Bulletin Number Two 1982

Profiles Professor Cheng Te-K'un Professor Cheng Te-K'un was invited to serve as Visiting Professor o f Fine Arts of the University on his retirement from Cambridge in 1974. He was elected Dean of the Faculty o f Arts for a term of two years (1975-1977), and was subsequently appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor, an office that he held until he retired from the University in 1979. Professor Cheng is a world-renowned Chinese archaeologist. He received his education at Yenching University, Harvard University, and Cambridge University. As early as 1941 ， at the young age of 34 ， he was offered the Curatorship of Museum, West China Union University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Chinese archaeology, art and culture which wo n him international acclaim. He has a life-long association with higher education and has worked in universities in many parts of the world. The conferment on him by Cambridge University of the title of Emeritus Reader in Chinese Archaeology upon his retirement was a mark of recognition of the quality of his achievement and scholarship. To the University Professor Cheng brought not only scholarship but also professional and administrative contributions. As the University's first Professor of Fine Arts, he developed and strengthened the programme of studies of the Fine Arts Department, which later became the first centre of its kind in Hong Kong for the teaching of and research on Chinese Art and Archaeology. But his activities at the University went beyond teaching and research. During his terms as Dean of Arts and Pro-Vice- Chancellor, he had made significant contributions to the academic and administrative development of the University and the reorganizatio n of the University in 1976 in particular. In recognition of his distinguished service ， the University conferred upon him in 1981 the degree of Doctor of Literature, honoris causa. Upon his retirement from the University at the age of 72 in 1979 ， he continued to serv e as Honorary Director of the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art and he agreed to take up the directorship of th e Institute of Chinese Studies on an honorary basis in 1981 while the search for a permanent Director was being launched. His association wit h the University has therefore continued even after retirement and he was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor thi s October by the University. Professor Jao Tsung-i Professor Jao Tsung-i was Reader (1973-1974) and Professor (1974-1978) of Chinese at the University and Head of the Department of Chinese Languag e and Literature (since 1976). After his retirement from the University in 1978 ， he has remaine d an Honorary Senior Research Fellow (since 1979) at the University's Institute of Chinese Studies. Professor Jao was raised and educated in a scholarly family in China following the most rigorous form of academic tutoring. The publication of hi s "Bibliographical Notes of Chao Chow" in the Journal of Lingnan University at the age of twenty was one of his earliest academic achievements. He was appointed by the Zhongshan University as an editor of the "Kwang-tung T'ung-Chih" for three years and subsequently taught at various institutions of higher education in China. From 1952 to 1968 Professor Jao served on the staff of the Departmen t of Chinese at PROFILES 31