- Ungku Abdul Aziz
Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (born
January 28 ,1922 ,London ,United Kingdom ) was the vice challencor of theUniversity of Malaya from 1968 to 1988. He was awarded the title ofProfessor Diraja in 1978. He is partially of Circassian descent and is a cousin ofSyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas andSyed 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
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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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