Ungku Abdul Aziz

Ungku Abdul Aziz

Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (born January 28, 1922, London, United Kingdom) was the vice challencor of the University of Malaya from 1968 to 1988. He was awarded the title of Professor Diraja in 1978. He is partially of Circassian descent and is a cousin of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas and Syed Hussein Alatas. [ [http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~hagha/library/attas.htm Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas] ; [http://allmalaysia.info/visitmalaysia2007/story.asp?file=/2007/3/4/vm07_merdeka50/17281586&sec=visitmsia07_merdeka50 Malaysian Families: Taking root, branching out] ; [http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/4/1/lifefocus/17281586&sec=lifefocus Taking root, branching out] ]

He graduated with a PhD from Waseda University in Tokyo.

Honors

* Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Melayu: Hadiah Budaya Asia Fukuoka), 1993, Fukuoka, Japan
* Japan Foundation: Japan Foundation Award, 1981. [ [http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/award/index.html Japan Foundation Award, 1981.] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.um.edu.my/discover_um/vc_office/former_vc.php?intPrefLangID=1& List of former Vice Chancellors of University of Malaya]


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