Shu Ting Hsia
Shu Ting Hsia (born September 25, 1903 in Beijing , † August 16, 1980 in West Haven , Connecticut ) was a Chinese-American mathematician .
life and work
Hsia was born in China as the eldest of several children of ShienYing Chen and railroad engineer Te-Yuang Liu. She attended preschool and possibly university in Beijing before coming to the United States. From 1923 to 1929 she studied mathematics on a Barbour Fellowship at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . For several years she was a member of the Chinese Students Club. In 1926 she obtained a bachelor's degree and in 1927 a master's degree. In 1929 she did her doctorate with Louis Allen Hopkins with the dissertation: Theory of Periodic Orbits for Asteroids of Integral Types. Her dissertation dealt with the construction of periodic solutions of the differential equations for the plane motion of an infinitesimal body subject to the gravitational pull of Jupiter and the sun. She then served as a substitute teacher for a sick faculty member at Colorado College in Colorado Springs for two months . In 1929 she married Pin Fang Hsia (1902–1970). In 1930 she lived in Detroit , Michigan and then returned to China where she taught at Shanghai College. In 1931 and 1937 their two children were born in Shanghai . Presumably in 1937 the family fled to Hong Kong . In 1939 the Hsia family came to the United States, where they stayed until 1946. During this time her husband was the manager of the Bank of China in New York . From 1944 to 1945 she taught part-time at Hunter College . In 1946 her husband was transferred to London as Resident Manager of the Bank of China and responsible for the expansion into Europe. After retiring, the couple returned to New York, where they worked for the Magnus Mabee & Reynard oil company until he retired. She worked for the New York City Youth Board until retirement, then moved to New Haven , Connecticut. In 1981, the University of Michigan received a gift of $ 8,000 from her estate, part of which was given to top up the Barbour Scholarship Fund as an expression of gratitude for the scholarship she received.
Web links
- Shu Ting Hsia in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- biography
- Obituary of Pinfang Hsia in the New York Times
- An Act for the Relief of Shu Ting Liu Hsia and her daughter, Lucia
- Mrs. Shu-Ting Liu Hsia and her daughter, Lucia, shall be considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hsia, Shu Ting |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shu Ting Liu (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese-American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beijing , China |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1980 |
| Place of death | West Haven , Connecticut |