Tang Yuhan

Tang Yuhan, or Hans Tang^[1] (Chinese: 湯于翰; pinyin: Tāng Yúhàn; 1913 – 25 May^[2] 2014)^[3] was a Hong Kong-Chinese oncologist and businessman. He founded the Sino-Belgium Cancer Hospital of Radiation Therapy in Shanghai and served as president of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association (香港中華醫學會)^[4] and the founder of Tang Fund (湯氏基金).

Tang Yuhan
Born	1913 Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Died	May 25, 2014(2014-05-25) (aged 100–101) Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Physician, businessman
Spouse	Chen Yunshang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang.

Life

Early life

Tang was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang, China. He entered elementary school in Ningbo, and spent part of his childhood in Shanghai. He obtained his first M.D. from Shanghai Medical College (now the medical school of Fudan University). He then went to Western Europe and continued his study in medicine, especially in cancer therapy. He obtained his second doctor's degree from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He subsequently returned to Shanghai and served as president of the Sino-Belgian Radium Institute, the first cancer specialty hospital in China, and president of the Chinese Red Cross General Hospital.^[5]

1950s

Tang went to Hong Kong as a doctor and businessman. He cooperated with Henry Fok in a series of investments.^[6] During this period, he became the member of Royal College of Physicians of London and Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh^[7] and was selected to be the president of Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association (香港中華醫學會).

1990s and later

Tang visited Chinese mainland many times. As a member of Ningbo Group (寧波幫), he made contributions to Chinese education.^[8] A hospital affiliated to Ningbo University in Ningbo is named after him. He donated more than 10 million yuan RMB for this hospital, which was opened in 2005.^[9] To honor his donations, the Ningbo Government awarded him Honorary Citizenship of Ningbo in 1998 and the Zhejiang Government awarded him the honorary title of "Loving-Homeland Model" (愛鄉楷模) in 2000.^[5]

Personal life

Tang's wife, Chen Yunshang, was an actress during the 1940s in Hong Kong and Shanghai. They married in 1943.^[10] Tang was a vegetarian and spoke several European languages.

Memberships and other roles

• Member, Royal College of Physicians of London
• Member, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Member, Hong Kong College of Physicians
• Member, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
• Member, FHKAM (Medicine)
• Member and former president of Hong Kong Chinese Association of Medicine
• Honorary director of the Medical School, Ningbo University

Notes

1. Member list of the Society of Physicians of Hong Kong, official website of the Society of Physicians of Hong Kong.
2. Journal of the Society of Physicians of Hong Kong, July 2014, p. 58
3. "医学院2014届学生毕业典礼隆重举行". 学院新闻. Medical School of Ningbo University. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
4. (in Chinese) Ningbo University and Ningbo Group, People's Daily Overseas Edition, December 12, 2003, Section 1 (mentioning that Tang is the President of Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association).
5. (in Chinese) Biography of Tang Yuhan^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Ningbo government, March 5, 2002.
6. (in Chinese)Leng Xia (冷夏), Biography of Henry Fok (霍英東全傳), Chapter 15 (available at sina.com), Chinese Opera Press (中国戏剧出版社) 2005, ISBN 7-104-02056-X
7. (in Chinese) Tang Yuhan, the Honorary Dean of Ningbo University Medical School Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Ningbo Net.
8. (in Chinese) Ningbo Group, People's Daily Overseas Edition, June 29, 2007, Section 6.
9. (in Chinese) Tang Yuhan Medical Center Opened (湯于翰醫療中心啟用), Ningbo Daily (寧波日報) January 28, 2005, reprinted in Sina.com.
10. (in Chinese) Biography of Chen Yunchang Published in Beijing, Zhangye Daily (張掖日報), April 9, 2003.