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6. The names of the five persons recommended for
appointment went before the University Council on the
12th September, 1919. Four were appointed but "the
Council referred back to the Senate their recommendation
of Dr. A.E. Parker for the new appointment of Professor
of Pathology". "The Registrar was instructed,
pending a further resolution from the Senate to send a
preliminary cable to the London Committee requesting
that Dr. Parker's appointment might be delayed and that
intimation might be given to Dr. Wang that his
application is still under consideration."
were present at this meeting of the Council His
Excellency Mr. Claud Severn, who was then administering
the Government of Hong Kong, the late Professor G.P.
Jordan Pro-Vice Chancellor, the Hon. Mr. H.E. Pollock,
the Hon. the late Mr. Lau Chu Pak, the Hon. the late Mr. Ho Fook, Dr. D.W. McKenny (Acting Principal Medical
Officer), Mr. E. Ralphs (Director of Education),
Professor H.G. Earle, Professor A.G. Warren, Professor
J.D. Wright, and Mr. N.T. Mackintosh who was then
Registrar.
7.
The resolution of the Council which I have
just quoted came before the Senate on the 30th
September, 1919, and that body passed the following
resolution -
8.
"The Senate understanding that Dr. Parker has
already been offered and has definitely accepted the appointment to the Chair of Pathology is therefore of opinion that it can not do other- wise than confirm its recommendation of Dr. Parker for the appointment of Professor of Pathology."
At the meeting of the University Council which
was held on the 12th December, 1919 "Correspondence was
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