Medical College for Women (夏葛女子醫學院, the first medical college for women in China) and its affiliated hospital known as David Gregg Hospital for Women and Children (Chinese name is 柔濟醫院), located in Guangzhou, China, were parts of a medical center that was founded by female medical missionary Dr. Mary H. Fulton (1854-1927). Dr. Fulton was sent by the Foreign Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church (USA), with the support of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York, of which David Gregg was pastor. The college was dedicated in 1902 and offered a four-year medical curriculum. At the end of 1932, the medical center was registered and put under the control of the Chinese government. Furthermore, it affiliated with Guangzhou Hospital and Lingnan University to form the Sun Yat-Sen Medical College in 1936. During the 1930s and 40s, the university was forced to move several times as Japanese armies advanced across China. In 1937, it relocated to Hong Kong as the Japanese occupied Canton, and in 1942, to Kukong (now Shaoguan) in northern Kwangtung Province, as the Japanese occupied Hong Kong. After World War II, the university was finally able to return to Canton. In 1953, Lingnan University was incorporated into Chung Shan University (now Sun Yat-sen University). Members of the university who fled from communist rule to Hong Kong founded the Lingnan College in Hong Kong to continue the spirit of the university in 1967. That college became Hong Kong's Lingnan University in 1999. Presidents Charles K. Edmunds (1907–1924) Notable alumni Lee Sun Chau (周理信, 1890-1979), graduate of Hackett Medical College for Women and one of the first female Chinese doctors of Western Medicine in China Liang Yusheng, wuxia novelist Wing-tsit Chan, eminent Chinese philosopher and academic Wong Shik Ling, a linguist and prominent scholar in Cantonese research. Paul Kwong, Archbishop of Hong Kong Rong Baisheng, architect References External links Sun Yat-sen University Lingnan (University) College Lingnan Foundation Plan of Honglok campus in 1918 Historic Lingnan University images from China Christian colleges and Universities Image Database Historic Lingnan University images from library of Lingnan University (Hong Kong) Christian colleges in China Educational institutions established in 1888 Universities and colleges in Guangzhou 1888 establishments in China