Cai Liusheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.

Cai Liusheng (Chinese: 蔡鎦生; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Liû-seng; 18 September 1902 – 24 October 1983) was a Chinese physical chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was one of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China.^[1] He was a delegate to the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress.

Cai Liusheng
蔡镏生
Born	(1902-08-16)16 August 1902 Quanzhou, Fujian, Qing China
Died	24 October 1983(1983-10-24) (aged 81) Changchun, Jilin, China
Alma mater	Yenching University University of Chicago
Scientific career
Fields	Physical chemistry
Institutions	Jilin University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	蔡镏生
Traditional Chinese	蔡鎦生
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cài Liúshēng Wade–Giles Liu-Sheng T'sai Southern Min Hokkien POJ Chhòa Liû-seng

Early life

Cai was born into a peasant family in Quanzhou, Fujian, on 18 September 1902. He studied at Peiyuan High School (培元中学),^[1] and became fascinated by chemistry in childhood.^[1] In 1924, he graduated from Yenching University, where he majored in the Chemistry.^[1]

He arrived in the United States in 1929 to begin his education at the University of Chicago.^[1] He returned to China after his graduation and worked at his alma mater.^[1] In the spring of 1948, he was invited to the University of Washington as a visiting scholar. In 1949, he gave up the opportunity to be employed as a professor at the Graduate School of St. Louis Medical University and returned to China to become director of the Department of Chemistry at Yanjing University.^[1]

In 1952, in response to the call of the Communist government, he went to Northeast Renmin University (later restructured as Jilin University), where he cooperated with Tang Aoqing, Guan Shizhi and Tao Weisun [zh] to establish the Department of Chemistry.^[2] He joined the Communist Party on 4 May 1982.

On 24 October 1983, he died of illness in Changchun, Jilin, aged 81.^[1]

Recognition

• 1957 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)