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Contents:
Part I History
Chapter 1. Introduction 2 Why Robin?
Best home on the planet, XMU’s many firsts, How I got here
Chapter 2. Tan Kah Kee—Henry Ford of Asia 16
Lee Kongchian, Dr. Lim Boon-keng (Lin Wenqing)
Chapter 3. Sa Ben Dong & XMU in Changting 36
Chapter 4. Changting Tales 62
Passing physicals, Shower disaster, Air attacks, Clock clock,
Chicken picnic, Get girls with Trilogy, Lu Xun’s Liaobiao,
China our Matchmaker
Chapter 5. Great Changes in XMU 78
Chapter 6. Reliving History—Historic Tour of XMU 86
Chapter 7. Overseas Chinese –Gifts That Keep Giving 92 XMU Tower & Cai Yueshi, Everlasting Passion & Shao
Jianyin, Fund, Fidelity & Flowers and Ge Wunxun, Return
to Learn of China and Huang Baoxin
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Part II Xiamen University Today
Chapter 8. Overview of Xiamen University Today 102
Quality staff, quality students, Award-winning facilities,
International school, lifelong learning
Chapter 9. Tour Xiamen University 108
Tour 104 sites, Wang Yanan, Lin Yutang & Luxun Memorials
Chapter 10. International Cooperation 156
Pioneer Ed. for foreigners, Exchanges, Xavier-China, Cross-
Straits exchange, International conferences, OEC, Foundation
College, China Studies Program, Andy meets Annie,
Chapter 11. Research Center for S.E. Asian Studies 170
Chapter 12. Taiwan Research Center 174
Practical exchanges, Why Xiamen?, Retiring in Xiamen, Prof.
Chen Kongli, XMU campus life of Taiwan students, 4
generations of XMU Taiwan family
Chapter 13. XMU News Center 196
XMU news center, XMU newspaper, XMU broadcasting
Chapter 14. Welcome Activities & Sports 204
New Student Welcome, Talent scout Xu Shanna, XMU
Sports, Xiamen Int’l Marathon

Part III Departments & Institutes
Chapter 15. School of Economics 218
Zhang Xingguo, Luo Yucong
Chapter 16. Wang Ya’nan Inst. (W.I.S.E.), Hong Yongmiao 224
Chapter 17. School of Management 232
Prof. Ge Jiashu, Ancient Chinese Business Tales
Chapter 18. MBA Center 238
20 Years of MBA, Chen Guang, Zuo Min, Guo Zeli, EMBA,
Lijin, MBA in alumni’s eyes
Chapter 19. School of Foreign Languages & Culture 252
XMU’s Uncle Beard, 3 Lil Pigs, 80th anniversary address
Chapter 20. Higher Education Research 262
Pan Maoyuan, Father of China’s higher education research
Chapter 21. School of Math Sciences 270
Beautiful Minds, Chen Jingrun, Lin Qun, Xie Xide
Chapter 22. Physics & Mech. & Elec. Engineering 280
Hu Guoqing, Wen H. Ko, Cradle of Chinese aviation
Pen-Tung Sah MEMS Research Center (an independent ctr.)
Chapter 23. Chemistry 288
Lu Jiaxi, Top 50, 8 CAS members
Chapter 24. School of Life Sciences 294
Zoology Museum, Lin Shengcai, Tang Chongti, Chen Yiyu,
Lin Peng
Chapter 25. Oceanography & Environ. Science 300
Cradle of Chinese oceanography, Zeng Chengkui, He Daren
Chapter 26. Medical College 306
Medical Breakthroughs, Ancient Chinese doctor tales
Chapter 27. Humanities 310
Lin Yutang-International Chinese author
Chapter 28. School of Arts 320
XMU’s own orchestra?, Chinese-European Art Center,
Tang Sao Yun’s magic brush
Chapter 29. Software School 336
4 XMU Software School grads seek gold
Chapter 30. School of Law 340
China’s 1st Int’l law degrees, UN depository library
Chapter 31. School of Info. Science & Technology 344
Chi Mingmin, Kun Chen
Chapter 32. School of Public Affairs 350
Chapter 33. School of Architecture 352
Chapter 34. Tan Kah Kee College 354
Getting to the campus across the sea
Chapter 35. Beautiful Minds—Dr. Deng Ziji (to be cont’d) 360
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A Letter from our President

