Ph.D., Forest Ecology, 1951
Xiong Wenyu, who was born in Chongqing County, Sichuan Province in 1951, received his bachelor's degree in forestry at Sichuan University in 1940 and stayed there as teaching assistant. Four years later, he was promoted to a lecturer in principles of forestry and silviculture. In 1944, he was granted the English Foundation Scholarship to study abroad and began auditing at the University of Toronto. He then transferred to into the School of Forestry at Yale University, where he received a master's degree in 1947. In August of the same year, Xiong enrolled in the University of Minnesota and earned his doctorate degree in forest ecology in 1951. After two years of research at the University of Minnesota, Xiong decided to return to China in 1953. Xiong then served as first an associate professor, then a professor, and eventually as the head of the Department of Forestry at Nanjing Forestry University, as the director at China Forestry Society, and as a member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. In 1986, Xiong was elected as the head of the IUFRO Fifth Division professional team at the 18th IUFRO World Conference. In 1987, he was included in the Longman’s “Who's Who in Science ” biology volume. The following year, he was included in the Cambridge International Center’s“Who’s who in the Far East and Australian scientists” and “The International Who’s Who of Intellectuals.” In 1990, Xiong won the “IUFRO Outstanding Contribution Award”.
Xiong has fully engaged himself in researching and teaching forest ecology and has made significant contributions to the development of forestry and forest ecology modernization in China. The book Forest Science edited by Xiong in 1959 was widely adapted as textbook in China at the time. He also led the editing of Bamboo Industry Newsletters. Xiong plays a vital role in the development of the bamboo industry in China and is widely known as “Mr. Bamboo”.
Here is an interview with Xiong Wenyu conducted by Nanjing Forestry University: http://video.fjlib.xuexi365.com/play_400003544_33053.shtml
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熊文愈，1915年出生于四川崇庆县，于1940年取得四川大学农学院森林系学士学位并留校任助教，四年后又晋升为林学原理和造林学讲师。1944年他获得中英文基金会公费留学项目赞助，先入加拿大多伦多大学，后转入美国耶鲁大学林学院学习并于1947年获得硕士学位。同年八月他来到明尼苏达大学专攻森林生态学，并在1951年获得了博士学位，后留校继续研究工作。1953年熊文愈回到中国，先后担任南京林学院副教授、教授、林学系主任，博士生研究导师，中国林学会理事，国务院学位委员会学科评议组成员。1986年，在国际林联召开的第18届世界会议上，熊教授被选为国际林联第五学部专业组组长。1987年，他被列入《世界科学名人录》生物学卷。次年，又被剑桥国际专机中心列入《远东及澳大利亚科学家名人录》及《国际知识分子名人录》。1990年，熊教授获得“国际林联工作突出贡献奖”。
熊教授从事森林生态学的教学与研究，为中国森林生态学的教育、发展和林业现代化作出了重要的贡献。他于1959年主编的《森林学》，被当时专业院校作为教材广泛使用。他还主持编写的《竹业通讯》发送给各国竹业工作者。熊文愈在发展中国及世界竹子事业上作出了巨大贡献，声名远扬，被成为“竹先生”。