JVO

I am taken aback to know many of our graduates have not heard of JVO - our founding chairman.

Of course knowledge of this kind has nothing to do with their ability to take care of the sick people. Nonetheless it doesn't feel good if a native Chinese have not heard of Sun Yat Sen (孫中山), or an American does not know of George Washington. (By the way, for new immigrants to the new world, you probably would not get your citizenship.) History is in itself no doubt an interesting subject. With time, I also come to realize that those who are interested in other people and their doings usually prosper - and make their own names a must-know in the years to come.

And JVO is the all time idol for people with a distaste for hypergammaglobulinemia and granuloma. During his leadership for 5 years, there was no need to hold a single department meeting; every problem could be solved by talking face-to-face within his office or along the corridor. Things would happen as said, and therefore there was no need of documentation in black-and-white.

Yes, maybe the world has changed. At least none of us is as able as that Just Very Old man.