ASIAN-AMERICANS
CONTRIBUTIONS
CHIEN-SHIUNG WU
CHIEN-SHIUNG WU CONTINUED
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BORN MAY 31, 1912 LIUHE IN TAICANG, JIANGSU PROVINCE IN CHINA
STUDIED AT HER FATHER'S PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN LIU HO UNTIL SHE WAS NINE
ATTENDED SUZHOU GIRLS' SCHOOL FOR TEACHER TRAINING, GRADUATED IN 1930, THIS IS WHERE SHE LEARNED ENGLISH,
SHE ALSO STUDIED SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ON HER OWN SINCE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE CURRICULUM GRADUATED IN
1930 AS VALEDICTORIAN
NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, GRADUATED IN 1934 WITH A B.S. IN PHYSICS
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DID GRADUATE-LEVEL STUDY IN PHYSICS AND ALSO WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT AT THE ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
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IN 1936 MOVED TO UNITED STATES TO STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
CHIEN-SHIUNG WU RECEIVED HER PH. D. IN PHYSICS
TAUGHT AT SMITH COLLEGE
IN MARCH OF 1944 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RECRUITED WU FOR THEIR WAR RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
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IN 1952 BECAME ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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IN 1958, CHIEN-SHIUNG WU WAS MADE A FULL PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE RESEARCH CORPORATION AWARD, AND THE SEVENTH WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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IN 1964, CHIEN-SHIUNG WU WAS AWARDED THE CYRUS B. COMSTOCK AWARD BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, THE FIRST
WOMAN TO WIN THAT AWARD.
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IN 1965, SHE PUBLISHED BETA DECAY, WHICH BECAME A STANDARD TEXT IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS.
CHIEN-SHIUNG WU CONTINUED
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IN 1972, CHIEN-SHIUNG WU BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN 1972, WAS APPOINTED TO AN
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
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IN 1974, SHE WAS NAMED SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR BY INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MAGAZINE.
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IN 1976, SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, AND THAT SAME YEAR WAS
AWARDED A NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE.
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IN 1978, SHE WON THE WOLF PRIZE IN PHYSICS.
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IN 1981, CHIEN-SHIUNG WU RETIRED
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SHE DIED IN 1997 IN NEW YORK CITY
DALIP SINGH SAUND
DALIP SINGH SAUND CONTINUED
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BORN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1899 IN A VILLAGE CALLED CHHAJULWADI, PUNJAB PROVINCE, IN INDIA
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WENT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL
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HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB IN AMRITSAR, EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS
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IN 1920 HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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GRADUATED IN 1922 RECEIVING M.A. AND PH.D. DEGREES
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BECAME A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1949
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A YEAR LATER WAS ELECTED JUDGE OF JUSTICE COURT FOR WESTMORELAND JUDICIAL DISTRICT BUT WAS DENIED SEAT, BECAUSE HE
HAD ONLY BEEN A CITIZEN ONE YEAR
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IN 1952 HE WAS ELECTED JUDGE OF THE SAME COURT AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RESIGNATION JANUARY 1, 1957
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JANUARY 3, 1957-JANUARY 3, 1963 ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT TO THE EIGHTY-FIFTH AND TO THE TWO SUCCEEDING CONGRESSES
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DIED APRIL 22, 1973, IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
AMY TAN
AMY TAN CONTINUED
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BORN ON FEBRUARY 19, 1952 IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
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ATTENDED SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE THEN TO SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE EARNED HER B.A., AS A PRESIDENT’S SCHOLAR, WITH A
DOUBLE MAJOR IN ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
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IN 1974ATTENDED BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ AND SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR HER MASTER’S DEGREE IN
LINGUISTICS
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SHE WENT ON TO STUDY LINGUISTICS IN A DOCTORAL PROGRAM AT UC BERKELEY
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IN 1976 SHE LEFT THE DOCTORAL AFTER HER ROOMMATE WAS MURDERED
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SHE BECAME A LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
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LATER, SHE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON MAINSTREAMING MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES INTO
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
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IN 1981, SHE WORKED AS A FREELANCE BUSINESS WRITER FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
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IN 1985 SHE STARTED WRITING FICTION
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IN 1989 PUBLISHED THE JOY LUCK CLUB
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IN 1999, AMY WAS INFECTED WITH LYME DISEASE, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL 2003
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SHE WROTE THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE, THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES, THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER, AND SAVING FISH FROM
DROWNING, WHICH WHERE ALL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS
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SHE IS STILL ALIVE
REFERENCES
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• SAUND, DALIP SINGH (JUDGE) - BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. (N.D.). RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 22, 2014,
FROM HTTP://BIOGUIDE.CONGRESS.GOV/SCRIPTS/BIODISPLAY.PL?INDEX=S000075
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