University of Nanking

History

Presidents

• John Calvin Ferguson
• G.A. Stuart
• Arthur J. Bowen
• Chen Yuguang
• Li Fangxun

  Notable alumni

• Ching Chun Li, geneticist, Chairman of American Society of Human Genetics.
• Choh Hao Li, biologist, biochemist. His achievements include isolating and synthesizing the human pituitary growth hormone. He received many honors including Lasker Award.
• Choh-Ming Li, educationist, economist.
• Francois Cheng, writer, poet. A "Bridge Between Eastern and Western Culture".
• T. C. Tso, agriculturalist, tobacco scientist.
• Te-Tzu Chang, agriculturalist. Member of Academia Sinica. He receives Tyler Prize in 1999.
• Thome H. Fang, philosopher.
• W. B. Pettus, educator.
• Wang Yinglai, biochemist who achieved the synthesis of insulin
• Wu Teh Yao, educationist, politics scholar.
• Zhang Zhiwen, agriculturist, Vice Director General of FAO of United Nations.

  Notable faculty

• Charles W. Woodworth, Professor Emeritus and founder of the Entomology Division U.C. Berkeley was a lecturer in Entomology during his sabbatical in 1918. He was there then again between 1921-4. See the C. W. Woodworth Award.
• Albin Bro, fourth president of Shimer College.
• Pearl S. Buck, writer.
• Zou Bingwen, agriculturist, the Vice Chairman of Organising Committee of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.