Background
Yuan, Luke Chia-Liu was born on April 5, 1912 in Tienjin, China. Came to the United States, 1936. Son of Ke-Wen and Dan (Liu) Yuan.
Yuan, Luke Chia-Liu was born on April 5, 1912 in Tienjin, China. Came to the United States, 1936. Son of Ke-Wen and Dan (Liu) Yuan.
Bachelor of Science, Yenching University, Beijing, 1932. Master of Science, Yenching University, Beijing, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1940.
Science D. (honorary), Nanjing University.
Teaching assistant Yenching University, Beijing, 1932-1934. From graduate assistant to research fellow California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1937-1942. Research physicist Radio Corporation of America Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1942-1947.
Research associate Princeton University, 1947-1949. From associate physicist to senior physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1949-1978. Adjunct professor Adelphi University, Garden City, from 1989.
Visiting professor Centre d' Etudes Nucliaire Saclay, Paris, 1972-1973, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, 1973-1975, Institute High Energy Physics, Serpulkov, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1979, University Paris, 1982. Chairman board directors Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, since 1983.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member Academia Sinica, New York Academy of Sciences, Henan Academy of Sciences (honorary), Institute High Energy Physics (academic), Chinese Academy of Sciences (academic).
Married Chien-Shiung Wu, June 30, 1942. 1 child, Vincent.