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A. P-T. SAH (A´35, M´36) professor of physics, Tsing Hua University, Peiping, China, recently was appointed president of the National University of Amoy, Amoy, China. Doctor Sah, who formerly served as visiting professor on the electrical engineering faculties of both The Ohio State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was born July 24, 1902, at Foochow, China, and after receiving the degree of bachelor of arts at Stanford University in 1924, enrolled in the electrical engineering school of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he received the degree of electrical engineer (1925) and doctor of science (1927). For one year after his graduation in 1927 he was affiliated with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., following which be became chief engineer of the China Radio Corporation, Tientsin. In 1928 he was appointed assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics at Tsing Hua University and in the following year he received his full professorship. In 1936 Doctor Sah returned to the United States as visiting professor of electrical engineering at The Ohio State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and during his stay presented 2 papers on the engineering application of dyadics at the Institute´s 1937 winter convention. Since 1935 Doctor Sah has served as a member of the Chinese National Electrotechnical Committee, affiliated with the International Electrotechnical Commission. He is a member of the Chinese Engineering Society, Chinese Science Society, Chinese Physical Society, and the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering.