death_place death_date birth_place nationality ethnicity fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
elkhart , indiana , united states 8 july 1969 singapore , british empire british subject republic of china united states october 2009 chinese physiology edinburgh university university of illinois at chicago 15 october 1897 robert lim
 robert lim edinburgh university
robert lim

robert kho-seng lim -lrb- ; 15 october 1897 -- 8 july 1969 -rrb- was a chinese doctor .
his father is lim boon keng , who promoted social and educational reforms in singapore and china .
robert k. s. lim moved to edinburgh when he was eight .
during the first world war , he volunteered for and served in the indian army medical service .
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 ph.d. in 1920 , and a d.sc .
together with a rockefeller fellowship in 1924 .
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 .
he was the founder of the chinese physiological society .
in 1929 , he became a trustee of the ` nanyang club ' in penang , appointed by cheah cheang lim .
other trustees included queen 's scholars dr. wu lien-teh and mr. wu lai hsi , and rockefeller fellowship scholar and pumc colleague , dr. lim chong eang .
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 .
he was elected as a foreign member of united states national academy of sciences in 1942 , and was elected a member in 1956 .
