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General SHANG Chen (Peiping) 商震上將(北平)
中文版在第 14-23 頁 北平扶輪社員商震 — 從陸軍上將到高級外交官 Peiping Rotarian SHANG Chen — from Army General to Senior Diplomat By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 April 2015 General SHANG Chen ( 商震上將) (21 September 1888 – 15 May 1978) was, in the Republic of China (中華民國), a general of the National Revolutionary Army during…
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Dr. The Hon. Sir Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg (Kowloon) 沈弼爵士(九龍)
Dr. The Honourable Sir Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg Honorary Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Kowloon By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 September 2017 Dr. The Honourable Sir Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg ( 沈 弼 爵 士 ), Kt, CBE, Hon LLD (HKU), JP (31 May 1927 – 2 July 2017), Honorary…
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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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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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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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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…
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Dr. James Kofei Shen (Nanking/Shanghai West) 沈克非醫學博士 (南京/滬西)
滬西扶輪社創社社長–沈克非醫學博士 創建世界衛生組織–中華民國代表團團長 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 / 2023 年 1 月 1 日 醫學博士 — 外科醫學家，醫學教育家 出生: 1898 年 3 月 2 日大清國浙江省嵊縣 逝世: 1972 年中華人民共和國上海市 沈克非醫學博士(Dr. James Kofei Shen, MD, FICS, BSc.)，外科醫學家和醫學教育家，中 國外科學的先驅者之一。1934 年南京扶輪社(Nanking Rotary Club)創社社員，1948-1949 年 度滬西扶輪社(Shanghai West Rotary Club)創社社長。畢生致力於外科學的研究，對普通外科 的發展和提高，以及神經外科、血管外科的開拓和創建，作出了重大貢獻。他長期從事臨床外 科教學，強調基礎理論和技術訓練，培養了中國幾代外科技術人才。他為人正直，大公無私。 工作勤奮，以身作則，對己對人嚴格要求。在外科教學方面，形成獨特的謹慎細緻的學風。 簡 歷 1915 年 畢業于杭州之江大學 (Hangchow University) 附屬中學。 1916 年 考取北京清華學校(Tsing Hua…
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Lin Chi-Chun (Peiping) 凌其峻 (北平)
海歸陶瓷工程師 — 凌其峻 北平扶輪社的唯一地區總監 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 – 2016年12月1日 凌其峻(Lin Chi-Chun / C. C. Lin)（1897年－1968 年），北平扶輪社(Peiping Rotary Club) 社員(職業分類–毛紡地毯業) ；1938-1939 年度任理事；1940-1941 年度任秘書；1945-1946 年 度任副社長；1946-1947年度任社長。 北平扶輪社，原是北京扶輪社(Peking Rotary Club)，於 1924 年 8 月 30 日正式加盟國際扶 輪(證書編號 1814)。1928 年國民革命軍北伐，攻佔京都(北京)，北洋政府結束運作。北伐勝利 後，中華民國中央政府以南京為首都。撤銷原京兆地方，6 月起京都遂改名為「北平特別市」。 根據政府的規範，「北京扶輪社」因而需要更名為「北平扶輪社」，報備國際扶輪秘書處。直到 1949 年 10 月 1 日，中華人民共和國建政，定都北京。於是，「北平扶輪社」恢復原名為「北京 扶輪社」。遺憾地，1950 年 6 月 25 日朝鮮戰爭爆發，中國和美國交戰。另一方面，社會主義 中國要求所有扶輪社都必須經過地方政府審查後註冊；所有外籍人員必須離開中國。由於種種政 治和社會環境的不利好，「北京扶輪社」最終於1951年 6月26日自行解散。 今天，在2005年授證成立的北京扶輪社(Beijing Rotary…
