Chen Kung-Pei 陈拱北

Chen Kung-Pei 陈拱北

Master of Public Health, 1952

Chen Kung-Pei, born in Taipei in 1917, received his bachelor’s degree from Keio University in Japan and then taught at the department of medicine at Taihoku Imperial University. In 1951, Chen received his MD from Keio University. In the same year, he was enrolled in the University of Minnesota and received a master’s degree in public health in 1952. After graduation, Chen worked for the Ministry of Health in Taiwan till 1955 when he became the dean of the Department of Public Health in Medical School of Taiwan University, and the director of the Public Health Institution. In 1960, Chen returned to the United States to study at Harvard University’s School of Public Health where he received a Doctor of Public Health degree. After that, Chen served as a consultant at United Nations World Health Organization.

In 1969, Chen served as a guest professor at Washington University for a year. In 1970, he was invited to give a speech at the prestigious Cutter Lecture on Preventative Medicine.

In Taiwan, Chen Kung-Pei is considered as “the Father of Public Health”. After his death, Taiwan University established Chen Kung-Pei Preventive Medical Foundation to recognize his outstanding achievements. The foundation has established a scholarship to support students studying public health at Taiwan University. Since 1998, this scholarship has supported three students each year.

In 1972, Chen received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota, which is the highest honor for alumni.

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陈拱北,1917年生于台北,1942年获得日本庆应义塾大学学士学位,随后任教于台北帝国大学医学部。1951年获得庆应义塾大学医学博士学位。同年,他来到明尼苏达大学并于1952年获得公共卫生专业硕士学位。毕业后,陈拱北在台湾卫生部任职。1955年,他被任命为台湾大学医学院公共卫生学科主任及公共卫生研究所所长。1960年,陈拱北赴哈佛大学并获得公共卫生专业博士学位。后来,他还曾担任联合国世界卫生组织的顾问。

1969年至1970年,陈拱北担任华盛顿大学客座教授,1970年2月,他荣获哈佛大学邀请在最具学术权威的Cutter公共卫生讲座进行演讲。

在台湾,陈拱北被称为“公共卫生之父”,他去世后,国立台湾大学设立了陈拱北预防医学基金会,以此肯定陈拱北的杰出成就。此基金会设立的奖学金自1998年起每年资助3名台湾大学公共卫生学系学生。

1972年,陈拱北获得明尼苏达大学杰出成就奖。