Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Sun To-yu

Mr. Tao-yu C. Sun

孫多字章甫

(Sun To-yu')

Mr. Tao-yu C. Sun was born at Shou Hsien, Anbui province. After having received his preparatory education at home, he went to America in 1899 to study. He entered the Cornell University in 1905 and graduated with the degree of Civil Engineer in 1909. He returned to China in July 1909. Subsequently he was appointed a councillor of the Hanlin Yuan under the Ching Regime. Once he was an assistant examiner for students going abroad for study. Mr. Sun was assistant-engineer of the Kirin-Changchun Railway, 1909-10; district engineer of the same railway, 1910-11; managing director of the same railway, 1911-13; managing-director, Nanking-Changsha Railway, 1914-16; managing-director, Shanghai-Nanking Railway and Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway, 1919; and managing director of Chu-Ching, Chow-Hsiang and Hsiang-Ngo railways from 1916. He acted concurrently as director of the I-Kuei and Han-I sections of the Hankow-Szechuan Railway. In February 1920 Mr. Sun received the Second Class Chiaho decoration. In September 1920 he was commissioned to be a member of the Famine Relief Commission under the Ministry of Communications. In October 1920 he was appointed Director-General of the Pukow Port Construction. In November 1920 he was made a member of the Railway Finance Commission. In February 1921 he was given the Second Class Tashou Chiaho. In December 1921 he was relieved of the posts of managing director of Chu-ching, Chow-hsiang Railways. In July 1922 he was commissioned to be a member of the National Finance Discussion Commission. In September 1922 he was relieved of the Pukow Port post. In January 1923 Mr. Sun was appointed Vice-Minister of Communications, which position he held until October 1924. In March 1923 he was made a member of the Mongolian Affairs Commission. In April 1923 he received the Second Class Tashou Paokuang Chiaho. In May 1923 he was commissioned to be a member of the Domestic and Foreign Debts Reorganization Commission. For a time Mr. Sun was President of the Tung Hui Industrial Corporation, a business enterprise founded by his elder brother, the late Sun To-sun, former Director-General of the Bank of China and once Governor of Anhui.