“… an outstanding academic, a sensible and perceptive administrator, and a talented man endowed with a sense of humour, a certain generosity of spirit and sensitivity to the needs of others.” — J. Brian Heaton, China Quarterly, on the first edition of A Lifetime in Academia • Huang reflects on his diverse university experience of almost half a century and on his experiences during World War II, when he moved, as a refugee, into Free China to study and teach.