Educator You Changlin was born in Wuhan in 1935. Finished primary school and junior high school in Shanghai. 1949 moved to Taiwan Province province with his family. 1955, he obtained a bachelor of science degree from the National Taiwan Province Provincial University. 1956, he went to the United States for further study. 1957, he obtained a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville. 1959 obtained the master's degree in literature and doctor's degree in philosophy from Kingston University. After graduation, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as assistant professor, associate professor, professor and dean of department of mechanical engineering. 1983 to 1985 served as vice president of research. Professor Martin Berlin since 1987. 1988 as executive vice president. 1990, at the age of 54, he was nominated by the board of directors of the University of California as the seventh president of the school. In the history of this university 122 years, he is the first Asian and the first China president. He retired in 1997 and was appointed as the first chairman of the Hong Kong Science Innovation Commission. 1999, he stepped down and became a member of the National Science Council of the United States. He is also a consultant to many American companies and a visiting professor at many universities. At the same time, he was also hired as honorary professor of China Institute of Science and Physics and several famous universities. Published more than 230 academic papers in professional journals. It is an international authority on "heat radiation" and "heat conduction". And won many achievement awards and education awards. From June 5438 to June 65438 10+July 2002, he died in the United States at the age of 67 because of a failed operation on a brain tumor. President Tian has been engaged in education for 40 years, and it is an infinite honor for Chinese all over the world to be the president of Berkeley University. Tian Changlin is also a thermodynamic scientist. He developed the Space Shuttle Insulator and Saturn rocket propulsion for the space program. 1999 The National Astronomical Society of the United States renamed a planet after him.
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