Ding Shisun was a Chinese mathematician, academic administrator, and politician.
14 Facts About Ding Shisun
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Ding Shisun served as president of Peking University during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and was forced to resign afterwards.
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Ding Shisun later served as chairman of the China Democratic League from 1996 to 2005 and as a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
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Ding Shisun attended Utopia University in Shanghai from 1944 to 1947.
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Ding Shisun graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University in 1950, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was hired by the university as an assistant professor.
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In 1982, Ding Shisun resigned as mathematics chair and went to Harvard University as a visiting scholar.
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In March 1984, Ding Shisun was appointed president of Peking University at the age of 57.
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Ding Shisun rejected her request on the pretext that he could not guarantee Mao's safety among the liberal-minded students, and Mao ended up enrolling at Renmin University of China instead.
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Ding Shisun was replaced by Wu Shuqing, a vice president of Renmin University.
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In November 1996, Ding Shisun succeeded Fei as chairman of the CDL.
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Ding Shisun became a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 1998, serving two terms until 2008.
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In December 2005, Ding Shisun retired as chairman of CDL and became an honorary chairman.
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Ding Shisun died on October 12,2019, in Beijing, aged 92.
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In 1956, Ding Shisun married Gui Linlin, a faculty member in the chemistry department of Peking University.