Founding Partners

Founding Partners

Partner Institutions
1. Boston College (U.S.)
2. College of the Holy Cross (U.S.)
3. Fairfield University (U.S.)
4. Fordham University (U.S.)
5. Georgetown University (U.S.)
6. Loyola Marymount University (U.S.)
7. Loyola University Chicago (U.S.)
8. Loyola University of Maryland (U.S.)
9. Santa Clara University (U.S.)
10. University of San Francisco (U.S.)
11. Sophia University (Japan)
12. Sogang University (South Korea)

Partner Institutions (cont’d)
13. Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
14. ESADE, Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain)
15. Hochschule fur Philosophie (Germany)
16. LIBA, Loyola College (India)
17. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata (India)
18. Pontifica Universidad Javeriana Cali (Colombia)
19. Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile)
20. Universidad Catolica del Uruguay (Uruguay)
21. Universidad del Pacifico (Peru)
22. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico)
23. Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (Mexico)

Board of Trustees
1. Ronald Anton, SJ, Ph.D. (Chair) – Delegate for New Ventures in Higher Education, Jesuit
Curia, Rome
2. Stephen Chow, SJ, Ed.D. 周 守 仁 神 父 - School Supervisor and Chairman of School
Management Committee, Wah Yan College, Kowloon & Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
3. P. Maria Joseph Christie, SJ, Ph.D. - Director & Professor of Decision Sciences, Loyola
Institute of Business Administration, Chennai (India)
4. William Currie, SJ, Ph.D. - President Emeritus of Sophia University, Tokyo and Delegate of
Fr General to the World Union of Jesuit Alumni
5. Alfred Deignan, SJ, Ph.D. 狄 恆 神 父 - Chairman, Wah Yan One Family Foundation
6. Michael Engh, SJ, Ph.D. - President, Santa Clara University; formerly Dean of the Bellarmine
College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles)
7. Michael Holman, SJ - Principal of Heythrop College, a constituent college of the University
of London
8. Daniel Patrick Huang, SJ Ph.D. - General Counselor and Regional Assistant for Asia Pacific,
General Curia, Society of Jesus, Rome

Board of Trustees (cont’d)
9. Thierry Meynard, SJ, Ph.D. - Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, China
10. José Morales Orozco, SJ. Ph.D. - President (Rector) Universidad Iberoamerica, Mexico
City
11. Bienvenido F. (Ben) Nebres, SJ, Ph.D. - formerly President of the Ateneo de Manila
University, Manila (1993-2011)
12. Daniel Ross, SJ, Ph.D. - Director of the International Center for the Promotion of Partner
Based Learning in Zhuhai, Guangdong (under the College of Social Science, Fu Jen University)
13. Stephan Rothlin, SJ, Ph.D. - General Secretary and Vice Director of the Center for
International Business Ethics at the University of International Business and Economics, and
Chairman of Association at International Business Ethics of Hong Kong (AIBE)
14. Nicolas Standaert, SJ, Ph.D. - Professor of Chinese Studies, Head of the Department of
Sinology, Catholic University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven)
15. Jeffrey von Arx, SJ, Ph.D. - President, Fairfield University (Fairfield CT)

Senior Administrators
President pro tempore
Fr. Michael McFarland, S.J.
Former President
College of the Holy Cross
Provost pro tempore
Dr. Don Dodson
Former Provost and
Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Santa Clara University
Vice President for
Finance and Administration
pro tempore
Mr. John Palmucci
Former VP for Business & Finance,
Loyola University Maryland
Former President, National
Association of College and
University Business Officers;

Planning Teams for Academic Majors
(Arts & Design)
1. Jorge Meza Aguilar - Director of the Design Department, Universidad
Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
2. Arturo Araujo, S.J. - Assistant Professor of Art, University of San
Francisco
3. Jane Brucker - Professor of Art, Loyola Marymount University
4. Kelly Detweiler - Professor of Art and Chair of the Art and Art History
Department, Santa Clara University
5. Eugene Geinzer, S.J. - Academic Advisor and Visiting Professor of Fine
Arts, The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies
6. Dan Schlapbach - Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Loyola University
Maryland
7. Wong Ying - filmmaker and former faculty member, Hong Kong Baptist
University

