Zhao Jiuzhang (; 15 October 1907 – 26 October 1968), also known as Jeou Jang Jaw, was a Chinese meteorologist and physicist. He was a pioneer of Chinese space technology and is considered as a founding father of China's satellite program.
Life
Born in Kaifeng, Henan Province on 15 October 1907. From 1925 to 1927, he studied electrical engineering at Zhejiang Industrial School (now Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou. He then transferred to Tsinghua University in Beijing. He graduated from the Department of Physics, Tsinghua in 1933. In 1935, he went to the University of Berlin; in 1938, he obtained his PhD.
He was a professor of Tsinghua University, National Central University (now Nanjing University), and National Southwestern Associated University.
During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted by the Red Guards and committed suicide in October 1968.
Awards and honors
In 1999, Zhao was awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Achievement Medal.
Membership & presidency
Academic
Academician, Chinese Academy of Science, 1955 election
Director, Institute of Meteorology, Academia Sinica
Director, Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director, Institute of Applied Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science
President, Chinese Academy of Satellite Designation
President, Chinese Meteorological Society
President, Chinese Geophysical Society
Political
Member, Jiusan Society, 1951 election
Member, Central Committee of the Jiu San Society. Member, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, PRC Standing Committee Member, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,
See also
Dong Fang Hong I - the first satellite that China launched in 1970.