文首所述的兩冊散文集膾炙 人口，一版再版，風靡讀者甚眾。 本特刊之名及序言副題「最難忘情」 即取自他的一篇散文。一九八五年， 金教授回到一別三十六年的故鄉，歸 來後寫了感人至深的「最難忘情是山 水」。 金教授退休後仍熱心服務中大，二零 零五年初即應邀領導大學的雙語政策 委員會。他最難忘情的是中文大學， 中大人最難忘情的是他。 o 長期服務中大 A veteran of CUHK 服務中大三十多年：一九七八年，（左起） 李卓敏校長、馬臨教授、李夫人、富爾敦爵 士、金耀基教授及陳方正博士攝於校長寓所 「漢園」。 From left: CUHK founding Vice-Chancellor Dr. Choh- Ming Li, Prof. Ma Lin, Mrs. Li, Sir John Fulton, Prof. Ambrose King and Dr. F.C. Chen outside the Vice- Chancellor’s Residence (1978) 留學美國匹茲堡（一九六四）；背景為「知識 之塔」 In front of the Tower of Learning in Pittsburgh, USA (1964)