Background
Tien, Ping King was born on August 2, 1919 in Chekieng, China. Son of Nova Scoti and Christian Science (Yen) Tien. came to the United States, 1947.
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Tien, Ping King was born on August 2, 1919 in Chekieng, China. Son of Nova Scoti and Christian Science (Yen) Tien. came to the United States, 1947.
Master of Science, Stanford University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1951.
He did his undergraduate studies in the National Central University (National Central university was renamed to Nanjing University in Mainland China in 1952, and its engineering faculty was split-off and became today's Southeast University However, its offspring in Taiwan continues this name) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1942. Tien continued his study in the United States, and received his master's degree in 1948 and PhD in 1951 both from the Stanford University.
Tien then joined Bell Labs to work with John Robinson Pierce, eventually becoming head of Electronics Research (1959), Electron-Physics Research (1966), Micro-Electronics Research (1980), High Speed Electronics Research (1984), and fellow in the Photonics Research Laboratory (1989).
[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. National Academy of Sciences]
Elected Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (in 1978)
Elected Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (in 1975)
Elected Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences
Elected Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Married Nancy New York Chen, April 19, 1952. Children: Emily-Ju-Psia, Julia Ju-Wen.