Professor Henry Chase Brownell and his wife, Jane Bartlett Menut had been connected with Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou) since 1908. Their association with the University continued into post-war. H. C. Brownell taught history and was also the Dean of Men whilst his wife served as the Dean of Women.
During the Sino-Japanese hostilities, Lingnan University relocated to Hong Kong and held their classes at the University of Hong Kong. They had a young teenage daughter, Elizabeth Jane (born in China) with them during the fall of Hong Kong. The family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.
H. C. Brownell's diaries are kept by the University of Vermont: https://blog.uvm.edu/uvmsc-specialcollections/?p=1322
Obituary/Memorial: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/M4QX-H4Q/henry-chase-brownell-1887-1970
Source
1. Plattsburgh Daily Republican dated 4 September 1942. See here