Lim Tay Boh

1963 - 1967

Education

• Raffles Institution, where he was in the Queen’s Scholarship class.
• Dip.Arts, Class I (Raffles College). While he was a teacher, he was a private candidate for the external honours degree in History in the University of London
• Jesus College, Cambridge (1st Class Hons. For Part II of Economics Tripos exams)
• PhD (London School of Economics)

Career

• 1949-55 Lecturer, late Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Malaya
• 1956 Visiting Lecturer in Southeast Asian Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
• 1958-62 Dean of Arts, University of Malaya
• 1960-63 Professor of Economics, University of Malaya
• 1962 Hon. Research Fellow, Faculty of Economics, Harvard
• 1962-63 Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Singapore
• 1963-64 Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Singapore
• 1964 Visitor, Faculty of Economics & Politics, Cambridge
• 1965-1967 Vice-Chancellor, University of Singapore

Offices held

• Member, Singapore Government Commission on Minimum Standards of Livelihood
• Chairman, Government Commission on Education in Singapore
• Consultant, UN Economic Commission for Asia & the Far East

Honours

• Bintang Bakti Masharakat (Public Service Star)