The School was pleased to establish its Fellowship awards in 2014. The School felt that it had become of a size and reputation that it would be appropriate to honour some of the many people involved in supporting continuing education and lifelong learning in Hong Kong, thus these awards complement those of the University. The criteria for the awards are as follows: • Long service which relates to good and excellent service with the School • Relationship with the School • Distinguished lifelong learners and contributions to lifelong learning. For the 2023 awards, the three Fellows well met one or more of these criteria. Dr Jennie LEE Yee Ching Dr Jennie Yee Ching Lee is a prominent Hong Kong philanthropist and visionary educator. Born and educated in Hong Kong, Dr Lee graduated from HKU with an honours degree in English Language & Literature. After further studies in the United States, she taught English at a renowned private school in the US. Since her return to Hong Kong, she served as Director of the Hong Kong YWCA from 1975 to 2003. Dr Lee also served on the Scholarship Committee of the American Women's Association. As the only local member of the Building Committee, she helped set up the irst Ronald McDonald House to provide temporary lodging for young cancer patients and their families in Hong Kong. ‘Pay it forward’ is not only the name of a Hollywood movie, but also an idea of serial reciprocity, in which debts can be repaid in the currency of good deeds. This is the philosophy at the heart of the ‘Lee Shiu Socio-Economic Study Project’, established at HKU in 1998 by Dr Jennie Lee and her late husband, Dr Lee Shiu. Every year, their programmes bring together outstanding university students from Hong Kong, China, Singapore and the US, with the aim of cultivating international leaders with a broad understanding of China and world cultures. Many of these students have since assumed leadership positions and consider these programmes to have been a lifechanging experience for them. The success of all these programmes would not have been possible without Dr Jennie Lee's extraordinary passion and extensive involvement. Dr Jennie Lee and the late Dr Lee Shiu have also generously supported a great many educational projects, and at HKU, we are grateful for their commitment to and participation in a variety of HKU exchange programmes in Medicine, Law, Social Science, HKU SPACE and the HKU Foundation. In addition to tirelessly promoting intercultural learning among university students across Asia-Paci ic and the US with her late husband, Dr Jennie Lee also devotes much effort to the ongoing endeavour of improving the English communications ability of school and university students in Hong Kong and China. At HKU SPACE, the Jennie Lee English Village is named in her honour. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Lingnan University and an Honorary University Fellowship by HKU in 2007. 作為極具規模及聲譽良好之學術機構，學院於 2014 年 起設立榮譽院士資格，認為頒授榮譽院士銜予支持持續 教育和終身學習的傑出人士是合適的舉措，同時可與香 港大學所頒授的榮譽頭銜互為補足。榮譽院士銜之標準 如下： · 長期為學院提供優質及卓越的服務 · 與學院淵源深厚 · 在終身學習方面表現傑出及對終身學習貢獻良多 2023年度的三位榮譽院士完全符合其中一項或多項準則。 李梅以菁博士 李梅以菁博士是香港傑出的慈善家，亦是高瞻遠 矚的教育家。李博士在香港出生並接受教育，她 在香港大學修讀英國語文及文學，以榮譽學位 畢業；之後負笈美國深造，畢業後於當地一所著 名私立學校教授英語。李博士熱心公益事務，自 美回港後，在1975年至2003年擔任香港基督 教女青年會董事，達28年之久；她亦曾是美國 婦女協會獎學金委員會成員。作為建築委員會的 唯一本地成員，李博士曾協助香港成立首間「麥 當勞叔叔之家」，為癌病兒童及其家人提供短期 住宿院舍。 基於她對教育的熱忱，與其夫婿李韶博士於 1998年在港大設立「李韶社會經濟考察計劃」。 每年，該計劃都會安排來自香港、中國內地、新 加坡和美國的優秀學生聚首交流，藉此培育對 中國和世界文化具豐富認識的國際領袖。曾參與 計劃的學生大部分都已晉身領導階層，並認為 該計劃改變了他們的人生。如果沒有李梅以菁博 士的滿腔熱忱和積極參與，這些計劃不可能取 得成功。 李梅以菁博士與其已故丈夫李韶博士對教育充 滿熱誠，曾贊助香港大學多個教育項目。我們衷 心感謝他們對港大醫學、法律學、社會科學、香 港大學專業進修學院和香港大學基金等多項交 流計劃的貢獻和參與。 除了與已故丈夫孜孜不倦地推廣亞太地區和美國 大學生的跨文化學習外，李博士還致力提升香港 及中國內地中小學生和大學生的英語溝通能力。 學院的李梅以菁英語村便是以她的名字命名。 李博士於2007年獲嶺南大學頒授榮譽博士及香 港大學頒授名譽大學院士。 HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS 榮譽院士 HKU SPACE ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR院長回顧 HKU SPACE ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR院長回顧 16 17
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