近期听友人讲，美国外交史学界正在组织一本关于非职业外交家的书，中心人物是来自不同行业但都为美国外交建功立业之士，其中包括三四十年代与中国打交道的一些人物。由此不禁想起同一时期一位为中国对美外交做出巨大贡献但却鲜为人知的著名银行家———陈光甫。一九三七年中 Recently, I heard from my friends that the diplomatic history of the United States is organizing a book on non-professional diplomats. The centerpiece is people from different industries who have all made their contributions to the diplomatic efforts of the United States, including some who dealt with China in the 1930s and 1940s. One can not help but think of one famous banker, Chen Guangfu, who made a great contribution to China’s diplomacy with the United States during the same period. Mid-1937