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USER-
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TITLE:
LIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE
DOC REF :
JIEFANGJUN HUABAO (JIHUD) , 91, NR 8, 12-13
INF CTY :
INF DATE:
91
COSATI:
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); PHYSICS (20)
UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE :
NONE ( XX )
TEXT : EXTRACT.
DOCUMENT CONTAINS 5 PHOTOS.
QIAN
XUELIN'S ANCESTORS WERE FROM HANGZHOU.
HE WAS BORN IN SHANGHAI
ON
11 DECEMBER, 1914.
HE LATER STUDIED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
MIDDLE
SCHOOL ATTACHED
TO
BEIJING
NORMAL UNIVERSITY.
IN 1934 HE
GRADUATED
FROM SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE
IN RAILWAY
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING.
IN
1935
HE
WENT TO THE UNITED STATES TO
STUDY
AERONAUTICAL
ENGINEERING AT MIT.
TWO YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED
HIS
MASTERS
THERE.
IN
1936,
HE
WENT
TO
CALIFORNIA
TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY.
HE
RECEIVED DOCTORATES IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AND
MATHEMATICS
FROM THAT UNIVERSITY IN 1939.
HIS TEACHER THERE WAS ONE
THE MEN WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR DYNAMICS, T. VON KAMEN. QIAN
OF
XUELIN
WAS
AN
IMPORTANT
MEMBER
OF
THE
CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY
JET
PROPULSION CENTER,
ONE
OF
THE
EARLIEST
ROCKET
RESEARCH
AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE
CENTER
AT
ONE TIME.
DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1947 TO 1955, HE TAUGHT.
AT MIT AND CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY AS A PROFESSOR.
IN
APRIL
OF 1956, QIAN XUELIN BEGAN A LONG PERIOD WHERE HE PROVIDED
THE
TECHNICAL
LEADERSHIP
FOR CHINA'S
ROCKET,
MISSILE AND SPACE
DEVELOPMENT .
HE RECENTLY PRESENTED A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CHINA'S ROCKET
AND MISSILE TECHNOLOGY.
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
RELATES :
XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF FIFTH INST (MIN OF NATIONAL
DEFENSE) AND DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS (ACAD
SINICA) .
PERSON :
QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE:
VICE PRESIDENT
PERS CTY :
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA:
PHOTO, BIOGRAPHIC DATA
FACILITY :
FIFTH INST
SUPERIOR:
MIN OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
FACL CTY :
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY :
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
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FACL CTY :
FSUBORD:
ACAD SINICA
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
PFN INFORMATION: PART 002
NOMN :
NOMN CTY :
NOMNDATA :
U/I (UI) MISSILE
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PHOTO
PFN INFORMATION: PART 003
RELATES :
XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE
INDUSTRY, NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY COMMITTEE.
PERSON :
QIAN, XUESEN
DEPUTY MINISTER, DIRECTOR
PROTITLE:
PERS CTY :
PERSDATA:
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
BIOGRAPHIC DATA
FACILITY :
FACL CTY :
SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE INDUSTRY
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY :
FACL CTY :
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
FACILITY :
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
COMMITTEE
FACL. CTY :
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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