Ju-Chin Chu
Ju-Chin Chu | |
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Native name | 朱汝瑾 |
Born | Taicang, Jiangsu, China |
December 14, 1919
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. United States |
Residence | United States |
Nationality | United States |
Fields | Chemical engineering |
Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute |
Alma mater | Tsinghua University, National Southwestern Associated University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Spouse | Ching-Chen Li |
Children | Steven Chu Gilbert Chu Morgan Chu |
Ju-Chin Chu (Chinese: 朱汝瑾; pinyin: Zhū Rǔjǐn; 14 December 1919 - 15 November 2000) was a Chinese American chemical engineer and father of Steven Chu. He was born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Chu attended Suzhou High School, Tsinghua University and National Southwestern Associated University in China before he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Ph.D. education in 1946. After graduating from MIT, he taught at Washington University in St. Louis from 1946 to 1949, at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute from 1949 to 1966, and at Virginia Tech from 1967 to 1972.[1][2] He became a Academia Sinica member in 1964.[3]
Personal life
Ju-Chin Chu's wife Ching-Chen Li (daughter of Shu-tian Li) also studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring in economics. His second born son Steven Chu is a Nobel laureate and the twelfth United States Secretary of Energy in the Obama Administration. His eldest son Gilbert Chu is a professor and researcher of biochemistry and medicine at Stanford University, while the youngest Morgan Chu, is a partner and the former Co-Managing Partner at the law firm Irell & Manella LLP.[2][4]
References
- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- 1919 births
- 2000 deaths
- American chemical engineers
- Scientists from Suzhou
- Tsinghua University alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Washington University in St. Louis faculty
- Virginia Tech faculty
- American people of Chinese descent
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- Members of Academia Sinica
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University faculty