Chen Ning Yang

Background

Yang, Chen Ning was born on September 22, 1922 in Hofei, Anhwei, China. Son of Ke Chuan and Meng Hwa Lo. naturalized, 1964.

Education

Bachelor of Science, National S.W. Association U., China, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1948; Doctor of Science (honorary), Princeton University, 1958; Doctor of Science (honorary), Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1965; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Wroclaw, Poland, 1974; Doctor of Science (honorary), Gustavus Adolphus College, 1975; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maryland., 1979; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Durham, England, 1979; Doctor of Science (honorary), Fudan U., 1984; Doctor of Science (honorary), Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Switzerland, 1987; Doctor of Science (honorary), Moscow State University, 1992; Doctor of Science (honorary), Drexel U., 1995.

Career

Instructor physics, University of Chicago, 1948-1949; member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1949-1966; professor, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1955-1966; Albert Einstein professor physics, director institute theoretical physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1966. Distinguished professor-at-large Chinese U., Hong Kong. Trustee Woods Hole Oceanographical Institute, 1962-1978, Rockefeller U., 1970-1976, Salk Institute, 1978-1979.

Member governing county Courant Institute Mathematics Science, since 1963. Member sci.adv. committee International Business Machines Corporation, 1966-1971. Chairman division particles & fields International Union Pure & Applied Physics, 1972-1976.

Chairman, fachbeirat Max Planck Institute Physics, Munich, 1980-1983.

Membership

Trustee Rockefeller U., 1970-1976, Salk Institute, 1978-1989, Ben Gurion U., since 1980. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors 1975-1979), NAS, American Physical Society, Royal Society London(foreign), Chinese Academy Sciences, Academia Sinica, Brazilian Academy Sciences, Veneuzuelan Academy Sciences, Royal Spanish Society Sciences, Polish Academy Sciences, Russian Academy Sciences, Korean Academy Science & Technology, American Philosophical Society, Pontifical Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Chih Li Tu, August 26, 1950. Children: Franklin, Gilbert, Eulee.

Father:

Ke Chuan

Mother:

Meng Hwa Lo

Spouse:

Chih Li Tu

child:

Franklin Yang

child:

Eulee Yang

child:

Gilbert Yang