▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Aust rian - American ▁scient ist . ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁Vienna ▁into ▁a ▁Jewish ▁family , ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁Shang hai ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁where ▁he ▁b ounced ▁between ▁the ▁Shang hai ▁International ▁S ett lement ▁and ▁the ▁French ▁Con cess ion ▁as ▁his ▁father ▁continued ▁to ▁practice ▁medicine . ▁He ▁earned ▁his ▁B . S . ▁in ▁Chem istry ▁at ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁University ▁in ▁Shang hai ▁( 1 9 4 7 ), ▁A . B . ▁( 1 9 4 8 ) ▁and ▁Ph . D . ▁( 1 9 5 1 ) ▁at ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley . ▁He ▁spoke ▁German , ▁Heb rew , ▁French , ▁Chinese , ▁and ▁English . ▁ ▁Professor ▁Schne pp ▁research ed ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁optical ▁mole cular ▁spect ro sc opy . ▁He ▁also ▁studied ▁science ▁and ▁technology ▁of ▁modern ▁China , ▁U . S .- Ch ina ▁technology ▁transfer ▁and ▁physical ▁chem istry . ▁He ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁Science ▁Policy , ▁especially ▁as ▁it ▁concerned ▁China . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁coun sel or ▁for ▁science ▁and ▁technology ▁at ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁and ▁a ▁former ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁US C ▁East ▁Asian ▁Studies ▁Center , ▁ 1 9 9 4 - 2 0