社评 0206 悼曹志源教授

悼曹志源教授

出生於湖南故乡的休斯敦浸信会大学政治系资深教授曹志源博士学长，於元月廿三在糖城过世，走完了他九十五年之精彩人生歷程，更是当代学者和中国知识份子之典范。

《美南新闻》初创时期，那时侯华人為数不多，侨社各路人马及政治环境也颇复杂，虽然是份小小週报，但不乏有人大放厥词，岂可由这位名不见経传之年轻人独领风骚，来出一份报刊领导舆论，那时许多华人领袖纷纷做出阻止动作，希望我们能在他们麾下接受指挥，当时唯有曹教授力挺，新闻事业应该是社会之公器，一定要中立、客观、包容，才是新闻人应有之骨气。

多年来我和妻及全美之工作伙伴一直稟持曹教授指教之信念，在新闻媒体事业上奔驰奋斗了数十载，每年中秋佳节来临之时，我们都会到曹府踵门拜候，每次都见到了曹博士手书之大作-《国运与人生》是我们在十年前由美南新闻出版社為他印刷出版，并且在美南电视摄影棚做了新书发表会，曹教授同时也出版过许多有关个人及学术方面之着作，而且是桃李满天下，他的学生还包括了美国前眾议院共和党党鞭狄雷等政界名人。

曹教授早年曾派驻华盛顿中华民国大使馆，担任过蒋廷蔽、叶公超等之机要秘书，曾经草拟过许多重要外交文件，他在一九六O年代取得美利坚大学博士学位后就南下德州在大学执教。

曹教授早年也就读政大外交研究所，是当时党国刻意裁培之青年才俊，他也不负所望，除了担任外交工作，继续在教育界发挥了作育英才之使命。

曹教授晚年篤信基督教，他走完了充实精彩之旅程，如今回到天国，也无遗憾了。

A Tribute To Professor James Tsao

Dr. James Tsao, a senior professor at Houston Baptist University passed away last week. He was born in his hometown of Hunan, China. In his 95 years of life, he was also a model of scholars and Chinese intellectuals.
When my wife and I started to published a small newspaper in Houston, Texas, we were facing very strong challenges. In that time, the political environment was also quite complicated. There were many people talking about how could a young publish a newspaper by themselves? They actually even wanted to stop our plan. Only Professor Tsao strongly supported us. He told me, "Young man, you need to continue to fight in order to serve our comunity."
Over the years, we paid visits to Dr. Tsao. Every autumn festival we also brought moon cakes to enjoy with him. We even published and printed his biography with about one thousand pages which is a real piece of Chinese community history. About nine years ago we also had party for him in our TV studio to celebrate the new book.
Professor Tsao was also a diplomat who served in Washington, D.C., and later got his Ph.D degree from American University. He was a very outstanding student in early years.
He was recognized two times as the best professor at Houston Baptist University. He was a Christian since his young age. He has completed a wonderful journey and now he has retuned to Heaven without any regrets.