Chien-Shiung Wu
- Born: May 31, 1912 (Shanghai, China)
- Died: February 16, 1997 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1934: BS, National Central University, Nanjing
- 1940: PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Major Positions
- 1940–1942: University of California, Berkeley, Resident Fellow and Lecturer
- 1942–1943: Smith College, Assistant Professor
- 1943–1944: Princeton University, Instructor
- 1944–1946: Columbia University, Scientist, Division of War Research
- 1946–1952: Columbia University, Research Associate
- 1952–1957: Columbia University, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1958–1972: Columbia University, Professor of Physics
- 1972–1981: Columbia University, Michael I. Pupin Professor of Physics
- 1981–1997: Columbia University, Michael I. Pupin Professor Emeritus of Physics
Other Positions
- 1975–1975: American Physical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1975–1982: Member, Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1958: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1975: American Physical Society, Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics
- 1975: National Medal of Science
- 1978: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
Archival Resources
Columbia University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Butler Library, New York, New York
Online Finding Aid
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Noemie Benczer-Koller, "Chien-Shiung Wu: 1912-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Noemie Benczer-Koller, "Chien-Shiung Wu: (1912-1997)," in Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics, ed. Nina Byers and Gary Williams (New York: Cambridge University Press: 2006), 272-281
