Saint John's University (Shanghai)
St. John's University Shanghai ( Chinese 聖約翰 大學 / 圣约翰 大学 , Pinyin Shèng Yuēhàn Dàxué ) was an Anglican university in old Shanghai . It was at 188 Jessfield Road in Shanghai. Before the Chinese Civil War , it was one of the most prestigious universities in the Republic of China . After the founding of the People's Republic of China , it was dissolved in 1952 and its faculties were assigned to those of other universities in China.
history
The university was founded in 1879 by William Jones Boone, Bishop of Shanghai , and his later episcopal colleague Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky , by merging two existing Anglican universities and was initially called "St. John's College". The architect of the building was William Halsey Wood . The university started with only 39 students and initially taught mainly in Chinese. It was not until 1891 that English became the main language of instruction.
In 1905 it was renamed St. John's University and registered in Washington, DC , USA . This made it possible for American students and graduates from St. Johns to switch directly to American universities. It attracted some of the brightest and wealthiest students in what was then Shanghai, and was the first university in China to offer Bachelor degrees from 1907 .
The university survived the Chinese civil war, but was dissolved by the Chinese government in 1952, which redesigned the universities according to the Soviet model and no longer admitted religious universities. Most of its faculties were incorporated into East China Pedagogical University and Fudan University . The medical faculty was merged with Shanghai Second Medical College , which is now the medical faculty of Shanghai Jiaotong University .
Well-known graduates
- David Au, founder of the Sincere Company, the first department store in China.
- Raymond Chow, filmmaker.
- Thomas Dao (1921–2009), doctor who developed alternatives to the treatment of breast cancer. [1]
- Chung Sze Yuen, distinguished Hong Kong politician.
- Francis Hsu, former Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong.
- Wellington Koo , Diplomat, Former President of the Republic of China , Secretary of State, Former Judge and Vice President of the International Court of Justice.
- Jiang Shaoji, famous internist and gastroenterologist in China.
- Jing Shuping, (graduated 1939) businessman, founder of Minsheng Bank, China's first private bank. [2]
- Lu Ping, Chinese politician, entrusted the handover of Hong Kong and Macau to China.
- Meng Xiancheng, educator and first president of East China Normal University.
- Niu Hui-sheng (1892–1937), surgeon and important player in the modernization of the Chinese health system.
- Shi Jiuyong , lawyer and former President of the International Court of Justice.
- TV Soong, Politician, Premier of the Republic of China.
- KH Ting, Anglican bishop and former leader of the Protestants of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- Yen Chia-kan , politician and former Vice President and President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- Rong Yiren , "Red Capitalist", Vice President of the People's Republic of China .
- Zhang Boling, founder of Nankai University and the Nankai School System.
- Zhou Youguang , economist and linguist
- Zhu Qizhen, former Vice Foreign Minister, Chinese Ambassador to the United States and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Committee of the National People's Congress of China.
administration
- Francis Lister Hawks Pott, President of St. John's College from 1888 to 1896, President of St. John's University from 1896 to 1941
- William Payne Roberts, lecturer and vice president in Pott's absence.
- David ZT Yin, Rector of the University. He was a well-known Chinese scholar who represented the YMCA ( YMCA ) in Shanghai at the turn of the century .