Fan Xuji

Fan Xuji (Chinese: 范绪箕; pinyin: Fàn Xùjī; 5 January 1914 – 21 November 2015) was a Chinese engineer and academic who served as President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[1][2]

Biography

Fan was born on 5 January 1914 in Beijing. His father was among the first students sent to Russia by the Qing Dynasty and studied railway engineering. Fan completed his elementary education in Beijing, and moved with his family to Harbin in 1925. In 1929, Fan enrolled in Harbin Institute of Technology, majoring in mechanical engineering. He obtained a bachelor's degree and also mastered Russian language. In the following years, he went to study at the California Institute of Technology in the United States and obtained two master's degrees in mechanical engineering and aeronautic engineering. Fan became the vice president of SJTU in 1979, and the president in 1980. He retired in 1984 and turned 100 in January 2014.[3] He died in Shanghai on 21 November 2015.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "AWARDEE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES PRIZE". Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "上海交通大学原校长、著名力学家、教育家范绪箕逝世". Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  3. ↑ "SJTU Celebrates Prof. Fan Xuji's 100th Birthday". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  4. ↑ http://www.groundbreaking.cn/shehui/guonei/4570.html
Academic offices
Preceded by
Zhu Wuhua		 President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1979 – 1984		 Succeeded by
Weng Shilie


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