The AMERICAN ZHU KEZHEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION was established in 1995 by some Zhejiang University alumni in the U.S.A. It was registered in California as a nonprofit public benefit corporation (with tax exemption status) in May 1995. People's Daily Overseas Edition (Dec. 13, 1995 issue) and some Chinese newspapers in the US carried articles on the establishment of the Foundation.

The Foundation is named after the late Dr. Zhu Kezhen (a.k.a. Chu Kochen and K. Z. Zu) (1890-1974) who was a Harvard educated Ph.D. meteorologist, and an eminent researcher and educator in the modern Chinese history. Professor Zhu served as the president of Zhejiang University for 13 years (1936 - 1949). Under his distinguished leadership, Zhejiang University became a top university in China.

This Foundation was established for the purpose of promoting exchange and cooperation between Zhejiang University (now the largest university in China which merged with the former Hangzhou University, Zhejiang University of Medicine and Zhejiang Agriculture University in the summer of 1998) and universities in the United States in aspects of education and scientific research. Funds of the Foundation will be used:

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The first Board of Directors of the Foundation elected the following officials in a special tele-conference on Nov. 9, 1995.

Current Officers (after the May 10, 2001 teleconference):

Current Committees (after the May 4, 2000 teleconference):

Newly elected directors: Jianping Gong, Keqin Gu, Elaine Wenying Jin and Jinshuo Zhu