Background
Mr. G. H. Li was born at Lunan, Henan Province in 1889.
Mr. G. H. Li was born at Lunan, Henan Province in 1889.
Mr. Li began his trainng in the Lunan Primary School and continued in the Lunan Middle School where he finished in the first class in 1905 and later graduated from Henan College in 1910 with high honors. His scholarship earned for him a trip to America where he entered the University of Michigan in 1913. He specialized in architecture and graduated with the B. S. A. degree in 1917.
Mr. Li then returned to China and engaged in educational and architectural work in his home province. On his return he was elected Principal of the Government Preparatory School at Kaifeng which he helped to make successful and upon the basis of which has recently been started the Chung Chow University of which he has the honor to be Dean.
After holding this principalship two years Mr. Li resigned to accept the headship of the Fu Chung College of Mines at Chao Chow, which position he held three years, resigning at the entreaty of President H. L. Chang and others to become Dean and architect for the building of Chung Chow University.
Mr. Lee was assistant architect to Shattuck and Hussey at the laying of the foundations of the Peking Union Medical College in 1917-1918, was President of the Henan Teachers Alliance and author of a plan to establish an independent educational fund for the province of Henan. He contributed several articles to leading magazines, one being a plan to reconstruct China. Mr. Lee, besides being the Dean at Chung Chow University was also engaged in erecting several dormitories and an $80,000.00 Science Hall for that institution.