Dr.Si-Ho Tchou(朱锡侯,1914-2000) was bo in the northeast part of Jilin Province,although his ancestry can be traced to Shaoxing,Zhejiang Province (Fig.1).Dr.Tchou graduated from the LInstitut Franco-Chinois de Lyon (IFCL)in 1937 and was selected to continue his studies in France.Dr.Tchou spent eight years in France,where he first obtained his PhD in physiology from the University of Lyon and then received his PhD in psychology from the University of Paris.Dr.Tchou retued back to China in 1945 and was appointed as a professor in physiology at Yunnan University School of Medicine.Meantime,he was also appointed as a professor in psychology and aesthetics at Yunnan University,School of Humanities and Law.In 1980,he became the professor of physiology and psychology at the department of psychology in Hangzhou University.Then he served as a member of the physiological psychology committee in Chinese Psychological Society.