Category: History

  • George A. Fitch – Aid Mainland Refugee Chinese Intellectuals to Taiwan

    George A. Fitch – Aid Mainland Refugee Chinese Intellectuals to Taiwan

    In the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國) in 1949, many intellectuals and professionals sought refuge from the communist regime. The United States, amidst the Cold War tensions, initiated the Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals program (ARCI) to support these individuals, recognizing their potential value in…

  • Revd. Dr. Robert Johnston McMullen (Hangchow) 明思德牧師 (杭州)

    Revd. Dr. Robert Johnston McMullen (Hangchow) 明思德牧師 (杭州)

    Hangchow Rotarian Revd. Robert Johnston McMullen American Missionary served refugees relief in Wartime China By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 May 2016 This small photo is illustrated by a piece of very short news reported in the Page 52, September 1938 Issue of《The Rotarian》Magazine: “In the fore front of relief activities, among…

  • Schuhua Hu (Chungking) 胡庶華(重慶)

    Schuhua Hu (Chungking) 胡庶華(重慶)

    1 中文版在第 5-25 頁 胡庶華 — 教育家、冶金學家 重慶扶輪社 — 創社社員 1937 Educator & Metallurgist Schuhua Hu Chungking Rotary Club – Charter Member 1937 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 March 2015 Schuhua Hu (胡庶華) (24 December 1886 – 17 June 1968), metallurgist, was one of the 30 charter members of the Chungking…

  • “The Child of the Yang-tse – Shanghai – Typical of the New China” by Albert E. Willsher

    “The Child of the Yang-tse – Shanghai – Typical of the New China” by Albert E. Willsher

    This article was edited by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) on 1 June 2014 (1) Albert E. Willsher = A Rotarian of Calcutta, India, who had been a resident in Shanghai for several years. = 作者是印度加爾各答扶輪社社員,曾在上海生活了幾年。 (2) Yang-tse = Yang-tse-Kiang = Yangtze River = 揚子江 = 長江 (3) Shanghai = 上海 (4) Whangpoo…

  • Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (Nanking) 余青松博士(南京)

    Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (Nanking) 余青松博士(南京)

    Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (Nanking) 余青松博士(南京) rev. 134- 2024-11-09 Dr.-Ching-Sung-Yu-余青松博士.pdf  

  • Women in Rotary

    Women in Rotary

    By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 8 March 2017 — International Women’s Day Some very significant programs of Rotary service are conducted not by Rotarians but by organizations of Rotarians’ wives and other female relatives associated with Rotary clubs around the world. Generally organized before Rotary clubs admitted women to membership since 1989,…

  • Letter to ‘The Rotarian’ Editor from Tientsin Rotary Club

    Letter to ‘The Rotarian’ Editor from Tientsin Rotary Club

    Letter to ‘The Rotarian’ Editor from Tientsin Rotary Club on 1 March 1928 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2013 It was eighty-five years ago today, the Rotary Club of Tientsin (天津扶輪社), Republic of China (中 華民國), sent a complaint letter to the Editor of《The Rotarian》Magazine. Excerpt of the full text…

  • Amanda Wen-Lin Ko (San Chung South) 柯玟伶(三重南區)

    Amanda Wen-Lin Ko (San Chung South) 柯玟伶(三重南區)

    1 柯玟伶 — 中華扶輪史上首位女性總監 Amanda Ko – The first female District Governor in Rotary China History 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 2022 年 12 月 1 日 柯玟伶議員(The Honourable Amanda Wen-Lin Ko, 1947 – 2022) 在一百多年的中華扶 輪史上,領銜了四個第一:  第一位女性扶輪社社長(臺灣三重南區扶輪社 1989-1990-1991 年度創社社長)  第一位女性出任國際扶輪 3490 地區總監(1997-1998 年度)  國際扶輪東北亞洲第一位女性地區總監  扶輪領導學院(Rotary Leadership Institute)臺灣分部第一期的班長 1989 年 1 月 26 日國際扶輪於新加坡舉行的立法會議,制定案#89154…

  • Henry George Wandesforde Woodhead (Tientsin) 伍德海(天津)

    Henry George Wandesforde Woodhead (Tientsin) 伍德海(天津)

    1 伍德海–天津扶輪社 1924-1925 年度社長 Henry George Wandesforde Woodhead, CBE Journalist / Author / Tientsin Rotary Club President 1924-1925 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 March 2020 Henry George Wandesforde Woodhead ( 伍 德 海 ), CBE, (27 November 1883-1959), Briton, was one of the 24 charter members and then later President in…

  • Dr. T. C. Tsao (Hangchow) 趙曾珏博士(杭州)

    Dr. T. C. Tsao (Hangchow) 趙曾珏博士(杭州)

