Ph.D., Geology, 1949
Tu Guangchi, who was born in 1920 in Beijing, graduated from South West Union University in 1944 and received his doctorate in geology from the University of Minnesota in 1949.
As a renowned mineral deposit and geochemical scientist, he is credited with establishing the field of geochemistry in China. He helped to develop the world famous Institute for Geochemistry in Guiyang. During his term as director of the Institute for Geochemistry in Guiyang, Tu fostered the growth of research on ore deposits and environmental sciences, both of which had tangible effects on mineral and water resources in China.
Tu was selected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1980 and academician of the Russian Academy of Science in 1987.He received a University of Minnesota honorary doctorate of science degree in 1999.
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涂光炽，1920年生于北京，1944年毕业于西南联合大学地质学系，1949年获明尼苏达大学地质学博士学位。
作为中国矿床学及地球化学家，他以组建中国地球化学研究并在贵阳成立世界著名的地质化学研究所而闻名。在他担任贵阳地球化学研究所所长期间，他加大了对于矿层和环境科学的研究力度，因为这两者都对中国的矿产资源和水资源有显著影响。
1980年他当选中国科学院院士，1987年当选俄罗斯科学院院士，1999年他获得了由明尼苏达大学地质和地球物理学学院颁发的荣誉博士学位。