Background
Mr. Ku was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, in 1894.
government official civil engineer
Mr. Ku was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, in 1894.
Ku Cha-yen attended Aurora University (now East China Normal University) in Shanghai and graduated from the Engineering Department of the University. He pursued advanced studies at the Ecole Poly-Technique, Paris, specialising in municipal construction.
Since his return to China, he successively served as engineer in the China Development Company, staff member of the supplies department of the Peking-Hankou Railway. Mr. Ku acted as a member of the Office of the Director-General of Lung-Hai Railway, and later member of the Engineering Department. He also held the post of a municipal expert of the Public Works Bureau of the Nanjing Municipal Government.
Mr. Ku was a technical expert and inspector of the Construction Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Government, director of the a voluminous writer on subjects of civil engineering and frequent contributor to the Good Roada Monthly of the National Good Roads Association.