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He was born in Shanghai in 1933, graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of London in 1957, and then worked as an engineer for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) and their research centre Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, England (now Nortel|Nortel Networks). He was awarded a PhD in Electrical Engineering by the University of London in 1965, and the following year with George Hockman did his pioneering work in the realisation of fiber optics as a telecommunications medium, by demonstrating that the high-loss of existing fiber optics arose from impurities in the glass, rather than from an underlying problem with the technology itself. Since leaving STL he has worked as director of research at ITT, Vice Chancellor of the Chinese University in Hong Kong, and CEO of Transtech. He is currently Chairman and CEO of ITX Services.
start box |width=25% align=center|Preceded by<br>Ma Lin |width=25% align=center|Vice Chancellor of Chinese University of Hong Kong|The Chinese University of Hong Kong<br>1987-1996 |width=25% align=center|Succeeded by<br>Arthur Li end box Category:1933 births|Kao, Charles K. category:CUHK|Kao, Charles zh:高錕 category:Vice chancellors and presidents of universities in Hong Kong |Kao, Charles HK-edu-stub HK-bio-stub This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Charles K. Kao".
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