Background
Mr. Li was born in Shantung Province, China in 1892.
Mr. Li was born in Shantung Province, China in 1892.
Shun-ching Li received his early education in Tsingtao. Then he was graduated from the University of Nanking in 1919 with a degree of Bachelor of Science and passed the Tsing Hua Fellowship examination in 1919.
Mr. Li entered Yale University, specializing in forestry and got his Master of Forestry degree in 1921. He then was transferred to the University of Chicago and specialized in botany. He was elected a member of Sigma XI fraternity in 1922 and received a Doctor of Philosophy degree with honor from the University of Chicago in 1923.
On his return to China, Shun-ching Li was appointed head of the Department of Biology of the Peiping National Normal U., Peiping, which position he held until 1934 and asked a leave of absence for a year to take up the deanship of the College of Agriculture of the Anhwei University, Anhwei.