Wen Shengchang


Wen Shengchang was a Chinese oceanographer and academic who was a professor at the Ocean University of China, a former president of Shandong Institute of Oceanology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Jiusan Society and the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Wen was born in the town of in Guangshan County, Henan, on 1 November 1921. He finished his elementary education in Huangchuan Middle School and secondary in Yichang High School and Hubei United High School. In 1940, he entered Leshan Central Technical College and soon was admitted to the Department of Machinery, Wuhan University in Leshan, Sichuan.
After graduating in 1944, he had successively served as a probationer in the 8th Aircraft Repair Shop of Chengdu Aviation Commission, a member of the examination unit of the 11th Aircraft Repair Shop, and an operator of the Air Transport 103 Squadron of the Republic of China Air Force. In 1946, he was sent to study at the American Aviation Machinery School at the expense of the government for a year.
In 1952, he became a professor at Harbin Institute of Military Engineering. One year later, Professor invited him to join the Department of Oceanography, Shandong University in Qingdao. He joined the Jiusan Society in March 1956 and the Chinese Communist Party in February 1983. He was promoted to be president of Shandong Institute of Oceanology in 1984, concurrently serving as director of the Institute of Physical Oceanography.
On 20 March 2022, he died in Qingdao, Shandong, at the age of 100.

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