For four decades, Dr. Wu was the dynamic leading force in the development of research sources for modern and contemporary China studies. As the Curator of the East Asian collections at Hoover Institute and the Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library, he presided over the growth of two outstanding East Asian collections, which have made possible the start of modern Chinese studies. Dr. Wu and his collaborators produced the invaluable bibliographic and research tool, Contemporary China: A Research Guide, based on the resources of libraries and research institutions around the world. With his effort, the Center for Chinese Research Materials (CCRM) was established. Dr. Wu's career was closely associated with the growth of the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL), a professional organization representing East Asian libraries and collections and their users in North America. As the chair of CEAL, Dr. Wu launched the study of the problems faced by the East Asian libraries, bringing national attention and new funding to their solution. At his retirement, CEAL presented him an award honoring his extraordinary achievements and leadership in the field of East Asian librarianship and scholarship, and his many contributions to CEAL (Tribute to Eugene Wu, 1998). (From Mengxiong Liu, "The History and Status of Chinese Americans in Librarianship", Library Trends, v. 49, n. 1 , 2000).
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