Planning Teams for Academic Majors
(Economics & Finance)
1. Richard Wall - Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Professor of Economics and Finance, Canisius College
2. Thomas Gottschang - Professor of Economics, College of the Holy
Cross
3. Francis Lui - Professor and Head of Economics, Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology
4. Henry Schwalbenberg - Professor of Economics and Director of the
Graduate Program in International Political Economy and
Development, Fordham University
5. Hersh Shefrin - Professor of Finance, Santa Clara University

Planning Teams for Academic Majors
(Mathematics & Computer Science)
1. Simon Koo - Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer
Science, University of San Diego
2. Der-Chen Chang - Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Georgetown University
3. Damian Lyons - Associate Professor of Computer Science, Fordham
University
4. Chris Morrell - Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Loyola
University Maryland
5. Joseph Ng - Professor of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist
University
6. Dennis Smolarski, S.J. - Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the
Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Santa Clara
University

Planning Teams for Academic Majors
(Philosophy & Applied Ethics)
1. Thierry Meynard, S.J. - Professor of Philosophy and Religious
Studies, Sun Yat-sen University
2. Philip Chmielewski, S.J. - Professor and Sir Thomas More Chair of
Engineering Ethics, Loyola Marymount University
3. Christopher Gowans - Professor and Chair of the Department of
Philosophy, Fordham University
4. Anselm Lam Wing Kwan - Assistant Professor of General Education,
Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong
5. May Sim - Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross
6. Manuel Velasquez - Professor of Management and Charles J. Dirksen
Professor of Business Ethics, Santa Clara University

Planning Teams for Academic Majors
(Political Science & International Relations)
1. Pamela Mason - Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian
Studies, John Carroll University
2. Thomas DeLuca - Professor of Political Science and Director of the
International Studies Program, Fordham University
3. Ronald Teng - Director of MEA, former faculty member at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong
4. Claudio Katz - Professor of Political Science and Director of the
Interdisciplinary Honors Program, Loyola University of Chicago
5. Keally McBride - Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Peace
and Justice Studies, University of San Francisco
6. Robert Ross - Professor of Political Science, Boston College; Associate,
John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Advisors (Local)
• Mr. Bernard Chan 陳 智 思 - Chairman, Lingnan University; Vice Chairperson, Hong Kong Council of
Social Service (Pomona College graduate)
• Hon. Patrick Chan 陳 兆 凱 - Permanent Judge of Court of Final Appeal (Wah Yan alumnus)
• Dr. Sydney Chung 鍾 尚 志 - former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
(Wah Yan alumnus)
• Prof. Francis Lui 雷 鼎 鳴 - Head, Department of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (Wah Yan alumnus)
• Prof. Lui Tai Lok 呂 大 樂 - Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong (Wah
Yan alumnus)
• Mr. Anthony Neoh 梁 定 邦 - former Chief Advisor to the China Securities Regulatory Commission;
former Chairman, Securities and Futures Commission (Wah Yan alumnus)
• Mr. Stephen Ng 吳 天 海 - Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of the Wharf (Holdings) Limited
(Wah Yan alumnus; Ripon College graduate)
• Ms. Ada Wong 黃 英 琦 - District Councillor; Supervisor, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
(Pomona College graduate)
• Mr. Anthony Wu 胡 定 旭 - Chairman, Hospital Authority; Chairman, Bauhinia Foundation Research
Center (Wah Yan alumnus)
• Mr. Francis Yuen 袁 天 凡 - former Chief Executive, Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Wah Yan alumnus;
University of Chicago Trustee)
• Prof. Albert Chan 陳 弘 毅 - Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong