At 85, Professor Hsia Chih-tsing is not only the oldest person ever elected to Academia Sinica, but also received the highest number of votes. This was his third nomination, and his election this year was generally viewed as an honor late in coming.
不過，今年新當選院士中最受矚目的，卻是人文及社會科學組的夏志清教授，除了以 85 歲高齡創歷屆以來的紀錄，也以最高票當選。他曾 3 次被提名，終於在這次榮任，學界以「遲來的榮耀」形容。