M.A., 1940
PH.D., 1942
Tsiang Yien-Si, born in 1915 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, received his bachelor of science from University of Nanjing in 1936. In 1940 and 1942, Tsiang earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota and stayed on to carry out corn experiments under Professor H.K.Hayes. Tsiang returned to China in 1947.
After serving on the Chinese American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in Nanking, Tsiang moved to Taiwan in 1948 and continued to serve on the Chinese American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction till 1961 when he became the chair of Chinese Society of Agriculture in Taiwan. From 1963 to 1998, Tsiang served on several important political positions including Councilor for the Council of Taiwan, the deputy director of National Science Committee, Secretary-General at Executive Yuan of Taiwan, the Secretary-General at “Office of President”, Minister of “Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, National Policy Consultant for the “Office of President”, and “Presidential Advisor” at “Office of the President”.
Tsiang served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th and 11th Central Committee of the Kuomingtang, and he was the only politician in Taiwan who had served all of the following three critical political positions: Secretary-General for Executive Yuan, Secretary-General for “Office of the President”, and Secretary-General for Central Committee of the Kuomingtang.
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蒋彦士，1915年生于浙江杭州，1936年毕业于南京金陵大学农学院，随后来到明尼苏达大学并分别于1940年和1942年获得植物基因学专业硕士和博士学位。毕业后蒋彦士留在明尼苏达大学继续于H.K.Hayes教授进行玉米实验直至1947年回到中国。
蒋彦士回到南京任职于由中美两国合组的中国农村复兴联合委员会（简称农复会），1948年后移居台湾继续任职于农复会直至1961年转任台湾中华农学会理事长。自1963年起至1998，蒋彦士任台湾诸多政治要职，其中包括“中央研究院”评议会评议员、台湾行政院国家科学委员会副主任委员并兼任台湾行政院秘书长、台湾教育部部长、台湾“总统府”秘书长和“外交部”部长、台湾“总统府”国策顾问，以及台湾“总统府”资政。
蒋彦士曾任中国国民党第十、十一届中央常委，并且是唯一担任过行政院秘书长、总统府秘书长、国民党中央秘书长三项要职的政界人物。