今年12月1日为著名图书馆学家钱存训先生百岁华诞庆典日，美国各界将联合举办盛大的钱存训先生百岁华诞庆典。为此，美国芝加哥大学人文科学部正在发起一项中国研究基金，以表彰钱存训先生的卓越成就，庆祝钱存训先生百岁华诞，并激励后人致力于中国研究。该中国研究基金的预定目标是筹集50万美元基金，目前，钱存训先生和家人已捐赠10万美元作为该项目的启动基金。美国芝加哥大学人文科学部诚请海内外各相关机构和个人踊跃捐款，共同襄助此项计划，并将在今年12月1日钱存训先生百岁华诞庆典上公布所有捐款者的芳名。

        捐款联系人： Nick Lopez先生（美国芝加哥大学校友会副主任），电话：（001） 773-702-9243，电子邮件： nalopez@uchicago.edu ，欢迎垂询和捐款。

    现将美国芝加哥大学人文科学部院长Martha T. Roth教授的邀请函转帖如下，敬请国内外的各相关机构和个人踊跃捐款。

September 23, 2009

Dear Friend of T.H. Tsien,

On December 1, 2009, T. H. Tsien, our respected Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Curator Emeritus of the East Asian Library, will celebrate his 100th birthday. As Dean of the Division of the Humanities, I admire and salute his distinguished career as scholar-librarian at the University of Chicago. His contributions to the early development of East Asian studies and East Asian librarianship at Chicago are praised by scholars throughout the world. As such, I see an opportunity to honor and celebrate his eminent career. I write to ask you and your institution to join in commemorating Professor Tsien’s many contributions to the University and to the field of Chinese studies by making a gift to create The T.H. Tsien Research Fund for Chinese Studies at the University of Chicago.

The T.H. Tsien Research Fund for Chinese Studies will establish and endow a research fund for the benefit of our faculty in Chinese studies to be administered by The Center for East Asian Studies, an interdepartmental unit of the University, to enhance opportunities available to scholars both in the United States and abroad. Strategic investments in our faculty reinforce Chicago’s ability to push intellectual boundaries and set global research agendas in the humanities. It is fortunate that celebrating Professor Tsien’s 100th birthday provides the opportunity of establishing an endowment in his name that perpetuates the study of a culture to which he devoted his life’s work.

Our goal is to establish this endowment with an amount of $500,000. Professor Tsien’s family has given a start to this project with a gift of $100,000. The Humanities Division is seeking additional contributions to make this beginning a full-fledged reality. I hope that you and your institution will consider joining the Tsien family in making a substantial gift towards establishing The T.H. Tsien Research Fund for Chinese Studies at the University of Chicago. Any gifts pledged or received will be announced to Professor Tsien at a private birthday celebration to be held in December. Please contact Nick Lopez, Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Development for the Humanities Division, at 773-702-9243 or via email at nalopez@uchicago.edu to ask questions or to make a gift. Such an endowment would appropriately honor Professor Tsien and his distinguished career as a teacher and librarian, and preserve his global impact on Chinese studies for future generations.

Thank you,

Martha T. Roth
Dean
Division of the Humanities
The University of Chicago

参阅博文：

（1）恭贺钱存训先生九十七岁华诞

（2）钱存训图书馆开馆（组图）

（3）拜见学界泰斗钱存训先生（组图）