Xie Xide (1921–2000)
Xie Xide (1921–2000)
Chinese physicist. Name variations: Hsieh Hsiteh. Born Mar 19, 1921, in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China; dau. of a professor of physics; died 2000; Amoy University (now Xiamen University), BSc, 1946; Smith College, MA in physics, 1949; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD, 1951; m. Cao Tianquin, May 17, 1952.
One of China's leading physicists, was a teaching assistant at Shanghai University (1946–47); served as lecturer in physics at Fudan University (1952–56), then associate professor (1956–62) and became professor (1962); during Cultural Revolution (1966–67), lost job and was disgraced; reinstated (1974); founded the Institute of Modern Physics (1977); served as vice president of Fudan University (1978–83), then president (1983–88) and university advisor (1988–94); elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences (1980) and was a member of its presidium (1981–96); chaired the 21st International Conference on Semiconductor Physics in Beijing (1993), among several other conferences. Wrote Semiconductor Physics (with K. Huang, 1958), Group Theory and Its Applications (1986) and over 90 papers; received over 10 honorary doctorates and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation of Hong Kong's Award for the Advancement of Science and Technology (1997).