Background
Chow was born in Zhouwan Village, Zhangnan County, Xiangfan, Hubei Province on September 1, 1924.
周元燊
Chow was born in Zhouwan Village, Zhangnan County, Xiangfan, Hubei Province on September 1, 1924.
But because of the Japanese invasion, he left his hometown and finished his high school education in Chongqing - the capital of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Currently he is Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, United States of America. He is the former director-general of the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, and the director of the Center of Applied Statistics, Nankai University (Tianjin). He is an academician of the Academia Sinica. He entered the (National) Hechuan Number.2 Meddile School (合川国立二中).
He became a student of the Department of Mathematics, National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) and he was a student of Su Buqing.
About 1949, he went to Taiwan and taught Mathematics at the National Taiwan University in Taipei. July, 1954, followed the advice from Chung Tao Yang, Chow went to United States of America. He entered the University of Illinois and studied under the guidance from Joseph Leo Doob.
1958, He received his Doctor of Philosophy. He became a staff at the International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Laboratory, later at Columbia University till 1962. 1962–1968, He served for the Statistics Department, Purdue University.
1968–1993, he was the Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University.
He was also a visiting professor at different universities including the University of California at Berkeley, the National Central University in Taiwan, the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Now he is Professor Emeritus, Columbia University. Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1966 election) Fellow, International Statistical Institute (1980 election) Academician, Academia Sinica (1974 election).
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1966 election)
Fellow, International Statistical Institute (1980 election)
Academician, Academia Sinica (1974 election).
