Chen Ning "Frank" Yang
- Born: September 22, 1922 (Hefei, Anwhei, China)
Education
- 1942: BSc, National Southwest Associated University, China
- 1944: MSc, Tsinghua University, China
- 1948: PhD, University of Chicago
Major Positions
- 1948–1949: University of Chicago, Instructor in Physics
- 1949–1955: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
- 1955–1966: Institute for Advanced Study, Professor
- 1966–1999: State University of New York, Stony Brook, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics
- 1999–present: State University of New York, Stony Brook, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1966–1999: State University of New York, Stony Brook, Director, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 1989–1994: Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies, President
- 1996–2004: Asia Pacific Center of Theoretical Physics, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1962–1978: Member, Board of Trustees, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- 1965–1965: Chair, Panel of Theoretical Physics, Physics Survey Committee, National Academy of Sciences
- 1966–1971: Member, Science Advisory Committee, IBM
- 1968–1970: Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1970–1971: Chair, Division of Particles and Fields, American Physical Society
- 1970–1976: Member, Board of Trustees, Rockefeller University
- 1972–1976: Chair, Division of Particles and Fields, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
- 1977–1980: President, National Association of Chinese Americans
- 1978–1989: Member, Board of Trustees, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- 1980–1983: Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Physics
- 1981–1999: Member, Board of Trustees, Stony Brook Foundation
- 1983–1988: Member, Board of Directors, Neuroscience Institute
- 1983–1990: Member, Board of Directors, Scientific American, Inc.
- 1986–present: Distinguished Professor-at-large, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 1998–1999: Member, Board of Trustees, Brookhaven Science Associates
- 1998–present: Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1957: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1965: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1986: National Medal of Science
- 1999: American Physical Society, Lars Onsager Prize
Oral History Interviews
- 1964: Columbia University, Oral History Research Office
- 1980: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Chen Ning Yang, "Particle Physics in the Early 1950s," in Pions to Quarks: Particle Physics in the 1950s, ed. Laurie M. Brown, Max Dresden, and Lillian Hoddeson (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 1989), 40-46
