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2024-08-05 09:08

美国当地时间2024年8月4日凌晨，世界杰出科学家、1957年诺贝尔物理学奖得主李政道（1926年11月24日—2024年8月4日）在美国旧金山逝世。

Tsung Dao Lee 1926-2024

On Sunday morning 4 August Tsung Dao Lee passed away peacefully in his sleep. He was 97 years old.

Lee was a physicist, educator, and scientific leader. He taught at Columbia University for sixty years beginning as an assistant professor in 1953 until his retirement in 2012 as University Professor and Enrico Fermi Professor of Physics.

He also worked frequently at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) where he was the founding Director of the Riken-BNL Research Center from 1997-2003.

As a physicist, Lee is best known for his work with Chen Ning Yang for their discoveries related to the violation of “the so-called parity laws” for which they were awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics.

As an educator, Lee helped establish important academic programs for undergraduate, PhD, and postdoctoral students. These include the first undergraduate school for gifted youth in China (1978-present); the China United States Physics Examination and Application (CUSPEA) and related PhD programs (1979-1989); and the first postdoctoral educational program in China (1984-present).

As a scientific leader, Lee made major contributions to scientific research and international cooperation between the United States, China, Japan, and Italy, who awarded him the Order of Merit, Grande Ufficiale Italy (1986), the Science for Peace Prize (1994), the Pope Joannes Paulus Medal (1999), the Ministero dell’Interno Medal of the Government of Italy (1999), and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, Japan (2007).

Lee is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.