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Dr. James Tak Wu (Hong Kong) 伍沾德博士(香港)
中文版在第 16-25 頁 伍沾德博士 — 香港餐飲業泰山北斗的扶輪人 Dr. James Tak Wu The Rotarian of Hong Kong Restaurant Legend By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 May 2021 Dr. James Tak Wu (伍沾德博士) (1922 – 29 October 2020), GBS, HonDBA (Lingnan), HonD (Sun Yat Sen), HonD (Springfield), BA (Lingnan), was a senior member of the…
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Tong Yuen-Chan (Shanghai) 唐元湛(上海)
中文版在第 8-13 頁 史上首位華籍扶輪社員 — 唐元湛 Tong Yuen-Chan The First Chinese Rotarian in History By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 December 2021 “I consider my membership in Rotary as the only Chinese representative one of the greatest honors that I have ever received, and I am truly grateful that I have the…
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Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (Shanghai)#7 王正廷博士(上海)#7
Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (1882–1961) was a prominent Chinese diplomat, politician, and nationalist leader who played a pivotal role in the restoration of Weihaiwei to Chinese sovereignty, ending the British leasehold established in 1898. Educated at Yale and honored with multiple honorary degrees, Wang joined the Rotary Club of Shanghai in 1920 and served as…
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Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (Shanghai)#8 王正廷博士(上海)#8
Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (1882–1961), serving as the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of China and a member of the Shanghai Rotary Club since 1920, played a central role in the restoration of Tsingtao (Qingdao) to Chinese sovereignty from Japanese occupation on December 10, 1922. This transfer ended 25 years of foreign control—first German…
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Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang #5 王正廷博士 #5
領導中國紅十字會的扶輪人–王正廷博士 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 2023 年 10 月 10 日 王正廷博士(Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang, HonLLD (Peking), HonLLD (St. John’s), BA (Yale))（1882 年 9 月 7 日-1961 年 5 月 21 日），原名正庭，字儒堂，號子白，浙江奉化人。中 國國民黨中央執行委員、中華民國政治家、外交官、銀行家、保險商、體育活動家，中華全國 體育協進會的創始人之一。他熱心體育事業，並致力奧林匹克運動在中國的開展，是近代中國 著名的體育領導人之一。1922 年至 1957 年間，王正廷代表中華民國出任國際奧林匹克委員會 委員總計 35 年。因其對中國體育事業的貢獻，被譽為「中華奧運之父」。 王正廷也是一位傑出的扶輪領袖，於 1920 年首次加入上海扶輪社(Shanghai Rotary Club)。 1935 年 10 月 1 日-1936 年 7 月 31 日任國際扶輪第…
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Dr. Yang Yung-Ching 楊永清博士
中文版在第 5-9 頁 蘇州的扶輪人楊永清博士 — 政治家、教育家 Soochow Rotarian Dr. Yang Yung-Ching Statesman –– Educationist By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2015 Dr. Yang Yung-Ching (楊永清博士), HonDHL (Bowdoin), HonLLD (Southern), MA (George Washington), LLB (George Washington), BA (Soochow), Charter Member & Secretary 1936- 1941 of Soochow Rotary Club (吳縣扶輪社) (Classification: Education –…
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Dr. Claude Marshall Lee
中文版在第 12-15 頁 無錫扶輪社創社副社長 — 李克樂醫學博士 無錫第一所西醫院創建者兼院長 Wusih Rotarian Dr. Claude Marshall Lee, M.D. Founder and Head of the First Western Hospital in Wusih By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 September 2017 Dr. Claude Marshall Lee (李克樂醫學博士), M.D. (1882-1967), was an American medical missionary of The Episcopal Church who established the first…
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Shanghai Rotarians launched the Chinese Mission to Lepers in 1926 ~ 上海扶輪社員於1926年開展中華痲瘋救濟會
中文版在第 9-14 頁 上海扶輪社員於 1926 年開展中華痲瘋救濟會 Shanghai Rotarians launched the Chinese Mission to Lepers in 1926 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 25 January 2015 Today is the World Leprosy Day – the last Sunday in January. Leprosy was said to be first recognized in the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, and India,…
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Nanking Rotary Club Marked Foundation Day in 1936
Nanking Rotary Club Marked Foundation Day in 1936 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2016 “Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves. ” ~~Paul Harris, Rotary founder Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul Percy Harris (19…
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Dr. William Hung – 洪業博士
中文版在第 19-30頁 北平扶輪人漢學家—洪業教授 Peiping Rotarian Sinologist — Professor William Hung By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 December 2015 On Page 28 of 《The Rotarian》Magazine, December 1934, there was brief news of several remarkable Rotarians. One of the news lines (with bust photo as above) read like this: “Dr. William Hung, because of…
