Chu Coching, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chu Coching

Meteorologist and educator

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1890

Place of Birth: Shangyu District, Zhejiang, China

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1974

Profession: chancellor, politician, professor, geologist, meteorologist, science writer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Coching Chu or Zhu Kezhen (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhú Kezhen; Wade–Giles: Chu K'o-chen; 7 March 1890 – 7 February 1974) was a Chinese geologist and meteorologist. Born in Shangyu, Zhejiang, Chu went to United States for his college education in 1910.
He graduated from the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois in 1913.
In 1918, he received his Ph.D.
in meteorology from Harvard University.
From 1920 to 1929, he was chairperson of Department of Meteorology, Nanjing University (formerly known as the Nanking Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University, and National Central University). From 1929 to 1936 he served as director of the Chinese Institute of Meteorology of the Academia Sinica, which at the time was located in mainland China.
Academia Sinica later became the predecessor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of the People's Republic of China on mainland China and the Academia Sinica of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
From 1936 to 1949, he served as the president of National Chekiang University (now known as Zhejiang University) and elevated the institution to one of the most prestigious universities in China.
On 16 October 1949, he was assigned to the position of vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In 1955, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.