Tag: Eminent

Abbas Din el Arculli – the first Rotarian Commissioner Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Brigade By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 September 2015 Abbas Din el Arculli (夏高理), OBE, KSJ, ethnic Indian, solicitor, was a Charter Member 1931 of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) and later served the Club as…

中文版在第 9-28 頁 北平扶輪社員徐淑希博士–從大學教授到特命全權大使 Peiping Rotarian Dr. Hsu Shu-Hsi — from Professor to Ambassador By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 April 2015 Dr. Hsu Shu-Hsi (徐淑希博士), PhD (Columbia), BA (HKU), (3 April 1892 – 14 January 1982) was a diplomat and international law expert in the Republic of China (中華民國) government, who…

Rotarians served as Senior Chinese Unofficial Members in Hong Kong Executive/Legislative Councils By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2015 The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) which was chartered on 20 February 1931 is, up-to-date, the Rotary Club with the longest years in the Rotary China History beginning from 1919. During…

中文版在第 7 頁 福州扶輪社員高智主教 — 在華發展基督教循道衛理公會貢獻非凡 Foochow Rotarian Bishop John Wesley Gowdy Key role in the development of Christian Methodism in China By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2016 The Right Reverend Bishop John Wesley Gowdy (高智主教), HonDDiv (Wesleyan), HonDDiv (Baker), MA (Columbia), BDiv (Drew), AB (Wesleyan) (1869–1963) was a Scottish-American…

國際扶輪新社長黃其光 Meet Rotary’s New President: Gary C.K. Huang Rotary’s new president, Gary C.K. Huang, shows us the meaning behind the family of Rotary. Gary Huang played a lot of sports when he was younger, but basketball was his favorite. He was captain and point guard of his high school team. “I’m not tall, but I…

Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 September 2016 With over eight decades of proud tradition and ranking among the world’s top 100 institutions, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) (香港理工大學) aspires to be an innovative world-class university with a…

榮授下級勳位爵士的香港傑出扶輪人 Eminent Hong Kong Rotarians honored with Knights Bachelor By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 November 2015 The insignia of a Knight Bachelor devised in 1926 The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member…

吳多泰博士 九龍東區扶輪社創社社長 劉敬恒 (中華扶輪史研究員) 2016年4月24 日 吳多泰博士 (1911—2005)，九龍東區扶輪社1970-1971年度創社社長。九龍東區扶輪社 (Kowloon East Rotary Club)由九龍扶輪社(Kowloon Rotary Club)輔導，1970 年12月3日加 盟國際扶輪。九龍東區扶輪社是在香港地區成立的第八家扶輪社，例會語言為粵語。 吳多泰原籍中華民國廣東省瓊崖特別區(今海南省)文昌縣，畢業於廣東省立勷勤大學，獲 土木工程學士學位。廣東省立勷勤大學（SoengKen University of Canton，是一所曾經設立 在廣州市的大學，是陳濟棠(前廣東省政府主席、海南特別行政區行政長官)為紀念國民黨元老 古應芬在1934 年7月創辦的。勷勤大學只存在了四年，1938年由於日本帝國的侵略停辦。但 其建築工程學系對嶺南早期現代主義有一定的影響，延續至現今中山大學建築工程系及華南理 工大學建築學院，為華南建築學科的發端。 1949 年吳多泰在香港成立國際鴻星投資集團有限公司(International Hung Hsing Holding Ltd.)，任董事長，主營業務為房地產投資。 除了扶輪社外，吳多泰也熱衷參與多種社會組織—尖沙嘴街坊福利會理事長、何文田街 坊福利會會長、港九各區街坊會協進會主席、香港至德總會會長、世界至德總會名譽主席、香 港地產商會會董、香港物業商會會董等等。曾任東華三院總理、顧問；南華體育會永遠董事； 香港童軍東九龍地域名譽會長。 在政治參與領域，吳多泰曾任中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會第六、七屆委員；香港基 本法諮詢委員會委員。 吳多泰十分關心興學教育，多次慷慨解囊捐資，造福鄉梓— (1) 吳多泰曾任香港中文大學聯合書院董事會董事，在書院設立「吳多泰學業優異獎」 。 (2) 吳多泰曾任香港童軍總會東九龍地域名譽會長，設立「吳多泰童軍基金」 ，以輔助東九龍 地域童軍運動之發展。 (3) 吳多泰十分關心海南發展，獲海南省「赤子楷模」榮譽稱號。曾擔任海南大學理事會名譽 理事長、原海南大學籌委會副主任。曾向原海南大學捐贈 130 萬港元和 100 噸鋼材，修建 泰堅樓；後又向學校捐贈人民幣 26…

