Shiing-shen Chern (Chen Xingshen) passes away at 93

From: W. Dale Hall (mailtowd-hall_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:04:00 GMT

Just grabbed off Xinhua web site:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/03/content_2292553.htm

Noted mathematician passes away in Tianjin
www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-03 21:45:20

     TIANJIN, Dec. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Shiing-shen Chern (Chen Xingshen), a
world-renowned overseas Chinese mathematician, 93, died of illness at
his home at Nankai University in north China's Tianjin Municipality at
around 7:15 p.m. Friday, the university announced.

     Chern, a US citizen, is best known for his achievements in the
study of differential geometry. He was born in 1911 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang
Province, east China. He graduated from Nankai University in 1930 and
received further education at Qinghua University and the University of
Hamburg in Germany.

     He taught at several Chinese and US universities -- including
Princeton University, the University of Chicago, and the University of
California, Berkeley -- and is the only Chinese to win the Wolf Prize --
the most distinguished award in the international mathematics field.

     The International Astronomical Union officially named asteroid No.
1998CS2 after the noted mathematician in November for his outstanding
contributions to human society.

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