Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lee, Yuan Tseh
- Abstract:
- The Yuan T. Lee papers including correspondence, research proposals, organizational records, project files and university records.
- Extent:
- 9 cartons (11.25 linear feet)
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English , Chinese
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Yuan T. Lee papers contain correspondence, organizational files, research proposals and reports that chronicle both the eminent chemist’s career at U.C. Berkeley, and his numerous professional activities and contributions outside of the university. Active on many fronts in his native Taiwan, Lee also undertook collaborative research project with colleagues at institutions throughout the world (including France, Sweden and Japan) and served on numerous committees. His papers are notable for their focus on the work of Chinese and Chinese American specific science associations (such as the Chinese American Chemical Society, and the Chinese Association for Science and Technology), and his groundbreaking research on chemical kinetics and crossed molecular beams. Indeed, the many research proposals to such entities as the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research and the Atomic Energy Commission, speak to the prominence of his research and national interest in his innovations in the field.
- Biographical / historical:
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A professor in the Chemistry Department at U.C. Berkeley starting in 1974, Yuan T. Lee is best known for his work on the use of chemical kinetic techniques to investigate and manipulate the behavior of chemical reactions involving relative large molecules by using crossed molecular beams. Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan in 1936, he graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1959 with a B.Sc., earned an M.S. at the National Tsing Hua University in 1961 and completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at U.C. Berkeley in 1965. After post-doctoral studies at Harvard University under the tutelage of Dudley Herschbach, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute of the University of Chicago in 1968. His subsequent appointment as Professor of Chemistry at U.C. Berkeley seven years later also included the role of principal investigator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. From 1994-2006, Lee was also President of Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Chief among the many accolades he received over the years was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986. In addition, he was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1975), has been awarded the National Medal of Science (1986) and was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Currently Dr. Lee is Professor Emeritus of the Chemistry Department at U.C. Berkeley and is serving as President of the International Council for Science.
- Acquisition information:
- Physical location:
- Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481