Hing Tong

In 1947, he received his doctorate in mathematics from Columbia University, where his thesis advisor was Edgar Lorch.

Hing Tong made many significant contributions to the area of algebraic topology, and served in a number of academic capacities.

In 1947, after receiving a National Research Council fellowship,[2] he became an assistant professor at Barnard College (Columbia University).

Tong retired from academia in 1984 to concentrate on research in theoretical physics.

A commemorative brick in the Paul Halmos Commemorative Walk at the Carriage House Conference Center of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in Washington, DC, reads: "Hing Tong, Topology and Physics".