Jiang Menglin (; 20 January 1886 – 1964), also known as Chiang Monlin, was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. Between 1919 and 1927, he also served as the President of Peking University. He later became the president of National Chekiang University. In the early 1950s, he was head of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in Taiwan. Biography Jiang was born in Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on 20 January 1886. Jiang studied at Zhejiang Advanced College (浙江高等学堂; now Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou in 1903. In 1908, he went to America and studied at University of California, Berkeley. At first, he majored in agriculture, and then he turned to pedagogy. Jiang obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University under John Dewey's guidance. Political career Jiang served as the Minister of Education of the Republic of China from 1928-1930. Jiang was the General Secretary of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China from 1945 to 1947. He was also the Chairman of the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in the late 1940s and 1950s. See also Land Reform Museum Notes References and further reading Monlin Chiang, Tides from the West: A Chinese Autobiography ()(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945). 1886 births 1964 deaths Zhejiang University alumni Academic staff of Zhejiang University Politicians from Ningbo Educators from Ningbo Academic staff of Peking University Academic staff of the National Southwestern Associated University Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Writers from Ningbo Republic of China essayists Presidents of Peking University Presidents of Zhejiang University Teachers College, Columbia University alumni People from Yuyao Taiwanese people from Zhejiang Taiwanese Ministers of Agriculture 20th-century essayists