Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Liu T'ing-fang

Dr. Timothy Ting-fang Lew

劉廷芳

(Liu T'ing-fang)

Mr. Lew was born at Wenchow, Chekiang, in 1891 and received his preliminary education at St. John's University, Shanghai, where he won the Viceroy's Medal for Chinese Essay Writing. Dr. Lew then went to America and entered the University of Georgia where he won the Horace Russell Prize in Psychology. He later distinguished himself at Columbia University where he received the degree of B. A. (1914), M. A. (1915) and Ph. D. in Psychology and Education (1920), and was a member of Phi Beta. Kappa. He then studied Theology in the Union Seminary, winning the highest merit scholarship and an appointment to the Dean's Scholarship at Columbia. Later he received from Yale the degree of Bachelor of Divinity (B. D.) in 1918 with magna cum laude, winning also the Fogg Divinity Scholarship. He was later appointed an Assistant in the Department of Religious Education in Union Seminary, the first Chinese ever appointed to teach any subject other than Chinese in an American theological school. He was elected to membership in the American Society of Church History and to the Council of the Religious Education Association. Dr. Lew returned to China in 1920, and was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Peking Government Teachers' College; Professor of Psychology in the National University of Peking; and a member of the theological faculty of the Peking University (Yenching Ta Hsu'eh). In 1921 Dr. Lew was elected Dean of the School of Theology in the Yenching University, resigning his deanship in Teachers' College. His activities since his return to China have been varied, including; joint-editor of China in Education; joint-author with Dr. Hu Suh and others of "China To-day," "Some Aspects of Chinese Civilization;" joint-author with Prof. W. A. McCall of Columbia of "How to Measure in Education," "Method of Constructing Psychological and Educational Tests;" author of "China in America Text Books," "The Psychological Study of Learning Chinese,” "Middle School Intelligence Tests," "Problems of the Chinese Church,” "The Responsibility of Ministers in the Renaissance Movement;" associate editor of The Journal of New Education; editor of The Life Journal; member of the National Christian Council; member of the National Christian Educational Association and Chairman of its Committee of Standardized Tests; Member of the Literature Committee of the National Committee of the Y. M. C. A; Board of Directors of the Peking Y. M. C. A; National Association for the Advancement of Education; Executive Secretary of the Society for the study of International Education; Executive Council of the China Psychological Association; Commission of National Phonetics; Commission of the Ministry of Education on the Investigation of Elementary School Records, etc. In addition to being Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Professor in the Peking University, Dr. Lew is also Professor of the National Peking Normal University and Lecturer of the National University of Peking. Dr. Lew's address is c/o Yenching University, Peking.