Szeming Sze (Chinese: 施思明; pinyin: Shī Sīmíng; April 5, 1908 – October 27, 1998) was a diplomat for his home country of China who helped build the World Health Organization into a specialized United Nations agency.
He was the eldest son of Alfred Sao-ke Sze, who became his country's Ambassador to Great Britain and, later, the United States.
He interned in Britain, where he was inspired by his residency at St. Thomas Hospital in a London slum to do public service, before returning to China in 1934.
Sze attended the San Francisco Conference that gave birth to the United Nations as an official of Chinese delegation and medical expert.
By another twist of fate, Sze one day found himself sitting next to Alger Hiss, Secretary-General of the Conference, at an official dinner.
[4] In 1975, Henry van Zile Hyde, Chief of Health Division during the Truman Administration, said of Dr Sze “...[he] was the member of the Chinese delegation.