Shu Shien-Siu

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Shu Shien-Siu
Born12 September 1912
Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park

Shu Shien-Siu (Chinese: 徐賢修; pinyin: Xú Xiánxiū; 1912–2001), also known as S. S. Shu, was a Chinese/Taiwanese mathematician, engineer and educator.

Biography

Shu was born in

Yongjia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang on 12 Sep 1912. Shu studied at Wenzhou High School.[1] 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

postdoctoral research. Shu was a professor of engineering science at Purdue University, and the Chair of Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
.

Shu was also an

Mao Gao-wen to be the Dean of NTHU's engineering faculty, Shen Chun-shan
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

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. He also contributed greatly to the development of

honorary doctorate from Purdue University in 1993 and also elected Academician of the Academia Sinica
in Taiwan.

Family

Shu's son,

astrophysicist, was born in Kunming during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Frank is former President of the American Astronomical Society
(AAS), and like his father, has also served as President of National Tsing Hua University.

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