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NR;
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TITLE:
DOC REF:
INF CTY
:
INF DATE:
COSAT I
:
CLASSIF:
RELEASE
:
LIGHT OF
INTELLIGENCE
JIEFANGJUN HUABAO
(JIHUD),
91,
S
LES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
VIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNCLASSIFIED
NONE
(XX)
NR
8,
12-13
(05);
PHYSICS
(20)
TEXT:
EXTRACT.
DOCUMENT CONTAINS
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
OF
THE MEN WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR DYNAMICS,
T.
VON KAMEN.
QIAN
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:
PROTITLE:
PERS CTY:
PERSDATA:
QIAN,
XUESEN
VICE PRESIDENT
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
PHOTO,
BIOGRAPHIC DATA
FACILITY
SUPERIOR
FACL CTY
FIFTH INST
MIN OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
FACILITY:
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
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NR:
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ID:
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SUPERIOR:
ACAD SINICA
FACL CTY
:
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
FSUBORD
:
FACILITY SUBORDINATION DATA
PFN INFORMATION:
PART
0 02
NOMN :
U/I
(UI)
MISSILE
NOMN CTY:
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
NOMNDATA :
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:
PROTITLE
PERS CTY
PERSDATA
QIAN,
XUESEN
DEPUTY MINISTER,
DIRECTOR
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
BIOGRAPHIC DATA
FACILITY:
SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE INDUSTRY
FACL CTY:
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
FACILITY:
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
FACL CTY:
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
FACILITY:
FACL CTY:
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY
COMMITTEE
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CH)
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