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

Yen Te Ching
ENG

Dr. Yen Te-Ching (1878–1942) was a pioneering Chinese railway engineer and Rotary International leader. Born in Shanghai, he was the first Chinese to earn an engineering graduate degree from Lehigh University in 1901. Yen significantly contributed to the Peking-Kalgan Railway, including tunnel construction under the Great Wall, and held senior posts in China’s communications and railway ministries during the Qing and Republican eras. After World War I, he led efforts to regain Chinese control of the Jiaoji Railway from Japan, reducing China’s payment obligations and chairing the overseeing commission. In 1933, he directed the building of China’s earliest Yangtze train ferry at Nanking. As a founding member of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, two-time Rotary club president in Peking and Nanking, and Rotary International District Governor (1938–40), he became the second Chinese Rotary International Director (1941–42). He died in occupied Shanghai in 1942 at age 64.

PTG

Dr. Yen Te-Ching (1878–1942) foi um engenheiro ferroviário pioneiro chinês e líder do Rotary International. Nascido em Xangai, foi o primeiro chinês a obter um diploma de engenharia pela Lehigh University em 1901. Yen contribuiu significativamente para a ferrovia Peking-Kalgan, incluindo a construção de túneis sob a Grande Muralha, e ocupou cargos importantes nos ministérios de comunicações e ferrovias da China durante as eras Qing e Republicana. Após a Primeira Guerra Mundial, liderou esforços para retomar o controle chinês da ferrovia Jiaoji do Japão, reduzindo os pagamentos da China e presidindo a comissão que supervisionou o processo. Em 1933, dirigiu a construção da primeira ferry ferroviária sobre o Rio Yangtzé em Nanking. Membro fundador do Instituto Chinês de Engenheiros, presidente do Rotary em Pequim e Nanking, governador distrital (1938–40) e o segundo diretor chinês do Rotary International (1941–42). Morreu em Xangai ocupada em 1942, aos 64 anos.

中文

颜德庆博士（1878–1942）是中国铁路工程的先驱和国际扶轮社的重要领导人。出生于上海，1901年获得美国理海大学土木工程硕士学位，是首位获得该校工程学位的中国人。颜博士在京张铁路建设中发挥了重要作用，包括长城下的隧道工程，并在清末及中华民国交通和铁路部担任高级职务。第一次世界大战后，他主持中国收回胶济铁路的谈判，成功减少中国的支付负担并担任监督委员会主席。1933年，他主导建成南京长江第一座铁路渡轮。作为中国工程师学会创始成员，曾任北京和南京扶轮社两任社长，1938至1940年担任扶轮国际地区总监，1941至1942年成为第二位中国籍扶轮国际理事。1942年辞世于被占领的上海，享年64岁。

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