Shen Siu Shu, 89, died of a stroke in his West Lafayette home Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001. He was born Sept. 12, 1912, at Wenchow, China. He married Irene Hisa Shu on July 14, 1936, and she survives. He graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1935, but his education was interrupted by the Sino-Japanese War. In 1944, he received a Tsinghua fellowship for graduate studies in the United States, and earned a doctorate in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1947.
Dr. Shu emigrated to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he worked in Chicago at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He joined the Department of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Sciences at Purdue University in 1955. He was selected in 1963 as one of 24 'Chinese of the Year' by "Cosmorama Pictorial", a Chinese magazine in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In the late 1960s he visited Taiwan many times to help the Chiang Kai-Shek government improve its higher education.
From 1971 to 1975, he was president of Tsinghua University of Hsinchu, Taiwan. During his presidency, teaching and research space at the university doubled, the faculty size quadrupled, and the student body more than tripled.
From 1973 to 1980, he headed the National Science Council, the main funding agency for basic and applied research in Taiwan, where he conceived and help create the Hsinchu Science Research Park, which contributed to Taiwan's microelectronics industry. By the 1990s, more than 100 high-tech companies resided in the research park, which was growing at 300 percent per year.
He served as chairman of the Industrial Technology Research Institute board of directors, a government-funded group that conducts applied research in support of Taiwan industries. He was elected as a member of Academia Sinica in 1977, and received the Order of the Brilliant Star from the president of the Republic of China in 1981.
In 1988, he was recognized with an award for distinguished achievement from the Ho-Ying Tong Foundation in Hong Kong, the money from which he established a scholarship fund for needy students Tsinghua University and to find a public park and library at Wenchow. In 1990, Gov. Evan Bayh named him a Distinguished Hoosier. In 1991, Purdue awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Alice Tsai of Midvale, VT, and Jeannie Shu of Seattle, WA; two sons, David Shu of Schaumburg, IL, and Frank Shu of Atherton, CA; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and another great-grandchild on the way.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 11/20/2001, page 18
Dr. Shu emigrated to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he worked in Chicago at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He joined the Department of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Sciences at Purdue University in 1955. He was selected in 1963 as one of 24 'Chinese of the Year' by "Cosmorama Pictorial", a Chinese magazine in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In the late 1960s he visited Taiwan many times to help the Chiang Kai-Shek government improve its higher education.
From 1971 to 1975, he was president of Tsinghua University of Hsinchu, Taiwan. During his presidency, teaching and research space at the university doubled, the faculty size quadrupled, and the student body more than tripled.
From 1973 to 1980, he headed the National Science Council, the main funding agency for basic and applied research in Taiwan, where he conceived and help create the Hsinchu Science Research Park, which contributed to Taiwan's microelectronics industry. By the 1990s, more than 100 high-tech companies resided in the research park, which was growing at 300 percent per year.
He served as chairman of the Industrial Technology Research Institute board of directors, a government-funded group that conducts applied research in support of Taiwan industries. He was elected as a member of Academia Sinica in 1977, and received the Order of the Brilliant Star from the president of the Republic of China in 1981.
In 1988, he was recognized with an award for distinguished achievement from the Ho-Ying Tong Foundation in Hong Kong, the money from which he established a scholarship fund for needy students Tsinghua University and to find a public park and library at Wenchow. In 1990, Gov. Evan Bayh named him a Distinguished Hoosier. In 1991, Purdue awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Alice Tsai of Midvale, VT, and Jeannie Shu of Seattle, WA; two sons, David Shu of Schaumburg, IL, and Frank Shu of Atherton, CA; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and another great-grandchild on the way.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 11/20/2001, page 18
Shen Siu Shu, 89, died of a stroke in his West Lafayette home Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001. He was born Sept. 12, 1912, at Wenchow, China. He married Irene Hisa Shu on July 14, 1936, and she survives. He graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1935, but his education was interrupted by the Sino-Japanese War. In 1944, he received a Tsinghua fellowship for graduate studies in the United States, and earned a doctorate in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1947.
Dr. Shu emigrated to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he worked in Chicago at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He joined the Department of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Sciences at Purdue University in 1955. He was selected in 1963 as one of 24 'Chinese of the Year' by "Cosmorama Pictorial", a Chinese magazine in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In the late 1960s he visited Taiwan many times to help the Chiang Kai-Shek government improve its higher education.
From 1971 to 1975, he was president of Tsinghua University of Hsinchu, Taiwan. During his presidency, teaching and research space at the university doubled, the faculty size quadrupled, and the student body more than tripled.
From 1973 to 1980, he headed the National Science Council, the main funding agency for basic and applied research in Taiwan, where he conceived and help create the Hsinchu Science Research Park, which contributed to Taiwan's microelectronics industry. By the 1990s, more than 100 high-tech companies resided in the research park, which was growing at 300 percent per year.
He served as chairman of the Industrial Technology Research Institute board of directors, a government-funded group that conducts applied research in support of Taiwan industries. He was elected as a member of Academia Sinica in 1977, and received the Order of the Brilliant Star from the president of the Republic of China in 1981.
In 1988, he was recognized with an award for distinguished achievement from the Ho-Ying Tong Foundation in Hong Kong, the money from which he established a scholarship fund for needy students Tsinghua University and to find a public park and library at Wenchow. In 1990, Gov. Evan Bayh named him a Distinguished Hoosier. In 1991, Purdue awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Alice Tsai of Midvale, VT, and Jeannie Shu of Seattle, WA; two sons, David Shu of Schaumburg, IL, and Frank Shu of Atherton, CA; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and another great-grandchild on the way.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 11/20/2001, page 18
Dr. Shu emigrated to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he worked in Chicago at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He joined the Department of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Sciences at Purdue University in 1955. He was selected in 1963 as one of 24 'Chinese of the Year' by "Cosmorama Pictorial", a Chinese magazine in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In the late 1960s he visited Taiwan many times to help the Chiang Kai-Shek government improve its higher education.
From 1971 to 1975, he was president of Tsinghua University of Hsinchu, Taiwan. During his presidency, teaching and research space at the university doubled, the faculty size quadrupled, and the student body more than tripled.
From 1973 to 1980, he headed the National Science Council, the main funding agency for basic and applied research in Taiwan, where he conceived and help create the Hsinchu Science Research Park, which contributed to Taiwan's microelectronics industry. By the 1990s, more than 100 high-tech companies resided in the research park, which was growing at 300 percent per year.
He served as chairman of the Industrial Technology Research Institute board of directors, a government-funded group that conducts applied research in support of Taiwan industries. He was elected as a member of Academia Sinica in 1977, and received the Order of the Brilliant Star from the president of the Republic of China in 1981.
In 1988, he was recognized with an award for distinguished achievement from the Ho-Ying Tong Foundation in Hong Kong, the money from which he established a scholarship fund for needy students Tsinghua University and to find a public park and library at Wenchow. In 1990, Gov. Evan Bayh named him a Distinguished Hoosier. In 1991, Purdue awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Alice Tsai of Midvale, VT, and Jeannie Shu of Seattle, WA; two sons, David Shu of Schaumburg, IL, and Frank Shu of Atherton, CA; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and another great-grandchild on the way.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 11/20/2001, page 18
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