LEADER 00000cam a2200697Ma 4500 001 ocn763161259 003 OCoLC 005 20160910031925.9 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 110729s2011 cc a o 000 0aeng d 019 778340236 020 9789888053711|q(electronic book) 020 988805371X|q(electronic book) 020 |z9789888083275 020 |z9888083279 035 (OCoLC)763161259|z(OCoLC)778340236 037 22573/ctt1kd6tz|bJSTOR 040 E7B|beng|epn|cE7B|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dN$T|dDKDLA|dOCLCQ|dJSTOR |dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dEBLCP|dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ|dOCLCA|dOCL|dOCLCQ 043 a-cc-hk 049 RIDW 050 4 LA2383.C52|bH786 2011eb 072 7 BIO|x015000|2bisacsh 072 7 SCI|x013000|2bisacsh 072 7 EDU015000|2bisacsh 082 04 540.92 090 LA2383.C52|bH786 2011eb 100 1 Huang, Rayson,|d1920-2015.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /names/no2001077201 245 12 A lifetime in academia :|ban autobiography by Rayson Huang. 250 Expanded 2nd ed. 264 1 Hong Kong :|bHong Kong University Press,|c2011. 300 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 505 0 Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1 -- The Early Years: My Father and Munsang College; 2 -- University Days and the Siege of Hong Kong; 3 -- Into Free China as a Refugee: Life in Samkong and Kweilin; 4 -- To Chungking: The War-time Capital; Institutions -- Plate Section; 5 -- To England via India: Postgraduate Studies at Oxford; 6 -- Post-Doctoral Training in Chicago; 7 -- Starting a Career the Hard Way in Singapore; 8 -- The Emergence of a Chinese University; Grace Huang -- Plate Section; 9 -- A New University in a New Country. 505 8 10 -- Nanyang University: The One and Only11 -- Back to Alma Mater; 12 -- Post-Retirement Activities; Rayson Huang -- Plate Section; Appendices; I -- Extracts from a Presidential Address to the General Assembly of the Association of South-East Asian Institutions of Higher Learning; II -- Nanyang University Convocation Address; III -- The Basic Purpose of Secondary Education: Address by the Vice-Chancellor to the 91st Congregation, the University of Hong Kong; IV -- Aspects of the Basic Law: Relationship between the Central Authorities and the Special Administrative Region; Glossary. 520 Rayson Huang began his studies at the University of Hong Kong in 1938. Thirty-four years later, in 1972, he became the University's first Chinese Vice-Chancellor and served in that position until 1986. He sat on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and on the Drafting Committee that formulated China's Basic Law for Hong Kong after its return to China in 1997. In this lively and frank autobiography, Huang reflects on his diverse university career of almost half a century -- in Hong Kong, China, Britain, the United States, Singapore and Malaysia -- and on his experiences during World War II, when. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 10 Huang, Rayson,|d1920-2015.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /names/no2001077201 600 14 Huang, Rayson. 600 17 Huang, Rayson,|d1920-2015.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/468969 650 0 College administrators|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85028268|zChina|zHong Kong|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n92004431-781|vBiography.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 650 7 College administrators.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/867621 651 7 China|zHong Kong.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1260796 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Biographies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919896 655 7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026047 655 7 Autobiographies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1919894 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHuang, Rayson.|tLifetime in academia. |bExpanded 2nd ed.|dHong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2011|w(DLC) 2011467145 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=410584|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20161017|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic updated AugtoOct17 |lridw 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID