游美同学录/唐元湛 中华文库

唐元湛　字露园。年五十七岁。生于广东香山。已婚。子二。女一。初学于本鄕学校。及上海出洋局。同治十一年。以官费游美。光緖七年。回国。历任中国电报局职事。洊升至该局总办。民国二年退职。又历充中国政府驻沪代表。管理派送学生出洋。及上海中国税关各事。前淸授职候补道。经丹麦瑞典挪威各国政府。给予宝星。为美国大学会。中国商会会员。广东会馆董事。黄浦水利局评议员。哈佛医学校。同济德文医学校。红十字会病院。同仁医院。山东路医院。广东医院。尚贤堂。寰球中国学生会。复旦公学。启秀女学校等处。职员董事。现时通信处。上海北河南路三号。

Tong, Yuen-Cham.-Born in Hsiangshan, Kwangtung, 1860. Married, 1887. Studied at Tong-Kar village schools and Chinese Educa-tional Mission School at Shanghai. Arrived in America, September, 1872. Government support. Recalled to China, fall, 1881. Was Telegraph Operator, Clerk-in-Chief, Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, General Manager, Assistant Director-General and finally Director-General, Chinese Telegraph Administration, 1881-1913. Was Chinese Government Represen-tative at Shanghai, Supervisor of government students going abroad, Superintendent of Chinese Customs at Shanghai and Expectant Taotaio of the late Tsing Dynasty. Decorated by Their Majesties, the King of Denmark, the King of Sweden, and the King of Norway. Member and officer: American University Club; Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Canton Guild; Consultative Board of the Whangpoo Conservancy; Committee of Harvard and German Medical School; Red Cross Hospital; St. Luke's Hospital; Shantung Road Hospital; Canton Hospital; International Institute; World's Chinese Students' Federation; Fu Tan College; Chi-Sue Girls' School; etc.