Lu Dajing 陆大京

Ph.D., 1933

Lu Dajing, born in 1907 in Beijing, graduated from Tsinghua College in 1927, received a bachelor’s degree from College of Agriculture at Cornell University in 1929, a master’s degree from Louisiana State University in 1930, and a doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota in 1933 with the honor of Sigma Xi. Lu was one of the youngest students who had received doctoral degrees from the University at that time.

After graduation, Lu returned to China and taught at Zhejiang University and Guangxi University where he also served as a dean. After that, Lu served as an agricultural consultant for Guangxi Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, director of Guangxi Reclamation Management Department, agricultural engineer at Guangdong Sugar Company, a professor at Lingnan University, vice director for Plant Protection Department of South China Academy of Tropical Plant, and a researcher and vice director of Guangdong Academy of Microbiology.

In addition, Lu served as a member of National Science and Technology Committee, chairman of Guangdong Society of Microbiology, and a consultant of Chinese Society of Pathology.

陆大京,1907年生于北京,1927年毕业于清华学堂,1929年获得康奈尔大学农学院学士学位,1930年获路易斯安那州立大学硕士学位,1933年获明尼苏达大学博士学位,并获得Sigma-Xi的荣誉,他是当时明大最年轻的博士之一。

毕业回国后,陆大京先后任教于浙江大学农学院和广西大学农学院并担任院长。后来历任广西善后救济分署农业顾问、广西省农垦管理处处长、广东省糖业公司农业工程师兼岭南大学农学院教授,华南热带作物研究院植保系副主任,和广东省微生物研究所研究员兼副所长。

此外,陆大京还曾任全国科学技术委员会药械组组员、广东微生物学会理事长、中国植物病理学会顾问等职务。