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Carl Crow (Shanghai) 卡爾克勞(上海)
中文版在第 13-17頁 上海扶輪人卡爾•克勞—中國通的老師傅 Shanghai Rotarian Carl Crow—A Tough Old Chinese Hand By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 October 2017 Carl Crow was one of the 37 charter members of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) in 1919 (Classification: Advertising), and was active throughout the years until the Imperial Japan’s aggression and captured Shanghai in…
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The Birth of Soochow Rotary Club (吳縣扶輪社) 1936
The Birth of Soochow Rotary Club (吳縣扶輪社) 1936 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 10 October 2015 Soochow Rotary Club (吳縣扶輪社) was located inside the walled-city of Wu Xian (吳縣)—the superior jurisdiction of then Soochow (Suzhou) (蘇州)—which was one of the major counties of Kiangsu (Jiangsu) Province of the Republic of China (中華民國江蘇省).…
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The Classification Principle Defined the Charter Membership of Nanking Rotary Club 南京扶輪社
The Classification Principle Defined the Charter Membership of Nanking Rotary Club (南京扶輪社) (1934) By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2015 The Classification Principle What is Rotary? There are so many definitions as there are Rotarians. We hear that it is a service club, an association of business and professional people. An…
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Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club – CUHK Pre-Employment Workshop 1972
The fourth Pre-Employment Workshop for the third- and fourth- year undergraduates of the University was held on 24th and 25th May on the University Campus in Shatin. The Workshop, organized by the Appointments Service, brought together 241 students and 60 community leaders and members of staff of the University to discuss all facets of graduate…
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Aid for Civilian Refugees in China
Aid for Civilian Refugees in China Relief work by Rotarians during the War of Resistance against Japan By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) — 7 July 2017 Marco Polo Bridge 盧溝橋 It was 80 years ago this date, 7 July 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident (七七盧溝橋事變) that broke out when the Republic…
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Rotary on the ‘Gripsholm’ by Emily Hahn
The Gripsholm Exchange and Repatriation Voyages during World War II The MS Gripsholm, a ship that serviced the Swedish-American cruise line and was originally built in 1925, was used from 1942 to 1946 for repatriation efforts by the United States Department of State. Gripsholm served under the International Red Cross with a Swedish captain and…
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Dream Team by Gary Milman
Years After … This article was edited by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) on 15 Nov. 2016 (1) Group Study Exchange Group Study Exchange (GSE) was one of the most popular and rewarding programs of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Since the first exchanges between districts in 1965, more than 70,000 business…
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The Rotary Club of Shanghai as in 1950
There is always the misunderstanding, misconception and also inaccurate reference by many Rotarians that: “Rotary in China was disbanded by the socialist and communist state, The People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國), since its establishment on 1 October 1949.” This is NOT the truth. Archives show that Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) carried on running smoothly as…
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Chungking Rotarians Launch School for Deaf Children
Chungking Rotary Club – 重慶扶輪社 – This was the 24th Rotary Club formed in the Republic of China, sponsored by Hankow Rotary Club (漢口扶輪社). The Club was organized in the Szechwan (Sichuan) Province (四川省) on 3 June 1937, and was admitted to Rotary International on 18 November 1937, Charter #4471, with 30 charter members of…
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‘I was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds’ – by Rotarian Dr. Arthur Stewart Allen
I was a Prisoner of the Chinese Reds By Dr. Arthur Stewart Allen, M.D., 15 April 1952 Note by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 7 July 2017:– Dr. Arthur Stewart Allen (梁正倫醫師), M.D., of Montreal, Canada, was the last president of the Chungking Rotary Club (重慶扶輪社) in 1949-1950. He was the superintendent of…
