聚焦 | 雷蒙校长荣获“最具影响力的外国专家”称号

Scroll down for English version

上海纽约大学常务副校长杰弗里·雷蒙被国家外国专家局评选为40位“改革开放40周年最具影响力的外国专家”之一，以表彰他为中国改革开放，尤其是在中美教育交流合作中作出的杰出贡献和对中国的真挚友谊。

该奖项由国家外国专家局主办的《国际人才交流》杂志于今年1月份发起。活动开展以来受到社会各界广泛关注，微信投票页面浏览量达百余万人次，收到有效投票十万九千余张。经过严格选拔和专家评审，评选出了改革开放40年以来最具影响力的40位外国专家。评选结果于4月14日在深圳举办的第十六届中国国际人才交流大会开幕仪式上正式公布。

2018年4月14日，第十六届中国国际人才交流大会在深圳开幕。本图来自《国际人才交流》杂志

本图来自《国际人才交流》杂志

包括雷蒙校长在内的40位资深外国科学家、艺术家、教育家和外交家等一同被授予该荣誉，他们都在推动中国重点领域跨越式发展、重大科学研究关键性突破、中外科技文化交流、高层次人才培养等方面发挥了举足轻重的作用。

雷蒙校长说，“过去十年间，我先后任职于北京大学国际法学院和上海纽约大学两所高等院校，和许多优秀的同事一起工作，积极贯彻实践改革开放的精神，推动中国高等教育的改革与创新。”

“能够得到中国政府对我们的工作给予‘有影响力’这样的高度评价和认可，我感到无比振奋。我们一定会再接再厉、继往开来，并将我们在中国高等教育的探索创新中获得的有益经验推广到全国，乃至全世界。” 雷蒙校长谈道。

作为中国第一所中美合作创办的研究型大学的首任常务副校长暨美方校长，雷蒙校长负责管理上海纽约大学学术与行政事务。作为一名国际高等教育界的领军人物，他曾担任美国密歇根大学法学院院长、美国康奈尔大学第11任校长，以及北京大学国际法学院创始院长。

2015年9月30日，雷蒙校长获上海市政府颁发“白玉兰荣誉奖”。“白玉兰荣誉奖”是上海市人民政府和上海人民对获奖者辛勤工作的肯定，也是对所有关心、支持上海发展的外籍友人的深切谢意。

雷蒙校长曾获得诸多嘉奖，以表彰他在美国以及全世界范围内所作出的贡献，其中包括中国政府对来华工作并作出突出贡献的外国专家所颁发的最高奖项——“友谊奖”。他也被北京大学授予荣誉博士学位。

Vice Chancellor Jeffrey Lehman 

   Named Most Influential Foreign Expert   

Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai Jeffrey Lehman has been named one of “The Most Influential Foreign Experts During 40 Years of China’s Reform and Opening-Up.”

The award, established by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, was announced at the opening ceremony of the 16th Conference on International Exchange of Professionals, on April 14 in the city of Shenzhen.

Vice Chancellor Lehman is one of forty senior foreign scientists, artists, educators and diplomats to be honored for their pivotal contributions to China’s remarkable progress since 1978 in scientific research, cultural exchanges, major technologies, and higher education.

“During the past decade, I have worked with many gifted colleagues at the Peking University School of Transnational Law and at NYU Shanghai. Both institutions are committed to helping China develop innovative approaches to higher education that embody the ideals of reform and opening up,” Lehman said.

“I am deeply moved that the government has now decided to recognize these efforts as ‘influential.’ We will continue to share what we have learned with the rest of the higher education community – here in China and abroad,” he added.

As founding Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai, Lehman oversees the academic and administrative operations of the first Sino-American joint university, a degree-granting campus of New York University established in partnership with East China Normal University. He is an internationally acclaimed leader in higher education, having previously served as president of Cornell University, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law.

Lehman has received many honors for his work in the US and around the world, most notably China’s Friendship Award and an honorary doctorate from Peking University.

Weibo:  @上海纽约大学NYUShanghai

WeChat:  NYUShanghai

Instagram:  @nyushanghai

Facebook:  @NYUShanghai

Twitter:  @nyushanghai