The Hong Kong connection
“In the Chinese culture we always believe that life is a circle. The circle means that life is full . . . it’s perpetual. And so with any circle, there’s a starting point. My life circle essentially started at the URochester. It’s where my intellectual growth began. If you look at this circle, there are different points along it for me: the URochester, jobs all over the world, and different careers.
At the end of the day, it still started with the URochester. My circle has to return there. You may ask, why? It’s because this will make my life complete—it will make it a full circle. That is a legacy, and it is my story at the URochester. I started here, and when I’m gone, I hope that the education I received and also the work that I’ve done here to help other students will become a full circle again and again, perpetuated by each of them.”
—Evans Lam ’83, ’84S (MBA), Managing Director-Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services
“In the Chinese culture we always believe that life is a circle. The circle means that life is full . . . it’s perpetual. And so with any circle, there’s a starting point. My life circle essentially started at the URochester. It’s where my intellectual growth began. If you look at this circle, there are different points along it for me: the URochester, jobs all over the world, and different careers.
At the end of the day, it still started with the URochester. My circle has to return there. You may ask, why? It’s because this will make my life complete—it will make it a full circle. That is a legacy, and it is my story at the URochester. I started here, and when I’m gone, I hope that the education I received and also the work that I’ve done here to help other students will become a full circle again and again, perpetuated by each of them.”
—Evans Lam ’83, ’84S (MBA), Senior Vice President at UBS Financial Services
Benefactor helps bridge cultures, ideas, and people
is a member of the Ģý’s Board of Trustees and the national chair of the University’s leadership annual giving society, the George Eastman Circle. Over the years, he has supported the University in many ways, from establishing Lam Square in Rush Rhees Library to endowing the Susanna and Evans Y. Lam Professorship at the Simon Business School.
He also created the Evans Lam Study Abroad Scholarship, which sponsors five undergraduates annually to pursue scholarly exchange in Hong Kong, China. Additionally, he sponsors students from Hong Kong to study in Rochester.
Watch the video below to hear from some of Lam’s scholars, then scroll down to read some of the stories of a few others.
Building Connections
Global experiences build cultural literacy, foster understanding, and change our perspectives. To learn how you can support a cultural exchange program, contact Lisa Hall, Executive Director, College Advancement, at (585) 273-3619.
James Pike ’18
Major: Economics
Minor: Industrial Psychology
Hometown: Hong Kong, China
Grant Dever ’16, ’17 (T5)
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Occupation: Barbara J. Burger iZone community manager, Ģý
Leyla Mouli ’19
Major: Environmental science
Minor: Sustainability
Hometown: Doula, Cameroon
Oluwatobi “Tobi” Abubakare ’18
Major: Language and brain development
Hometown: Houston, Texas (born in London, England)