Constancy of Purpose: An Account of the Foundation and History of the Hong Kong College of Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong, 1887-1987

XIV. Endowed Lectureships and Visiting Professorships in the Faculty of Medicine

Appendix XIV Endowed Lectureships and Visiting Professorships in the Faculty of Medicine Daphne W.C. ChunLecture The Lectureship was endowed with a donation from a group of friends, colleagues and former students of Professor Daphne W.C. Chun. Persons of prominence are invited by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to deliver a lecture (or lectures) in obstetrics and gynaecology. Digby Memorial Lecture The Lectureship was endowed with the Digby Memorial Fund. Persons of prominence in the medical field are invited by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to deliver a lecture (or lectures). s.c. Fong Lecture The Lectureship was established in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery by Dr Harry S.Y. Fang, in memory of Dr S.C. Fong. Persons of prominence are invited by the Department to deliver a lecture (or lectures) in orthopaedic surgery. C.T. Huang Lecture in Microbiology The Lectureship, endowed with donations from friends and colleagues of Emeritus Professor C.T. Huang who retired in 1978, is used to enable persons of prominence in the field of microbiology or allied subjects to deliver a lecture or series of lectures. Dr S.T. Huang Chan Memorial Lecture The Lectureship, endowed with donations from friends, colleagues and former students of the late Dr S.T. Huang Chan, is used to enable persons of prominence in the field of anatomy or allied subjects to deliver a lecture or series of lectures. 196 Constancy ofPurpose Lo Yuk Tong Foundation Lecture The Lectureship was endowed with a donation from Mr Lo Yuk Tong, JP, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1887. Persons of prominence are invited by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to deliver a lecture (or lectures) embodying the results of clinical or experimental research related to any branch of medicine. A.l.S. McFadzean Lecture The Lectureship was endowed with donations from friends and past students of Professor A.J.S. McFadzean. Persons of prominence are invited by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to deliver a lecture (or lectures) in a branch of medicine or the related sciences. Aw Boon Haw Visiting Professor/Reader The Professorship/Readership was endowed with donations made by the late Mr Aw Boon Haw in 1951 and by his daughter, Miss Aw Sian, in 1978. A distinguished obstetrician or gynaecologist from another medical centre is invited to visit the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for about a month and to deliver the Aw Boon Haw Memorial Lecture. K.P. Stephen Chang Visiting Professor The Professorship was endowed with the K.P. Stephen Chang Memorial Fund. A distinguished physician from another medical centre is invited by the Senate (on nomination by the Professor of Medicine and recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine) to visit the Department of Medicine for about a month and to deliver the K.P. Stephen Chang Memorial Lecture. Cilag Visiting Professor The Professorship was established in 1983 with a donation from the Cilag Division of Johnson and Johnson to enable a distinguished orthopaedic surgeon who has made recent significant contributions in the orthopaedic field to visit the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Appendix XIV 197 Mrs Ho Tam Kit Hing Visiting Professor The Professorship was established in 1985 with a donation from the family of the late Mrs Ho Tam Kit Hing to enable distinguished medical teachers in the field of nephrology, including dialysis and transplantation, from other medical schools or centres to be invited to visit the Department of Medicine and to participate in the teaching and/or research activities of the Department. Hong Kong College ofGeneral Practitioners Visiting Professor in General Practice The Professorship was established in 1982 with a donation from the Hong Kong College of General Practitioners to enable distinguished medical doctors from other territories to be invited to visit the Faculty of Medicine and to participate in the Faculty's teaching and research activities in general practice. Kong Tak Yan Visiting Professor The Professorship was endowed with a donation from Mr Kong Tak Yan. A distinguished surgeon from another medical centre is invited by the Senate (on nomination by the Head of the Department of Surgery and recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine) to visit the Department of Surgery for a period of up to two weeks and may be invited to deliver a Kong Tak Yan Lecture...