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Franklin Lien Ho (, 1895–1975) was a Chinese economist influential in the
Republic of China
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. He was the director of the Political Department of the Cabinet and later the Vice Minister of Economic Affairs. He was also director general of the Agricultural Credit Administration. He founded the economics department at
Nankai University
Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...
and later served as the university's acting president in 1947 and 1948. He then emigrated to the United States and joined the faculty of
Columbia University
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, retiring in 1960.
Ho was elected a member of
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...
in 1962.
Ho was born in
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
province, China, and attended college in the United States, graduating from
Pomona College
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in 1923
and later from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
. He died in New York City.
References
Presidents of Nankai University
Pomona College alumni
1895 births
1975 deaths
People from Shaoyang
Chinese educators
Chinese economists
Columbia University faculty
Members of Academia Sinica
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