Bulletin No. 1, 2010

22  Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2010  Former Vice-Chancellor Prof. Charles K. Kao Returns to CUHK P rof. Charles K. Kao, former CUHK Vice-Chancellor and Nobel Laureate in Physics 2009, returned to Hong Kong in February 2010 to attend a series of celebrations held in his name. His first public appearance in the city since the Nobel Award Ceremony in Stockholm last December took the form of a homecoming to the institution he had led and the campus where he had lived for nine years before retiring in 1996. On 5 Februar y, of ficiating at the opening ceremony of the CUHK exhibition ‘The Lore of a Laureate: A Tribute to Charles K a o , F o r m e r CU H K V i c e - Chancellor and Nobel Laureate’, Professor and Mrs. Kao (3rd and 2nd left) were joined by Dr. the Hon. Donald Tsang (4th left), Chief Executive of the HKSAR and CUHK Chancellor; Dr. Vincent Cheng (3rd right), Council Chairman; Prof. Benjamin W. Wah (1st left), Acting Vice-Chancellor; as well as two Distinguished Professors-at-Large and Nobel Laureates of CUHK, Prof. Yang Chen- ning (2nd right) and Prof. Sir James A. Mirrlees (1st right). The exhibition ran from 6 Februar y to 20 March at the exhibition hall of the University Librar y, showcasing the Nobel Prize Medal and Diploma, and other medals belonging to Professor Kao.