Elmer Eugene Barker, Union College

Hu Shih was hailed as the "incurable optimist" by his close friend Elmer Eugene Barker in his Personal Recollections of a Great Humanist‘s Intellectual Development of 1962. 


 and a letter (1955) and two notes from Hu Shih to Elmer Eugene Barker (Cornell University Class of 1910), his friend of more than fifty years. Also, items which concern him, including "Hu Shih, Incurable Optimist" (19 page typescript), Barker's personal recollections of Hu Shih's intellectual development; photographs relating to his life at Cornell and later; a printed bibliography (1963) of Hu Shih's unpublished manuscripts in Chinese, compiled by Hsu Kao-Yuan; and articles and newspaper clippings. Also, first-day cover with Hu Shih commemorative stamp, issued in Taipei in 1990.


Eugene Barker 是胡適康乃爾1910 級的同學。


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Union College

Motto	Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères et sœurs (French)
Motto in English	Under the laws of Minerva, we all become brothers and sisters
Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	February 25, 1795
Endowment	$385.2 million (2016)[1]
President	Stephen Ainlay
Academic staff	228[2]
Undergraduates	2,242 (Fall 2014)[3]
Location	Schenectady, New York, United States
Campus	Urban: 120 acres, including 8 acres of formal gardens
Colors	Union garnet[4]
Athletics	NCAA Div I – ECAC Hockey Div III – Liberty League
Nickname	Dutchmen/Dutchwomen
Affiliations	NAICU[5] Annapolis Group Oberlin Group CLAC
Website	www.union.edu

Past Commencement Speakers - Union College

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2017 - John E. Sexton, President Emeritus of New York University and NYU's ... 1944 – Joseph W.Barker, dean, School of Engineering, Columbia University ... 1940 – Honorable Hu Shih, philosopher, poet, Chinese ambassador to the U.S..