#  Remembering Professor Shiu-Ying Hu 

 





May 30, 2012

 

 

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Professor Shiu-Ying Hu, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow of the [Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University](http://arboretum.harvard.edu), passed away in Hong Kong on May 22 at age 102.An eminent scholar and plant taxonomist, Professor Hu was also a beloved teacher who served as Honorary Professor of Chinese Medicine at the [Chinese University of Hong Kong](http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/index.html) and Senior College Tutor of [Chung Chi College](http://www.ccc.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php?lang=en). Over her long career, she collected and identified as many as 185,000 plant specimens, published more than 160 papers, and was an internationally-recognized authority on *Ilex* (hollies), *Hemerocaulis* (daylilies), *Paulownia*, Compositae (daisies), and Orchidaceae (orchids).

Read more about Professor Hu [here](http://arboretum.harvard.edu/professor-hu/).



 

 

 



 

 

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