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Lu Yuanjiu
Lu Yuanjiu
Birth: 9 January 1920
Chuzhou, Anhui, China
Death: 6 June 2023
Beijing, China
Age: 103 years, 148 days
Country: ChinaCHN
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Lu Yuanjiu [Chinese: 陆元九] (9 January 1920 – 6 June 2023) was a Chinese centenarian and physicist. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography[]

Lu was born in Chuzhou, Anhui, China on 9 January 1920. His father was a teacher. He attended the Anhui Provincial No. 8 Middle School and Jiangsu Provincial Nanjing High School.

In November 1937, Lu was accepted to the National Central University. That same year, the Imperial Japanese Army occupied north China and he fled to Chongqing, where his university had relocated.

In 1945, Lu pursued advanced studies in the United States on government scholarships. He earned his doctor's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the direction of C. S. Dreber. After graduation, he became an associate research fellow at the institute. In January 1954, he joined a scientific laboratory at the Ford Motor Company as an engineer.

Lu returned to China in 1956. That same year, he became the vice dean of the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, and during this period, Lu was criticized, deprived of all his work, and forced to perform farm work at the May Seventh Cadre Schools.

In January 1968, Lu moved to the 520th Research Institute of the National Central University. He was later promoted to director of the 13th Research Institute in January 1978. In January 1984, he became a member of the Standing Committee of Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Astronautics Industry.

Lu died in Beijing, China on 6 June 2023 at the age of 103 years, 148 days.

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