“The best place in China is Xiamen, and the best place in Xia-men is Xiamen University,” exclaimed a foreigner who has traveled all over China. And on behalf of our large Chinese and foreign community, I warmly welcome you to Xiamen University—China’s most beautiful campus, and one of the most international institutes in the country.

XMU was founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, the well-known, patriotic overseas Chinese leader who was respected by the late Chairman Mao Tsetung as “the flag of Overseas Chinese and the honour of the Chinese nation”. Since day one, our motto of “Pursuing excellence and striving for perfection” has inspired generations of XMU staff and students to overcome difficulties one after another and to achieve success And 85 years of un-stinting devotion and hard work has earned XMU the title of “Strength of the South” and a distinguished reputation both at home and abroad.

A pioneer in China’s international education and cooperation, we have over 1600 full-time overseas students, as well as over 31,000 Chinese students. Scholars the world over are attracted not only by our excellent academic traditions, superb staff, and advanced research facilities, but also by our idyllic campus on Xiamen Island, the “Garden City.” And some scholars not only visit but stay—like Dr. Bill Brown, who has been teaching MBA here since 1988.

Dr. Brown was XMU’s first foreigner to be granted tenure and the first in Fujian Province to receive Permanent Residence, and he received the Friendship Award from Premier Li Peng for his contributions as a foreign expert to China’s development. Dr. Brown has long wanted to share with others his deep feelings and unique perspective for XMU, and today he has achieved his dream. I believe that all who read this book, whether they’ve been to our school or not, or whether they are a student, teacher or worker, will gain a deeper understanding of XMU, as well as a greater reverence and appreciation for Tan Kah Kee, Lim Boon-Keng, Sah Ben Dong, Wang Yanan and other giants upon whose shoul-ders our university stands.

Finally, I’d like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to Dr. Brown and Robin Feifei for this gift which they have given to our university for its 85th anniversary.

Chongshi Zhu
President
Xiamen University
March 10, 2006
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魅力厦大

目录
第一部分历史巡游
第一章厦大简介 “南方之强” 3
地球上最舒适的家,中国唯一, 我是如何来到这里的
第二章成嘉庚 17
李光前, 林文庆
第三章郑道传遗作 37
第四章长汀轶事 63
通过体检, 淋浴之灾, 日机空袭, 木屐自鸣钟, 公鸡野炊,
"恋爱”三步曲, 鲁迅的“老表”, 中国——我们的红娘
第五章校园土著话沧桑 79
第六章 “重历历史” 与郑启五老师游厦大 87
第七张献礼到永恒 93
“厦大的摩天大楼”——关于蔡悦诗, 永远的爱——关
于邵建寅, 午夜的电话——关于葛文勋, “回到这里来学习，学习我们的中国！” ——关于黄保欣
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第二部分今日厦大
第八章今日厦大南方之强，民族之强 103
一所国际化的大学, 终身学习
第九章游览厦大 108
游览104景点,王亚南, 林语堂纪念室和鲁迅纪念室
第十章厦门大学——一所国际性的大学 155
留学生教育的先行者, 夏威尔中国体验, 海峡两岸大学
生闽南文化研究夏令营, 海外教育学院, 厦门大学留学
预科学院, 中国问题研究, 厦大情缘
第十一章东南亚研究中心暨南洋研究院 171
第十二章台湾研究所 175
实际交流, 为什么厦门?, 退休在厦门, 访台湾研究院陈
孔立教授, 台生陈安琪和钟源郎在厦大的求学生活,
彭家四代厦大情
第十三章关于厦大媒体 197
校新闻中心, 苦乐相伴编编编——关于校报, 广播电台
第十四章欢迎来到厦门大学！ 205
迎新生, “星探”书记徐珊娜, 趣味运动在厦大

