Academician and eminent astrophysicist Frank Shu was awarded the Centennial Medal from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, June 4.
The Centennial Medal is given annually to graduate alumni of Harvard University who have made exceptional contributions to society.
Academician Shu is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities in theoretical astrophysics, and star formation. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1968 and went on to make a distinguished career in astrophysics. He became a Professor at Berkeley, California and later president of Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University, one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan. He is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is currently a Distinguished Professor, at the University of California, San Diego, USA.
The Centennial Medal was first presented on the 100th anniversary of the founding of Harvard’s Graduate School in June 1989 and is awarded every June to distinguished alumni.
Academician Shu was one of four medalists awarded the honor this year. Past medalists have included the economists James Tobin and Robert Solow, author Margaret Atwood, philosopher Susan Sontag, physicists Philip Anderson and Walter Kohn, chemist Richard Zare and writer Kevin Starr.
