NTU honours Koh Boon Hwee, longest-serving chairman

NTU Singapore honoured the leadership and achievements of Mr Koh Boon Hwee, at an appreciation event held for him and three retiring members of the NTU Board of Trustees on 26 November 2021.

For his 28 years of dedicated service as NTU Chairman, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Mr Heng Swee Keat presented Mr Koh with a commemorative book, titled “The Visionary Chairman: How Koh Boon Hwee Steered NTU from Fledging to Fast-Rising”.

The book encapsulates his achievements and preserves his legacy for future generations of NTU students and employees. Copies of the book will be made available in NTU libraries and public libraries.

Mr Koh joined the NTU Council in 1991, the year NTU was inaugurated and became the Chairman of the NTU Council two years later. Mr Koh said in the book that the turning point for NTU was its corporatisation in 2006, which paved the way for the Board of Trustees and leadership to chart NTU’s own course. He became the Founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees until he stepped down in March this year.

During his three decades of chairmanship, Mr Koh worked with five NTU chancellors, eight education ministers and four NTU presidents. Through all these changes and transitions, he provided the steady hand that steered NTU and ensured it stayed on course.