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Prof. Kao's Profile (1933-2018)
Born in Shanghai
1933
Completed secondary education at St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong
1952
Obtained BSc degree in Electrical Engineering at Woolwich Polytechnic (now the University of London)
1957
Joined Standard Telecommunication Laboratories of ITT
1960
Obtained PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at University College London
1965
Published a paper which proposed using glass fibers as a conductor for optic communication, ushering in the era of optic fiber communication
1970
Joined ITT again, first as Chief Scientist and later as Director of Engineering
1974
Conferred the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by CUHK
1985
Became Vice-Chancellor of CUHK
1987
Led to establish Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
1991
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Retired in July from vice-chancellorship and appointed as Honorary Professor of Engineering
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A minor planet (3463) was named after him as ‘Kaokuen’ by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
1996
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2009
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