Pitt in Asia

February 21, 2005 Issue

Pavilion and pond at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.

Left: Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg presents Pitt Distinguished Alumni Fellow Awards to (second from left) Lap-Chee Tsui (Ph.D ’79 FAS) and Daniel C.W. Tse (Ph.D. ’65 FAS), third from left, at a dinner in their honor in Hong Kong during the Pitt delegation’s visit to Asia in late 2004. Also pictured, at far right, is Ambrose King (M.P.A. ’66, Ph.D. ’70, GSPIA), a 2000 Distinguished Alumni Fellow.

Center: Ice sculpture at a reception for Pitt alumni and friends in Seoul, South Korea.

Right: Floral arrangement presented to Pitt’s delegation by the Pitt Alumni Club in Seoul.

Left: Chancellor Nordenberg and Carolyn Ban (right), dean of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), meet with Jin-Sik Yoon (left), president of Seoul National University of Technology, prior to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between the Seoul university and GSPIA.

Center: Chuan-Sheng Liu (left), president of Taiwan’s National Central University; Chao-an Liu, chancellor of the University System of Taiwan; and Chancellor Nordenberg following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between National Central University and Pitt.

Right: Chancellor Nordenberg and Ovid Tzeng (left), vice president of Taipei’s Academia Sinica, a leading Taiwanese academic research institution, shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between their institutions.

Pitt alumni reception in Taipei, Taiwan.

A visit to Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung Palace by, from left to right: Al Novak, Pitt vice chancellor for institutional advancement; William Brustein, director of Pitt’s University Center for International Studies; GSPIA Dean Ban; and Chancellor Nordenberg.