Shen Chun-shan

Taiwanese physicist (1932-2018)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shen.

Shen Chun-shan (29 August 1932 – 12 September 2018) was a Taiwanese academic. He was known for being President of National Tsing Hua University from 1994 to 1997.[1][2]

Shen Chun-shan
Dr. Shen Junshan, graduation ceremony on June 20, 1987
Born(1932-08-29)29 August 1932
Died12 September 2018(2018-09-12) (aged 86)
Alma mater
EmployerNational Tsing Hua University
Chinese name
Chinese沈君山
Hanyu PinyinShěn Jūnshān
Wade–GilesShen3
Chun1
-shan1

He was known as one of the "four princes of Taiwan" along with Chen Li-an, Fredrick Chien, and Lien Chan, all of whose fathers became famous in politics before their sons' successes.[3]

In 2012, Shen suffered a massive stroke and was left in a coma.[4] He died six years later on 12 September 2018 at a Hsinchu hospital from an gastrointestinal hemorrhage, aged 86.[5]

References change

  1. "沈君山校長/President Shen Chun-shan", Digital Archives (in Chinese), National Tsing Hua University, archived from the original on 23 January 2008, retrieved 3 January 2008
  2. Hall of Fame, University of Maryland Alumni Association, 2007, retrieved 2015-07-08
  3. Liu, Lingbin (19 April 2007), 台湾"四大公子"的人生传奇 [The legendary lives of Taiwan's 'Four Princes'], United Daily News (in Chinese), archived from the original on 21 July 2011, retrieved 5 January 2008
  4. 李坤建 (24 September 2012), "沈君山、陳力俊合影 師生情深", China Times, archived from the original on 27 September 2012, retrieved 9 October 2012
  5. Kuan, Rui-ping; Lee, Shu-hua; Hsu, Elizabeth (12 September 2018). "Former Tsing Hua University president dies aged 86". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.