Herman Liu


Herman Chan-En Liu or Liu Zhan'en was an educator and civic leader in China. He was awarded a PHD degree with the dissertation Nonverbal intelligence tests for use in China at Teachers College, Columbia University.
He returned to China in 1922. From 1928 to 1938, he was the first Chinese president of University of Shanghai.
University of Shanghai was in a critical position for information sharing after the 1937' Battle of Nanking. President Liu was assassinated by the Japanese on a bus stop in Shanghai on the date of April 7,1938 after he secretly transferred Nanjing Massacre photos to the members of public along the world.
President Liu was survived by his wife Liu-Wang Liming and three children.