Bulletin Number Two 1982

by the Hong Kong Government through the Organization for Economic Cooperation an d Development to conduct an overall review of education in Hong Kong. He was awarded the CBE in 1977. An honorary graduate of the University (Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 1972 )， Dr. Lee has been closely associated with the University for man y years. Indeed, as the founding Treasurer of the University since its establishment in 1963 until his recent appointment to the Chairmanship of the Council, he had been the longest serving University Officer thus far. During the past two decades, as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Dr. Lee had played an important and active part - with remarkable success - in formulating the University's financial policies, in helping to secure funding support from government and private sources and in managing the Staff Superannuation Funds of the University. His incessant efforts have led to donations for capital development, academic and research programmes as well as financial aid to students of the University. As a keen supporter of the Three Year Part-time MBA Programme, he had contributed significantly in the acquisition of the premises for the Programme's town centre in Tsimshatsui. With Dr. Lee now at the Chair of the Council, the University will surely benefit even more from his leadership and guidance. THE HON. LYDIA DUNN THE NEW UNIVERSITY TREASURER Born in Hong Kong and educated locall y and then in America, the Hon. Lydia Dunn is well-known throughout the business world and beyond for her indefatigable efforts as a champion of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry, and for the speeches sh e makes i n the Legislative Council and other public forms. She has recently been appointed Treasurer of the University in succession to Dr. Q. W. Lee, who was taking up the Council Chairmanship. Miss Dunn is a Director of John Swire & Sons (H. K.) Limited. She is also the Executive Director of Swire Pacific responsible for the Trading Division and Chairman of Swire &Maclaine Ltd. and Swire Loxley Ltd. Her active interest and involvement in the textile and clothing industry are of long standing, and the firm stance she takes against protectionism has won her the admiration and respect of businessmen and industrialists both in Hong Kong and abroad. She is a member of the Textiles Advisory Board, the Council of the Hong Kong Management Association and the General Committee of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, in addition to many other public engagements in the field of trade and industry. Miss Dunn was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1976 and the Executive Council in 1982. The important Government committees she sits on include the Economic Review Committee, the Public Accounts Committee and also the Special Committee on Land Supply of which she is Chairman. She is also the Chairman of the Prince Philip Dental Hospital. Miss Dunn attended St. Paul's Convent School in Hong Kong and the University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated in Business Administration. In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the welfare of the community, she was made a Justice of the Peace in 1976 ， and awarded the OBE in the New Year's List of 1978. Her association with the University began in 1978, when she was first elected to the University Council by the Unofficial members of the Legislative Council. She was then invited to b e the first Chairman of the Appointments Board when it was established in 1979. With her latest appointment as the Treasurer her tie with the University would surely be further strengthened. 2 NEWS