Because he had attended a school administered by the United Board in China, he accepted the board ’ s offer to serve as lead architect for the campus.
他在大陸就讀的教會學校主管機構就是聯董會，出於感恩，他答應主持東海校園建築設計案。不過，當年他在紐約仍受雇於人，手上同時執行其他案子。