WHO'S WHO IN COMMUNIST CHINA UNION RESEARCH INSTITUTE,HONG KONG

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l~ v U~ (J V U1 \~~i' ~iM
(r z- cted to 2nd NPC, Nov. 1958 and
3rd , Sept. 1964); cmtc. mem.,
Dept. of 'ology and Earth Sciences,
CAS, May 19 (made mem., Standing
Crate. of Dept., e of same year) ;
elected mem., Presidiu 1st Session of
2nd NPC, and mem. (a elegate from
Chinese Scientific and hnological
Ass'n.) Standing Crate., 3r PPCC,
April 1959-Dec. 1964; mem., Pre 'dium
for rally to celebrate 10th anniver ry
of founding of the Chinese People
Republic, Sept. 1959; mem., Presidium,
2nd Session, 2nd NPC, 1960; mem.,
Standing Council, China-Africa People's
Friendship Ass'n., April 1960; Vice-
Chmn., Peking Municipal Scientific and
Technological Ass'n., July ,1963; elected
mem., Standing Crate., 3rd NPC, Jan.
1965.
CH'IEN Hsin-chung
Delegate representing.2nd Fiel Army
of PLA to 1st CPPCC, Sept. 49-Dec.
1954; Dir., Public Health D t., South-
west Military Area,MPL July 1950;
mem., Southwest ils. ry and Ad-
ministrative Crate. d concurrently
mem.. of its Crate of Cultural and
Educational Affairs nd Dir. of its Public
Health Depf., J ly 1950-Feb. 1953;
mem., Standin Cmte. of Nat'l. Cmte.,
All-China F.e ration of Scientific Socie-
ties, Aug. 1950-Sept. 1958; mem.,
Southwest Administrative. Council and
concurre ly mem. of its Cmte. of Cul-
tural a d Educational Affairs and Dir.
of its .ublic. Health Dept., Feb. 1953-
Nov/ 1954; mem., Standing Cmte.,
M ical Science Research Crate., Minis-
of Public Health, State Council, Feb.
1955; mem., Scientific Planning Com-
mission, State Council, May 1957-Nov.
1958; Vice-Min. of Public Health, Sept.
1957-; mem., Chinese scientific - and
r
technical delegation to USSR, concur-
rently mem., Chinese cultural delegation
to USSR, Nov. 1957; mem., Nat'l. Crate
China Scientific and Technical Ass'
Sept. 1958-; mem., Chinese Group,.Smo-
Soviet Crate. for Scientific and T hnical
Co-operation, Sept. 1959-; me Stand-
ing Crate. of Executive Cmt ., Red Cross
Society of China, Oct. 961-; deputy
head, Chinese public h th delegation to
visit Cuba, April-Ma 1962; deputy head,
Chinese public he th delegation to visit
zechoslovakia ay-June 1962; head,
C delegat' to 8th Int'l. Anti-Cancer
Cong., M cow, July 1962; Vice-Pres.,
China- Ion Friendship Ass'n., Sept.
1962 , le ealth delegation to North
Ko a accords to agreement for cultural
-operation in 63, Nov. 1963; vice-
-ad, Chinese scie ists' delegation to
Peking Science Symp ium, Aug. 1964;
elected Deputy. for Kian u to 3rd NPC,
Sept. 1964; led medical de ation to the
United Arab Republic to ttend 1st
Asian-African Medical Conf., t. 1964;
mem., Presidium, 1st Session of 3r NPC,
Dec. 1964; mem., Preparatory Crate. for
the 2nd Nat'l. Games, Jan. 1965; Pre
dent, Red Cross Society of China, April
1965-.
CHI EN Hsueh-s-hen (A. A )
B. 1912; native of Wuhsi ( s~,) shih,
Kiangsu; graduated from Chiaotung
Univ., Shanghai, in mechanical engineer-
ing, 1934; went to USA on Tsinghua
University scholarship to study aeronau-
tical engineering and aerodynamics, 1935;
attended California Institute of Tech-
nology (CIT) where he became a
favorite student of aerodynamics expert
Theodore von Karman, who interested
him in jet propulsion for supersonic air-
craft design; later transferred to Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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CHI EN
doctorate,
returned to CIT to teach as assistant pro-
fessor; Dir., Rocket Section, US Nat'l.
Defense Scientific Advisory Board
(headed by US Army Air Forces Chief,
Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold) during World
War II; sent to Germany as US Air
Force colonel at head of delegation of
scientists to study German rocket deve-
lopment towards end of war, 1945; be-
came professor (youngest in its history),
MIT, 1946; returned to China and was
offered presidency of alma mater, Chiao-
tung Univ., but then Education Min.
Ch'en Li-fu ruled him out on ground of
Ch'ien at 34 was too young; returned to
USA and assumed professorship at CIT
in addition to heading educational and
research program at its Guggenheim Jet'
Propulsion Laboratory, latter half of
1949-1955; tried returning to China via
Hong Kong but was stopped following
seizure in Honolulu of trunkloads of his
books and research notes which he had
shipped on ahead and which later proved
harmless, Aug. 1950; repatriated from
USA after Geneva talks between Wa-
shington and Peking representatives,
Sept. 1955; assigned to head preparatory
cmte. for Institute of Mechanics in
Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the
same time becoming a member of Aca-
demy's Science Awards Crate., Nov.
1955-; attended 2nd session of 2nd
CPPCC as a non-party personage and
was elected a mem, of its Nat'l. Cmte.,
Jan. 1956-April 1959; Dir., Institute of
Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Feb. 1956-; mem., Scientific Planning
Commission, State Council, March 1956-
Nov. 1958; mem., Presidium, Nat'l. Conf.
of Representatives of Advanced Pro-
ducers, April 1956; mem., Editorial
(s lIl;iff~ ), covering theories of au-
tomatic control and automatic regulation
of various systems in engineering tech-
niques, written while in USA, Jan. 1957;
Pres., Chinese Mechanics Society, Feb.
1957-; Cmte. mem., Dept. of Physics,
Mathematics and Chemistry, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, May 1957-; mem.,
Executive Council, Int'l. Federation of
Automatic Control, Sept. 1957-; elected
deputy for Kwangtung to 2nd NPC, Sept.
1958; mem., Nat'l. Cmte., China Scienti-
fic and Technical Ass'n., Sept. 1958-;
Chmn., Compilation, Translation and
Publication Crate., Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1958-; Chmn., Preparatory
Crate. for Chinese Automation Society,
1958-1961; joined Chinese Communist
Party, Dec. 1958; head, Dept. of
Mechanics and Engineering, China Univ.
of Science and Technology, May 1959-;
mem., Presidium, Rally in Celebration of
10th Anniversary of Founding of CPR,
Sept. 1959; mem., Editorial Board,
Scientia Sinica bimonthly, Jan. 1961-;
Pres., Chinese Automation Society, Dec.
1961-; re-elected deputy for Kwangtung
to 3rd NPC, Sept. 1964; mem., Presi-
dium, 1st session of 3rd NPC, Dec. 1964.
Prefers romanization Tsien Hsue-shen;
wife Chiang Ying Associate
Prof., Central Conservatory of Music;
author: Engineering Cybernetics, 1956;
and Lectures on Physical Mechanics
(which deals with solution of problems
in mechanics by means of new scientific
achievements in modern physics, physical
chemistry and quantum chemistry in
order to facilitate work of designers in
engineering projects), 1961.
Board, Science Record bimonthly, May Deputy
of Sciences' 1956 Science Awards of 3rd Anniversary
Dept., East
Founding of CPR,
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1938; for book Engineering Cybernetics