Background
Mr. How was born in Shanghai, China in 1896.
Mr. How was born in Shanghai, China in 1896.
How Bang received his early education at a school in Shanghai, later going to St. John's University. After graduation he went to Wharton School of Commerce and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated in 1920 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in economics.
Before returning to Shanghai to join the Commercial Press, How Bang made a survey and investigation of the printing business in England and Germany which took him one year. He returned to Shanghai in 1922 and joined the Commercial Press. His first work was in the Import Department and later he served as secretary of the Works Division and acted concurrently as secretary to the managing director.
Mr. How was elected to the board of directors 1925 and made manager of the Company in 1926. Aside from his duties with the Commercial Press he was a chairman of China Assurance Corporation, Director of Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank, Director of the International Dispensary, Ltd., Director of Shanghai Trust Co.
His father was one of the original founders of the Commercial Press, Shanghai.
