Hou, Ching-Fei.-Born in Wusih, Kiangsu, 1886. Studied at Nanyang College, Shanghai, 1902; at Chihli Provincial College, Paoting, 1904-5; at Peiyang University, Tientsin, 1905-7. Director of Technical Depart-ment, Educational Commission, Nanking, 1907-9. Arrived in America, October, 1909. Government support. Studied Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University, 1909-13. M.E., 1913. Returned to China, 1903. Workshop Inspector, Kalgan Workshop, Peking-Suiyuan Railway, 1913-16 and Work-shop Manager, 1916 to date.