Tung-Mow Yan

Background

Yan, Tung-Mow was born on November 27, 1936 in Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China. Son of Chang-Nan and Chih (Chen) Yan. came to the United States, 1963.

Education

Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan U., 1960; Master of Science, National Tsinghua U., 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968.

Career

Research associate, Stanford (California) Linear Accelerator Center, 1968-1970; assistant professor physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1970-1976; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1976-1981; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1981. Visiting scientist Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, 1973-1974. Science associate European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, 1977-1978.

Achievements

• Tung-Mow Yan has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Ren-Huei Lu, September 16, 1964. Children: Thomas, Anthony.

Father:

Chang-Nan Yan

Mother:

Chih (Chen) Yan

Spouse:

Ren-Huei Lu

child:

Thomas Yan

child:

Anthony Yan