Memorial Page for Tsung-Dao Lee

Nov 24, 1926 – Aug 4, 2024(97 years)Died in:San Francisco, California

Chinese-American physicist

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Birthplace

Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Place of Death

San Francisco, California

Nationality

United States

Occupation(3)

physicist university teachertheoretical physicist

Awards(8)

Nobel Prize in PhysicsGuggenheim FellowshipOskar Klein MedalMatteucci MedalFellow of the American Physical Societyhonorary doctor of the Peking Universityhonorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong KongGreat Immigrants Award

Spouse(1)

Jeannette Hui-Chun Chin

Education(6)

Zhejiang UniversityNational Southwestern Associated UniversityUniversity of ChicagoTsinghua UniversityPeking UniversityNankai University

Tsung-Dao Lee (* November 24, 1926 in Shanghai; † August 4, 2024 in San Francisco) was a chinese-American physicist. He was 97 years old. He was married to Jeannette Hui-Chun Chin. His education included Zhejiang University, National Southwestern Associated University, University of Chicago, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai University. He received 8 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Born in Shanghai, People's Republic of China

1926

Nobel Prize in Physics

1957

Guggenheim Fellowship

1966

honorary doctor of the Peking University

1985

Oskar Klein Medal

1993

Matteucci Medal

1995

Great Immigrants Award

2009

Died in San Francisco, California

2024

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Tsung-Dao Lee. Forever remembered.