B.A., 1927
Tang Peisong, who was born in 1903 in Hubei province, graduated from Tsinghua College in 1925. He received a bachelor of arts magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1927. During his studies at the University, he earned the Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation Prize in forestry.
After graduation, Tang received a doctorate in agriculture from John Hopkins University in 1930. From 1930 to 1933, he performed post-doctoral research at Harvard University. He then returned to China and taught at numerous universities including Wuhan University, National Southwestern Associated Universities, Tsinghua University, and Beijing Agricultural University. In 1948, he was selected to be an academician of Academia Sinica. From 1952 to 1954, he did research at the Institute of Plant Physiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences while also serving as a professor at Fudan University. In 1955, he was one of the first academicians at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
After 1954, he worked at Institute of Botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was also a professor at Peking University and was elected to be a commissioner at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a representative for the 3rd National People’s Congress (NPC), and a member of the 7th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He served as the chairperson of the board of directors of Botanical Society of China and the honorary chairperson of the board of directors of Chinese Society of Plant Physiology. He earned some of the highest honors in the field of science including the Natural Science Award (1989), Cheng Jiageng Award (1995), and Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (1991). He is considered the founding father of plant physiology in China.
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汤佩松， 1903年出生于湖北省。1925年毕业于清华学堂。1927年毕业于明尼苏达大学，获文学学士学位。留学期间，他于1926年获得Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation奖。
从明大毕业后，汤佩松到约翰霍普金斯大学攻读农学博士学位并于1930年毕业。1930-1933年，他在哈佛大学开展博士后研究。回国后，他于1933-1938年执教武汉大学；1938-1945年执教于国立西南联合大学。1945-1950年，汤佩松任清华大学教授和院长，并同时作为教授和副校长执教于北京农业大学。1948年，他被选为中央研究院院士。1952-1954年，他在中国科学研究院植物生理学研究所工作，并同时在复旦大学担任教授。随后，他在中国科学研究院任研究员、副主任、主任和荣誉主任，同时兼任北京大学教授。汤佩松是中国科学研究院委员、第三届全国人民代表大会代表、第七届全国政治协商会议成员。同时，他是中国植物协会理事长。他在科学领域获奖无数，例如自然科学奖（1989）、陈嘉庚奖（1995）、何梁何利基金（1991）。汤佩松被誉为中国植物生理学之父。