an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980. Personal life In 1952, Wu married Xu Ren (徐仁), an English instructor at Aurora University and later Fudan University. They had two sons, Wu Kangqi (吴康琪) and Wu Danlin (吴丹琳). Wu died on 24 May 2008 in Shanghai, at the age of 90. References External links Wu Ziliang's portal at the Chinese Academy of Sciences 1917 births 2008 deaths Carnegie Mellon University alumni Chinese expatriates in the United States Chinese metallurgists Chinese nuclear physicists Engineers from Zhejiang Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Physicists from Zhejiang Scientists from Jinhua Semiconductor physicists Academic staff of the Southwest Jiaotong University Superconductivity scientists and engineers Syracuse University faculty Tianjin University alumni Northwestern Polytechnical University alumni