第三部分介绍学院
第十五章经济学院 219
访经济学院党委书记张兴国, 罗郁聪
第十六章王亚南经济研究院（WISE） 225
洪永淼王亚南经济研究院院长
第十七章管理学院 233
葛家澍, 古代商业故事
第十八章 MBA和EMBA教育中心 239
20年的MBA教育历史, 陈光, 左敏, 郭则理, EMBA,
李劲, 兼职教, 杨锦昌,
第十九章外文学院 253
厦门大学的大胡子伯伯, 三只小猪
第二十章高等教育发展研究中心 263
潘懋元——中国高等教育之父
第二十一章数学院（SMS） 271
美丽心灵, 陈景润, 林群, 谢西德
第二十二章物理与机电工程学院 281
胡国清, 葛文勋, 中国航天业的摇篮
思维细微------纳米技术！(一所独立的中心)
第二十三章化学化工学院 289
卢嘉锡, 50强,
第二十四章生命科学学院 295
圣物博物馆, 林圣彩,唐崇惕, 陈宜瑜, 林鹏
第二十五章海洋与环境学院 301
中国海洋学的摇篮, 曾呈奎, 何大仁
第二十六章厦门大学医学院 307
“medical breakthroughs,”有关医生的一些经典故事
第二十七章人文学院 311
林语堂——一位“国际化”的中国作家
第二十八章厦门大学艺术学院 321
厦大会拥有自己的乐团吗?, 中国欧洲艺术中心, 唐绍云
第二十九章软件学院 337
厦门大学软件学院的毕业生的淘金历程
第三十章法学院 341
中国首个国际法学位, 联合国资料寄存图书馆
第三十一章信息科学与技术学院 345
第三十二章公共事务学院 351
第三十三章建筑与土木工程学院 353
第三十四章嘉庚学院穿过海洋到达那个校区 355
第三十五章厦门大学的美丽心灵 361
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校长寄语

“神州美景数厦门、厦门风光看厦大。”一位来华旅游的外国游客曾这样感叹。我谨代表“厦大”这个中外友人齐聚的大家庭欢迎各位光临中国最美丽的，最国际化的大学——厦门大学。

厦门大学是1921年由曾被毛主席誉为“华侨旗帜、民族光辉”的爱国华侨领袖陈嘉庚先生创办的。创建伊始，我校便以“自强不息、止于至善”为校训，激励了厦大几代人克服重重困难、获得极大成功。厦大人85年来的不懈努力和辛勤耕耘使她无愧于“南方之强”的美誉，并在国内外享有很高的声望。

作为中国国际教育与合作的先锋，我校目前有1600名全日制海外留学生，31，000名中国学生。来自全世界的专家学者不仅被我校优良的学术研究传统、高素质的教职员工以及先进的研究设备所吸引，而且爱上了坐落于“花园城市”——厦门的诗情画意、风光无限的厦大校园。很多学者不只访问了厦大，还决定留在厦大，从1988年起就在厦大教授MBA课程的潘维廉博士就是其中的一位。

潘维廉博士是厦门大学第一位获得永久聘书的教授，也是福建省第一位获得中国永久居留权的外国专家，他还荣获了中国政府为对中国建设做出突出贡献的外国专家而专门颁发的“友谊奖”。长期以来潘维廉博士一直希望能与大家分享他对厦大深厚的感情以及独到的认识，今天他实现了自己的夙愿。摆在我们面前的这本书，饱含着他对厦大的感情，记录着他对厦大的认识，我相信，每一位读完这本书的人，不论他是否到过厦大，是否在这美丽的校园里学习、工作、生活过，都会加深对厦大的了解和热爱，都会加深对陈嘉庚、林文庆、撒本栋、王亚南等先贤的尊敬与崇拜。借此机会，我要向潘维廉教授和费菲表示我的由衷感谢，感谢他们把这样一份精美的礼物献给厦门大学85周年校庆。

厦门大学校长

二OO六年三月十日