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Luke Chia-Liu Yuan (simplified Chinese: 袁家骝; traditional Chinese: 袁家騮; pinyin: Yuán Jiāliú; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chia-liu; April 5, 1912 – February 11, 2003) was a Chinese American physicist and grandson of Yuan Shikai, China's president from 1912 to 1916.
Early life and education
Born in Anyang, Henan, Yuan attended Yenching University in Beijing, the University of California at Berkeley, and the California Institute of Technology. He began living in the United States in 1936. That same year, he met his future wife, renowned physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, who joined him as a graduate student at Cal Berkeley.:259 For financial reasons, Yuan transferred to Caltech, where he did his doctoral training under Nobel laureate Robert A. Millikan.:262
Professional career
Yuan worked at RCA Laboratories and then Brookhaven National Laboratory as a senior physicist and science educator. He later managed the Synchrotron Radiation Research Center of Taiwan and Wu-Yuan Natural Science Foundation.
Death
Yuan died in Beijing in 2003. He is survived by his granddaughter, Jada Yuan of New York City, son Vincent Yuan (nuclear physicist of New Mexico) and brother Yuan Jiaji of Tianjin.