The University of Nanking (
Founded in 1888, the university effectively become defunct in 1952, following the 1952 reorganization of Chinese higher education by the central government of the newly established People's Republic of China.
History
editThe Nanking University (滙文
In 1951, Ginling College (former Ginling Women University established in 1913) merged into University of Nanking. In 1952, University of Nanking was merged with Nanjing University (
Presidents
edit- John Calvin Ferguson
- G.A. Stuart (
師 圖 爾 ) - Arthur J. Bowen (
包 文 ) - Chen Yuguang (
陳 裕光 ) - Fangxun Li (
李 方 訓 ; Fang-Hsuin Lee)
Notable alumni
edit- Ching Chun Li, geneticist, Chairman of American Society of Human Genetics.
- Choh Hao Li, biologist, biochemist. His achievements include isolating and synthesizing the human pituitary growth hormone. He received many honors including Lasker Award.
- Choh-Ming Li, educationist, economist.
- Francois Cheng, writer, poet. A "Bridge Between Eastern and Western Culture".
- T. C. Tso, agriculturalist, tobacco scientist.
- Te-Tzu Chang, agriculturalist. Member of Academia Sinica. He receives Tyler Prize in 1999.
- Thome H. Fang, philosopher.
- W. B. Pettus, educator.
- Wang Yinglai, biochemist who achieved the synthesis of insulin
- Wu Teh Yao, educationist, politics scholar.
- Zhang Zhiwen, agriculturist, Vice Director General of FAO of United Nations.
Notable faculty
edit- Zou Bingwen, agriculturist, the Vice Chairman of Organising Committee of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Albin Bro, fourth president of Shimer College.
- John Lossing Buck, agricultural economist
- Pearl S. Buck, writer.
- Charles W. Woodworth, Professor Emeritus and founder of the Entomology Division U.C. Berkeley (1891-1930) was a lecturer in Entomology during his sabbatical in 1918. He was there then again between 1921-4. (See the C. W. Woodworth Award.)
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