张存浩1928—2024

生平

求学经历

张存浩生于书香世家。2岁起，母亲龙文瑗就开始教他识字。抗日战争爆发时，张存浩正在读小学。因不愿自己的长子接受日本奴化教育，龙文瑗将9岁的张存浩交给丈夫的妹妹张锦和妹夫傅鹰抚养，当时二人在重庆大学任教。1939年，应厦门大学校长萨本栋邀请，傅鹰来厦大任教，张存浩因此跟随姑父姑母到了长汀。张存浩在省立长汀中学（现长汀第一中学）完成了中学学习，1943年，15岁的张存浩考入厦门大学化学系，一年之后，转入抗战期间陪都重庆中央大学化学工程系，1947年毕业后进入南开大学化工系攻读研究生，1948年留学美国，1950年获美国密歇根大学硕士学位。

社会兼职

国家自然科学基金委员会主任，中国科学院化学部主任，国际纯化学和应用化学联合会执行局成员。

1995年5月，中国科学技术协会第四次代表大会召开，并选举产生第四届全国委员会。5月27日，第四届全国委员会第一次会议召开，其被选为副主席。2001年6月，中国科学技术协会第六次全国代表大会召开，并选举其出任第六届全国委员会荣誉委员。

奖项和荣誉

1992年当选为第三世界科学院院士。1980年当选为中国科学院学部委员（院士）。

2014年1月10日和物理学家程开甲获中国国家最高科学技术奖。

逝世

2024年7月12日，张存浩因病在北京逝世，享年96岁。

家庭

祖父母

张鸣岐，清朝两广总督

纪巨淑，纪晓岚五世孙女

父母

张铸，天津化工局高级工程师

龙文瑗，两广巡阅使龙济光之女

Zhang Cunhao (simplified Chinese: 张存浩; traditional Chinese: 張存浩; pinyin: Zhāng Cúnhào; February 23, 1928 – July 12, 2024) was a Chinese physical chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography

Zhang was born in Tianjin, on February 23, 1928, to Zhang Zhu (张铸), an engineer, and Long Wenyuan (龙文媛). Zhang's younger brother Zhang Cunji is a hydraulician. Zhang's ancestral home in Wudi County, Shandong. His grandfather Zhang Mingqi was the last Viceroy of Liangguang from April 14 to November 8, 1911, in the Qing Empire. His grandmother was a descendant of Ji Xiaolan. His maternal grandfather Long Jiguang (1867–1925) was a general of the late Qing and early Republican period of China. His uncles Zhang Rui (张锐), Zhang Bo (张镈) and Zhang Jun (张钧) were architects. His aunt Zhang Jin (张锦; 1910–1965) was a chemist and educator. His uncle-in-law Fu Ying (傅鹰; 1902–1979) was a physical chemist and chemist and former vice-president of Peking University.

He attended the Chongqing Nankai Secondary School and Changting No. 1 High School. In 1943, he was accepted to Xiamen University but one year later he had transferred to National Central University. In 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, he pursued advanced studies in the United States, earning a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Michigan in 1950. Zhang returned to the newly established Communist State in October that same year.

Since June 1955, Zhang has been working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was elected an academician in 1980. He became a member of the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council in 1998. He was elected a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 1992 and of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2007.

In 2013, Zhang was awarded the Highest Science and Technology Award, the highest scientific award in China. In 2016, an asteroid was named after Zhang.

Zhang was a delegate to the 13th and 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a deputy to the 3rd National People's Congress. He was also a Standing Committee member of the 8th and 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Personal life and death

Zhang married Chi Yunxia (迟云霞; 遲雲霞) in 1954; the couple had two sons.

On July 12, 2024, Zhang died in Beijing at the age of 96 following a protracted illness.