Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Lo Pan Hwen

Dr. Pan H. Lo

羅泮輝字芹三

Dr. Pan H. Lo, a Cantonese, received his preliminary education at the Chinese Baptist Mission School in San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A.; later studied under private tutor at Queen's College, Hongkong, where he was graduated with the award of the Stewart scholarship for high proficiency in English. Joined Pei Yang University as instructor in English and mathematics in 1904. Entered Harvard University, Cambridge to study economics and government in 1906 and completed his work there for the A. B. degree in 1908. Joined the University of Chicago Law School in the fall of 1908 as a candidate for the J. D. degree and latar also enrolled in the political science department of the University as a candidate for the M. A. degree. Received both advanced degrees in 1911, being the first Chinese recipient of the degree of Juris Doctor in American universities. Dr. Lo's scholarship and high popularity with his American school-mates was shown in the honor of his being once elected president of his law class. Dr. Lo returned to China in the autumn of 1911 and joined the revolutionary movement then in progress in Canton. He was placed in charge of foreign relations and also connected with the law drafting bureau. In the early part of 1912, a Presidential mandate appointed him as special commissioner of foreign affairs for Kwangtung province, which post he held till the end of the second revolution of 1913. After leaving politics Dr. Lo taught as professor of law and political science up to the summer of 1924, when he was employed as chief secretary to the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway administration. Dr. Lo is serving the Shanghai community as one of the five Chinese advisers elected to the International Municipal Council. He also takes much interest in the welfare of his fellow provincials in Shanghai, being vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Cantonese guild and director of the Cantonese free schools and other educational and eleemosynary institutions. His connection with the Comparative Law School of of China, the law department of Soochow University, has been so long and continuous that every graduate of the school has had the benefit of his teaching as lecturer on the law of evidence.