Lim Tay Boh

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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)