The Honourable Peter Chan Chi-Kwan Hong Kong Urban Council Senior Elected Member 中文版在第 2-3 頁 香港市政局資深民選議員–陳子鈞大律師 15 October 2017 The Honourable Peter Chan Chi-Kwan (陳子鈞) (7 March 1936 – 15 March 2017) was a charter member and Vice-President from 1969 to 1972 of the Rotary Club of New Territories (新界扶輪社), Hong Kong. He later served…

Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of Hong Kong Baptist College / Hong Kong Baptist University 15 October 2020 Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) (香港浸會大學) is a public liberal arts university with a Christian education heritage located in Kowloon Tong (九龍塘), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. The University was established as Hong Kong…

Rotarians served the Executive Council of the British Crown Colony Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 February 2015 The Executive Council (行政局) of the British Crown Colony Hong Kong government before 1 July 1997 was “the cabinet” presided by the Governor of Hong Kong (香港總督). It was analogous to other…

孫雅各牧師 — 臺北扶輪社 1949-1950 年度社長 Rev. James Ira Dickson The Second President of Taipei Rotary Club in 1949-1950 10 October 2015 孫雅各牧師（1900 年 2 月 23 日—1967 年 6 月 15 日）是 1948 年臺北扶輪社創社社員，然 後於 1949-1950 年度擔任社長。他是基督教長老教會宣教師，是基督教芥菜種會創辦人孫理蓮 宣教士的丈夫。 孫雅各 1900 年出生於美國南達科塔州，1927 年畢業於普林斯頓大學神學院。同年，與孫 理蓮結婚，受學生海外志願宣教運動影響，接受加拿大長老教會的徵召，至日本帝國領土的臺 灣宣教。10 月抵達臺灣。曾任淡江中學代理校長，臺北神學院（今臺灣神學院）院長。 1940 年，第二次世界大戰。受日本臺灣總督府的壓力，孫雅各與孫理蓮離開臺灣，至南美 洲英屬圭亞那傳教。1945 年，太平洋戰爭結束，孫雅各返回已經是中華民國政權的臺灣。 1948 年，他繼續擔任臺灣神學院院長，直到 1965 年退休。在他主持校務的期間，將臺灣 神學院校區從臺北市雙連遷移到現今的陽明山嶺頭。此外，他在臺灣北部協助教會年輕一輩推 動教會革新運動（該運動稱為新人運動），並推動臺灣原住民宣教，曾創辦…

中文版在第 20-29 頁 被日本帝國特工暗殺的上海扶輪社員–劉湛恩博士 Dr. Herman C. E. Liu The Shanghai Rotarian assassinated by Imperial Japan’s agents 1 December 2016 Dr. Herman C. E. Liu (劉湛恩博士), President of the Shanghai University (滬江大學), was assassinated by Imperial Japan’s agents in 1938. This is in the Rotary China History that a Rotarian educator, even not a politician…

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…

Rotarians Headed The Red Cross In Hong Kong / In Macao / In Mongolia By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 25 December 2020 In the District 3450 of Rotary International, there have been 5 prominent Rotarians served as the top leaders of the Red Cross in their respective countries. They were, in the…

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 1924-1925…

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 Rotary…

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.…

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 Nickname…

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…