Newsletter No. 47

No.47 October 1993 CUHK Newsletter ANNOUNCEMENTS Professorial Appointments 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 of Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He furthered his studies in the United States and was awarded an M.S. degree in applied mathematics by Cleveland State University in 1973. He obtained his master and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic I ns t i t u te of New Yo r k, B r o o k l yn (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 X i 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 medial 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 the Alfred Hosptial, Melbourne. Prof. Fabb is married, with six children. Research Committee 1993-94 The composition of the Research Committee for the year from 1st August 1993 is as follows: Chairman Prof. Kenneth Young Members Prof. S. T. Chang Dr. John Deeney Prof. J. A. Gosling Prof. D. C. Lau Prof. S. H. Liu Prof. T. C. W. Mak Prof. M. K. Nyaw Prof. Omar Wing Prof. Y. M. Yeung Secretary Mrs. Alice N. Yip Sir Run Run Shaw Hall Management Committee The composition of the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall Manage- ment Committee for the period 1st July 1993 to 30th June 1996 is as follows: Chairman Mr. D. A. Gilkes Members Mr. Vincent Chen (Buildings Office) or his representative Mr. Yau Tze-man (Office of Student Affairs) Mr. Eddy Y. F. Yeung (Examination Section) Mrs. Shirley Kwok (Information and Public Relations Office) 7