Bulletin Number Two 1982

Professor Arthur Li Dr. Y. W. Lam Dr. K. F. Fung Mr. William H. C. Wan on cellular destruction and cellular proliferation. He has been trying fo r years to understand why wounds heal and for that effort he was awarded the 1980 European Society for Surgica l Research Prize. Although a surgeon, his work on growth factors earned him his M.D . degree from Cambridge University in 1981. Moreover, his elucidation on cellular proliferation in the gastrointestinal tract won h i m the 1982 Moynihan Medal awarded by the Association of Surgeons of Great Britai n and Ireland. -Rupert Chan Dr. Y. W. Lam Born and educated in Hong Kong, Dr. Yat-wah Lam graduated from the Hon g Kong Technical College (now the Hong Kong Polytechnic) in telecommunications in 1950. After gaining practical experience, he left for England to study Physics, Electrical Engineering and Electronics in the Universities of London, Birmingham and Manchester. He started his academic career as a Research Fellow in 1963, followed by appointment to lectureship in Electrical Engineering at Birmingham University in 1965 and to the prestigious Mullard Research Fellowship at UMIS T during 1969-71. Thereafter he returned to Hong Kong to join the then newly established Electronics Department of the University as a Lecturer, and was promoted to Reader in 1979. Dr. Lam has put a great deal of effort into building up the young Department of Electronics: in particular it was largely due to his initiative and effort that the innovative and successful five-year ‘sandwich course', which incorporate s one and a half years of working experience into the regular four-year University course in Electronics , was established. He has also been very active in the research of solid-state electronics, and has done considerable pioneering work on the electronic properties of metal-oxide- semiconductor (MIS) structures an d of MIS applications to solar cells. In recognition of his research and professional contributions, he was elected to Fellowship by bot h the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) and the Institute of Physics (UK). Dr. Lam is well known for his academic leadership and administrative abilities. He served as Head of the Department of Electronics in 1974-77 and the first Director of the University Office of Student Affairs in 1978-79, and also acted on many occasions as Head of United College, of which he has been a founding Fellow and a very active member. He also sits on numerous committees of the College and the University and of outside bodies, including the Electronics Industry Training Boar d of the Hong Kong Training Council and the Hong Kong Methodist Church Synod. His recent election to the Deanship of the Science Faculty for the three year period 1982- 85 is therefore well expected, and reflects the high regard with which he is being held among his academic peers. Apart from being a serious scholar and an excellent teacher, Dr. Lam is also a courteous, friendly person with diverse interests. He plays badminton, occasionally makes his ow n wine, and being a devout Christian, never misses hi s choir singing. He is completely devoted to his family of four, although both children have now left for universities in the United Kingdom. -H. H. L. Kwok Dr. K.P. Fung Born and educated in Hong Kong, Dr. Kwok-pui Fung was a 1973 graduate of United College. Upon graduation from the Department of Chemistry, he pursued postgraduate studies and conducte d research on human 34 PROFILES