Xie Xide | |
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谢希德 | |
Born | Quanzhou, Fujian, China | March 19, 1921
Died | March 4, 2000 | (aged 78)
Nationality | Chinese |
Other names | Hsi-teh Hsieh Hilda Hsieh |
Education | Xiamen University (B.S.) Smith College (M.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Politician President of Fudan University Physics Academic |
Employer | Fudan University |
Known for | Physics University Administrator CPCC delegate |
Spouse | Cao Tianqin |
Honours | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Academician of The World Academy of Sciences, Distinguished Scholar of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with The People's Republic of China |
Xie Xide (simplified Chinese: 谢希德; traditional Chinese: 謝希德; pinyin: Xiè Xīdé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiā Hi-tek; 19 March 1921 – 4 March 2000), also known as Hsi-teh Hsieh and as Hilda Hsieh, was a Chinese physicist. She was president of Fudan University from 1983 to 1989, and remained as advisor to the university from 1989 until her death. She helped to set up the university's Centre for American Studies[1] and founded its Modern Physics Institute in 1977.
Xie also served as a member in the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 1982 to 1992.[2]