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The History of Wharton Club of Shanghai
The Wharton Club of Shanghai was firstly established on
27th December, 1987. The first Chairman is Mr. Zhang
Zhen Ph.D'45, the professor of Management College of
Shanghai JiaoTong University. The first vice chairman is
Mr. Yang Xishan, the honorable dean of Management
College of SJTU. There were only 14 members at that
time, most of them are elder alumni graduated from
Wharton in 1940s. The main purpose of establishing the
Wharton Club of Shanghai is to build a channel for the
exchange between/among the school, the alumni in
Shanghai and the alumni from other regions.
 Mr.
Wang Xi was elected as the second chairman in December
1995. He is professor of Fudan University, the director
of Sino-American relationship research program. He is
also the vice president of Shanghai office General of
Re-assurance. Several alumni parties have been held
since the establishment of the Wharton Club of Shanghai.
The participation was not only from more alumni, but
from government officials, noted scholars and the
members of Wharton-Jiaotong joint program. Mr. Meng
Jianzhu, Minister of the Public Security and the former
vice mayor of Shanghai, was the honorable chairman of
the alumni club. Other honored guests were Mr. Zhu
Xiaoming, the director of foreign economic relations and
trade commission, Mr. Jeffrey Sheehan, associate dean of
international affairs of the Wharton School.
To promote the exchange among alumni and to build the
presence of the club, the Wharton Club of Shanghai not
only held alumni parties but also organized various
activities, including the coordination for Mr. Meng
JianzhuˇŻs visit to the Wharton School in Philadelphia.
In May 1996, it held the joint seminar ˇ°the Management
of Corporate Companyˇ± with McKinsey and Shanghai
International Trust Investment Company. In August 1996,
it invited Prof. Michael Useem, Prof. Jitendra Singh,
the senior professors from Wharton to hold seminars. The
4th Asian Regional Alumni Meeting During 30th to 31st
May 1997 was a great success. Besides, the club offered
help to the admission office of the Wharton School on
its promotion, recruitment and interview in Shanghai.
Since October 2000, we helped to organize the admission
receptions presented by Wharton admission representative
every year.
Since the establishment of the Wharton Club of Shanghai,
it has not only organized activities for alumni in
Shanghai, but also has been a bridge between Shanghai
and the Wharton School, between the alumni in Shanghai
and alumni in the world.
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