    臺灣新竹「國立交通大學」之父 杭州扶輪社 1935-1936 年度社長 — 趙曾珏博士 劉敬恒 (中華扶輪史研究員) 2016 年 3 月 12 日 1931 年在中華民國浙江省省會杭州市,趙曾珏(T. C. Tsao)與 23 位社會領袖和跨界別精英,組織了 杭州扶輪社(Hangchow Rotary Club)。杭州扶輪社是中華扶輪的第五家扶輪社,也是中華扶輪史上 「第一家華語扶輪社」。國際扶輪秘書處已經確認並記錄在案,1934 年 1 月號和 4 月號的英文扶輪雜誌 《The Rotarian》還有報導。 趙曾珏是杭州扶輪社的創社社員,當時他是浙江省電話管理局局長兼總工程師,職業分類是「電信 業」。1935-1936 年擔任社長;1937 年在英文扶輪雜誌《The Rotarian》4 月號發表文章《A Chinese View of Rotary》,闡述中華哲學「修身、齊家、治國、平天下」與扶輪理想的異曲同工。(英文全文 見第 7 頁) 中華電信業的先驅 趙曾珏(1901-2001),字真覺,1901 年出生於大清國江蘇省上海縣。小時候,跟隨叔父在湖南省 長沙市明德學堂讀書。1921 年,考入交通大學上海學校(交大)電機科學習。交大當時曾規定:「學生 學業成績在 85 分以上者、操行列為甲等者,准於免交該學期學費。」趙曾珏因學習成績優秀,而成為 免交學費的學生。 1924 年趙曾珏畢業於交通大學電機工程學系,赴英國曼徹斯特茂偉電機製造廠(Metropolitan-…

  • The First Ever Delegation from China to the Rotary Annual Convention in 1920

    The First Ever Delegation from China to the Rotary Annual Convention in 1920

    ver. 130 – 2024-10-27 The-First-Ever-Delegation-from-China-to-the-Rotary-Annual-Convention-in-1920.pdf  

  • Report of Rotary in China ~January / June / December 2007 – Christopher Bo Bramsen

    Report of Rotary in China ~January / June / December 2007 – Christopher Bo Bramsen

    ver. – 123 – 2024-10-12 Report-of-Rotary-in-China-–-January-2007-Christopher-Bo-Bramsen.pdf ver. – 123 – 2024-10-12 Report-of-Rotary-in-China-–-June-2007-Christopher-Bo-Bramsen.pdf ver. – 123 – 2024-10-12 Report-of-Rotary-in-China-–-December-2007-Christopher-Bo-Bramsen.pdf  

  • Dr. Yen Te-Ching (Peking/Nanking) 顏德慶博士(北京/南京)

    Dr. Yen Te-Ching (Peking/Nanking) 顏德慶博士(北京/南京)

    中文版在第 10-17 頁 國際扶輪史上第二位華籍理事 — 顏德慶博士 Dr. Yen Te-Ching The Second Chinese Director in History of Rotary International By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2014 Dr. Yen Te-Ching 顏德慶博士 T. Strong Yen the Rotarian Dr. Yen Te-Ching (顏德慶博士), HonLLD (Lehigh), MEng (Lehigh), BEng (Virginia), (aka T. Strong Yen to the Americans)…

  • Dr. Lin Ching-Jun

    Dr. Lin Ching-Jun

    中文版在第 12-15 頁 林景潤博士 — 福州扶輪社的教育家 Dr. Lin Ching-Jun – Foochow Rotarian Educationist By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 December 2014 Dr. Lin Ching-Jun (林景潤博士), PhD (Wesley), MA (Harvard), MA (Oberlin), BA (Fukien), was a member, and later Director 1938-1939 of Foochow Rotary Club (福州扶輪社) when he was the President of Fukien…

  • V. Fong Lam

    V. Fong Lam

    1 中文版在第 6-10 頁 從上海扶輪社的林允方到廣州市副市長的林志澄 Shanghai Rotarian V. Fong Lam  From Engine Builder to Deputy Mayor By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 June 2015 V. Fong Lam 林允方 (林志澄) The Shanghai Rotarian Naval Architect V. Fong Lam (Lam Von-Fong) (林允方) (1891-1987) (name changed to Lam Chi-Ching 林志 澄 since 1930) (Rotary…

  • Dr. Claude Marshall Lee

    Dr. Claude Marshall Lee

    1 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…

  • Dr. Yang Yung-Ching 楊永清博士

    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 –…

  • Dr. O. S. Lieu-劉鴻生博士

    Dr. O. S. Lieu-劉鴻生博士

    中文版在第 15-29 頁 上海扶輪社的「中華企業之王」– 劉鴻生博士 Shanghai Rotarian Dr. O. S. Lieu  The King of Enterprises in China By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 January 2015 Dr. O. S. Lieu (Lieu Ong-Sung) (劉鴻生博士) (1888-1956), an Honorary Doctorate of St. John’s University, Shanghai, was a Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) member in the 1930s.…

  • Dr. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (Chengtu) 啟真道博士(成都) ~ Second Chairman of the Chung Chi College Board of Governors

    Dr. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (Chengtu) 啟真道博士(成都) ~ Second Chairman of the Chung Chi College Board of Governors

    中文版在第 12-17 頁 啟真道博士–崇基學院校董會第二任主席 Dr. Leslie Gifford Kilborn Second Chairman of the Chung Chi College Board of Governors 1955-1960 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) Rotarian Advisor to the Chung Chi College Rotaract Club 1982-1986 15 October 2015 Dr. Leslie Gifford Kilborn (啟真道博士), HonDLitS, MD, PhD, MA, BSc (1895–1972) was a Charter Member…

  • Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024.pdf

    Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024.pdf

    Subject: Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024.pdf Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024 The Rotary Foundation Code of Policies – October 2024 The-Rotary-Foundation-Code-of-Policies-October-2024.pdf Rotary-Code-of-Policies-October-2024.pdf