Notable Honors

Wu Hall and Bowen Hall

Hong Kong business leader, Sir Gordon Wu '58 (Ying Sheung Wu, 胡应湘), has provided 50 years of extraordinary support to the University. In addition to buildings, he has also endowed several professorships and many graduate fellowships.

For more information,: http://giving.princeton.edu/news/archive/wu.xml; http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S17/91/81C30/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Wu

Gregory C. Chow Econometric Research Program

In 2001, Princeton University renamed its Econometric Research Program the Gregory C. Chow Econometric Research Program in honor of Gregory C. Chow (Zhi Zhuang Zhou, 邹至庄), the Class of 1913 Professor Emeritus of Political Economy.

For more information,: http://www.econ.princeton.edu/econometrics/; http://www.princeton.edu/~gchow/; http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%82%B9%E8%87%B3%E5%BA%84

Carving on a stone at the Chapel of Princeton University

Zhou Tong Qing *33 (Tong Qing Zhou, 周同庆), whose name is carved on a stone in the Chapel in honor of his 100th birthday in 2007.

In 1929, Zhou Tong Qing graduated from Tsing Hua University in China and came to USA as an overseas student. He, was among the earliest scholars in Princeton University from China, obtained his Ph.D in 1933 and upon return to China joined the physics faculty of Beijing University (1934-1936). He served as chair of Physics, Chinese Central University in Nanjing and Chong Qing in 1936–1943. During 1943-1952, he was professor of physics in and dean of School of Sciences of Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. Between 1952 and 1989, he was professor of physics of Fudan University in Shanghai. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955.

For more information,: http://baike.baidu.com/view/187805.html; http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/shps/founder.htm

John W. Kluge Prize

On November 15, 2006, Professor Yu Ying-shih (余英时), the Gordon Wu ’58 Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University, became the third recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity. He shares the prize with John Hope Franklin.

For more information,: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S16/36/40K76/index.xml?section=announcements; http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/prize/yu.html; http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/31864.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Ying-shih

Nobel Prize Laureates

Prof. Yang Zhenning (Chen-Ning Yang, 杨振宁), the first Chinese Nobel prize winner in 1957.

He was at the Institute for Advanced Study when the famed Yang-Lee work was awarded the Nobel Prize. He and Lee also received honorary doctorates from Princeton University in 1958.

For more information,: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1957/yang-bio.html; http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/chn/szdw/yangzhnBio.htm; http://www.nndb.com/people/929/000035824/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Ning_Yang

In 1998, Prof. Daniel Chee Tsui (崔琦), the Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Prof. Horst L. Stormer and Prof. Robert B. Laughlin. He is the sixth Chinese scientist to ever receive this highest honor in scientific research.

For more information,: http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/98/q4/1013-tsui.htm; http://www.ee.princeton.edu/people/Tsui.php; http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-10/09/content_589769.htm; http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-607846/Daniel-C-Tsui; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_C._Tsui; http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E7%90%A6