Chien Shih-Liang aka S L Chien, was a Taiwanese chemist who served as the President of the Academia Sinica.
12 Facts About Chien Shih-Liang
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Chien Shih-Liang won the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program in 1931 and went to the United States together with Wu Ta-You.
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Chien Shih-Liang returned to China after obtaining PhD and joined the Peking University Department of Chemistry.
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Chien Shih-Liang was a professor and the head of the department.
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In 1949, Chien Shih-Liang went to Taipei, and was recruited professor of chemistry and the provost of the National Taiwan University, by its then-president Fu Sinian.
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From 1951 till 1970, Chien Shih-Liang was the President of the National Taiwan University.
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In 1964, Chien Shih-Liang was elected Academician of the Academia Sinica division of physical and mathematical sciences.
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From 1970 to 1983, Chien Shih-Liang served the President of Academia Sinica.
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In 1983, Chien Shih-Liang received honorary doctoral degree from his alma mater UIUC.
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From 1971 to 1981, Chien Shih-Liang served the director of the Atomic Energy Council of the Executive Yuan.
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Chien Shih-Liang's father Chien Shih-Liang Hong-ye was a Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of the Republic of China, and was assassinated in Shanghai in 1940.
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Chien Shih-Liang's second son Shu Chien is a biologist and engineer.