Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1996

Prof . Walter W. K King Professor of Surgery Prof. Walter W.K. King has been appointed professor of surgery from 1st September 1995. Prof. King graduated with a BA degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. He furthered his studies at Vanderbilt University and obtained his MD degree in 1975. He served as an intern at Vanderbilt University Hospital for a year before joining the State University of New York at Stony Brook, first as assistant surgical resident, then as chief surgical resident and assistant clinical instructor. Between 1980 and 1984 he worked as a fellow or consultant surgeon in various well-known medical centres in the United States. Prof. King joined The Chinese University in 1984 as lecturer in surgery, and was promoted to senior lecturer in 1988 and reader in 1993. Prof . Samuel Sun Sai-min g Professor of Biology Prof. Samuel Sun Sai-ming has been appointed professor of biology from 1st December 1995. Prof. Sun graduated with a B.Sc. degree from this university in 1966. He then furthered his studies at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, obtaining his M.Sc. degree in 1971 and his Ph.D. in 1974. Prof. Sun stayed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a postdoctoral fellow and later as an assistant scientist until 1980. He then joined the ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute, first as principal scientist, then as director. Before j o i n i ng the University i n December 1995, Prof. Sun taught for eight years at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and was professor i n its Department o f Plant Molecular Physiology. 57