- Saint John's University, Shanghai
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information =Christianity in China PortalSt. John's University (Chinese: 圣约翰大学) was an
Anglican university located inShanghai ,China . Before theChinese Civil War it was regarded as one of the most prestigious universities in Shanghai and China. In1952 , the university was broken up and its faculties were joined with similar faculties from other universities to create several specialist universities.History
The University was founded in
1879 as "St. John's College" bySamuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky , Bishop of Shanghai, by combining two pre-existing Anglican colleges in Shanghai.St. John's began with 39 students, and taught mainly in Chinese. In 1891 it changed to teaching with English as the main language. The courses began to focus on science and natural philosophy.
In 1905, St. John's College became St. John's University, and became registered in
Washington state in the U.S.. It thus had the status of a domestic university in the U.S. Graduates of St John's could proceed directly tograduate school s in the U.S. As a result, the university attracted some of the brightest and wealthiest students in Shanghai at the time. It was the first institution to grantbachelor's degree s in China, starting in 1907.The university was located on a bend of the
Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, and was designed to incorporate Chinese and Western architectural elements.The university survived the Chinese Civil War. However, in 1952 the Communist government adopted a policy of creating specialist universities in the Soviet style of the time. Under this policy, St Johns was broken up. Most of its faculties was incorporated into the
East China Normal University andFudan University . The medical school was incorporated intoShanghai Second Medical College , which became the School of Medicine,Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2005. The campus became the site of theEast China University of Politics and Law .Alumni.
St. John's University produced several influential figures in the early half of the 20th Century, including:
*David Au , founder of the Sincere Company, the first department store in China.
*Raymond Chow , filmmaker.
*Chung Sze Yuen , seniorHong Kong politician.
*Francis Hsu , former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong.
*Wellington Koo , diplomat, former president of theRepublic of China , foreign minister, former judge and vice-president of theInternational Court of Justice .
*Lin Yutang , writer.
*Liu Yichang , writer.
*Lu Ping , Chinese politician in charge of the handover ofHong Kong andMacau .
*I.M. Pei , architect.
*Qian Liren , Chinese politician and diplomat
*Shi Jiuyong , jurist, currently President of theInternational Court of Justice .
*T.V. Soong , politician, brother to theSoong sisters , Premier of the Republic of China.
*K.H. Ting , Anglican bishop and former national leader of Protestants in thePeople's Republic of China .
*Yen Chia-kan , politician, former Vice President andPresident of the Republic of China .
*Rong Yiren , "Red Capitalist", Vice President of thePeople's Republic of China .
*Zhang Boling founder ofNankai University and the Nankai system of schools.External links
* [http://www.sjuaa.org/ St John's University Alumni Association]
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