Background
His father is Lim Boon Keng, who promoted social and educational reforms in Singapore and China.
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Robert Lin
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Education
In 1916, he returned to Edinburgh for medical studies, and graduated in 1919 with a degree in medicine from Edinburgh University, where he subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1920, and a Doctor of Science together with a Rockefeller fellowship in 1924.
Career
Robert K. South. Lim moved to Edinburgh when he was eight. During the first World War, he volunteered for and served in the Indian army medical service. He worked in the department of physiology in the University of Chicago before he was appointed associate professor, then head of department at the Peking Union Medical College.
In 1929, he became a trustee of the "Nanyang Club" in Penang, appointed by Cheah Cheang Lim.
The "Nanyang Club" is an old house in Peiping, China and was used to provide convenient accommodation to overseas Chinese friends. After the Second Sino-Japanese war, he rebuilt China"s medical education and medical research.
He was a Lieutenant General in the Army and Surgeon General of the Republic of China. In 1947, Lim reorganized the National Defense Medical Center and served as its first president
He left for the United States in 1949.
Achievements
Membership
National Academy of Sciences]
He was elected as a foreign member of United States National Academy of Sciences in 1942, and was elected a member in 1956.
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Nationality
China -
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