Shu Shien-Siu

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shu.

Shu Shien-Siu
Born	12 September 1912 Yongjia, Republic of China
Died	November 17, 2001(2001-11-17) (aged 89)
Nationality	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Fields	Mathematic
Institutions	Purdue University National Taiwan University National Chiao Tung University National Tsing Hua University National Science Council Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park
Notable awards	Academician of the Academia Sinica

Shu Shien-Siu (Traditional Chinese: 徐賢修, aka S. S. Shu), 1912–2001, was a Chinese/Taiwanese mathematician, engineer and educator.

Biography^[1]

Shu was born in Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province on Sep 12, 1912. Shu studied at Wenzhou High School.^[2] In 1935, Shu graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University in Beijing and obtained B.S. in mathematics. He worked as a teaching assistant at the department after his graduation.

In 1944, Shu went to the United States to continue his study, and entered the Brown University. Shu obtained his PhD in applied mathematics in 1948, under the guidance of Charles Loewner. In 1949, Shu worked in Princeton, and in that summer went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to do his postdoctoral research. Shu was a professor of engineering science at Purdue University, and the Chair of Purdue's AAES.

Shu was also an adjunct professor of National Taiwan University (in Taipei), National Chiao Tung University, and the National Tsing Hua University (both in Hsinchu) in Taiwan. In 1961, Shu founded the Department of Mathematics at the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), and held summer mathematical seminar annually. From 1970 to 1975, Shu was the President of the National Tsing Hua University.^[3] In 1973, Shu invited Mao Gao-wen (毛高文) to be the Dean of NTHU's engineering faculty, Shen Chun-shan (沈君山) to be the Dean of science faculty, and Fung Yan-Hsiung (馮彥雄) to be the Dean of Nuclear Science and Technology. In Shu's office, National Tsing Hua University developed into a first-class comprehensive university of Taiwan.

From 1973 to 1980, Shu was in charge of the National Science Council (under the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan. From 1979 to 1988, Shu was the Chairman and Director-general of the Industrial Technology Research Institute. Shu advised to establish the world-famous Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park (HSIP), thus he is widely known as the "Father of HSIP".

Contributions and honors

Shu made great contributions to Taiwan's education, especially to its mathematical education and higher education. Xu contributed greatly to the development of Taiwan's economy and industry, especially Taiwan's high-tech. Shu received an honorary doctorate from Purdue University in 1993. Shu was also elected Academician of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.

Family

Shu's son, Frank Shu (徐遐生), an astrophysicist, was born in Kunming during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Frank is former President of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), and interestingly, former President of the National Tsing Hua University, the position which his father once held.

References

External links

English courses:

Purdue University: Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Awards – 1999 Recipients: S.S.Shu
Taiwan Today: Astrophysicist wins 2009 Shaw Prize
Taipei Times: Archive about S.S.Shu
The Mathematics Genealogy Project – Shien-Siu Shu

Traditional/Simplified Chinese courses:

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