Luke Chia-Liu Yuan

Luke Chia-Liu Yuan (simplified Chinese: 袁家骝; traditional Chinese: 袁家騮; pinyin: Yuán Jiāliú; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chia-liu; April 5, 1912 – February 11, 2003) was a Chinese-American physicist and grandson of Yuan Shikai, the first president of the Republic of China from 1912 to 1916.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuan.
Luke Yuan
Born(1912-04-05)5 April 1912
Anyang, Henan, Republic of China
Died11 February 2003(2003-02-11) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Alma materYenching University
California Institute of Technology
Spouse(s)Wu Chien-shiung (m. 1942–97)
ChildrenVincent Yuan (袁緯承)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsRCA Laboratories
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Doctoral advisorRobert A. Millikan

Early life and education

Born in Anyang, Henan, Yuan attended Yenching University in Beijing, the University of California at Berkeley, and the California Institute of Technology. He began living in the United States in 1936. That same year, he attended the University of California, Berkeley and met renowned physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, whom he married in 1942.[2]:259 She took part in the Manhattan Project and conducted the Wu Experiment which got her the Wolf Prize in Physics. For financial reasons, Yuan transferred to Caltech, where he did his doctoral training under Nobel laureate Robert A. Millikan.[2]:262

Professional career

Yuan worked at RCA Laboratories and then Brookhaven National Laboratory as a senior physicist and science educator. In 1958, he was awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences. He helped found the Synchrotron Radiation Research Center of Taiwan[3] and Wu-Yuan Natural Science Foundation.[4]

Death

For over a year, Yuan was ill and died on February 11, 2003 in Beijing. He is survived by his granddaughter, Jada Yuan (a writer in New York City),[5] son Vincent Yuan (nuclear physicist of New Mexico) and brother Yuan Jiaji of Tianjin.[6] Some of the things that he and his wife had were donated to the Cheng-Shiung Wu Memorial Hall, which is located in Nanjing, China.[7]

References
  1. "Luke Yuan / Physicist, educator, science benefactor". San Francisco Chronicle. 23 February 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  2. McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (1998). Nobel Prize Women in Science : their lives, struggles, and momentous discoveries (Rev. ed.). Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 9780309072700.
  3. http://www.chns.org/s.php?id=46&id2=198
  4. "Luke Yuan, 90, Senior Physicist At Brookhaven". NYTimes. Eric Pace. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/writer-who-grew-up-in-pojoaque-visiting-times-list-of/article_2723ca89-4056-52f5-9454-654cd31583b5.html
  6. name=Obit />Pace, Eric (February 23, 2003). "Luke Yuan, 90, Senior Physicist At Brookhaven". The New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  7. "Chien- Shiung Wu Memorial Hall". gonanjingchina. Retrieved 30 November 2017.


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