朱孝颖(Chu,Ernest Hsiao—Ying)（1927-2019）
朱孝颖，遗传学家，美国密歇根大学医学院人类遗传学系教授。1927年6月3日出生于中国。1947年，获上海圣约翰大学理学士学位。1947年在浙江大学生物研究所就读研究生，导师为谈家桢教授。1949年赴美国。195l年获美国伯克利加州大学理科硕士学位；1954年．获该校博士学位。
1954年一1959年，在耶鲁大学任教；1954年一1956年，任植物学系研究助理：1954年一1959年任副研究员；1958年一1959年，任医学院解剖学讲师。1959年一1972年任橡树岭国家实验室生物学家。1959年一1972年，任田纳西大学动物学教授。1972年，任密执安大学医学院人类遗传学教授：1985年起，兼任毒理学教授。1962年入美籍。
系美国遗传学会、细胞生物学会、人类遗传学会、放射研究学会、环境致突变物学会、组织培养学会会员。1980年7月25日至28日，应兰州大学、中华医学会甘肃分会的邀请，在兰州作学术报告。1983年6月2日至9日应江苏省科协邀请到南京讲学。
夫人刘年翼女士，育有两个儿子。
Ernest H. Y. Chu
University of Michigan Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics
Ernest H. Y. Chu, age 91, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, passed away peacefully in Huron Woods, a memory care facility, on Monday, April 22nd, 2019, following many years of Alzheimer’s. Ernest was born on June 3, 1927 in Haining in the province of Zhejiang, in China to the late Kelvin Chu and Yue Zhen Tang. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by the love of his life, “Mommy”, Nien-Si Liu Chu, who passed away, also from Alzheimer’s, last year on June 22, 2018. His sister, Dan Feng, also preceded him in death.
Ernest will be lovingly remembered by his three children, Clara Chu Celebuski and her husband, Joe, of Gurnee, IL, his son, David Chu and his wife Jo Ann, of Huntersville, NC, and his son, Wellington Chu and his wife Wakami, of Taipei, Taiwan. He will be also fondly remembered by his three grandchildren, Rebecca Celebuski and her husband Chang-Ho Yoon, Michael Chu and his wife Meghan, and Jeffrey Chu and his fiancée, Charlotte Rath. His other surviving family members who also remember him, include seven siblings, all of whom live in China, six nephews and nieces and four grandnephews and grandnieces.
Ernest graduated from St. John’s University in Shanghai, China, with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He earned a Master’s of Science and a Ph. D. in Genetics from The University of California, Berkeley, where he met Nien-Si.
Considered “one of the founding fathers of the study of chromosomes”, Professor Chu, held positions at Yale University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee, prior to joining The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as professor of human genetics in 1972. Dr. Chu retired from Michigan in 1992.
In addition to these full-time positions, Professor Chu was a visiting professor at several universities in the United States, including Stanford University. Internationally, he also worked at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England. Other international stints included universities in Canada, Malaysia, and China. His culminating position was being the acting head of the Department of Biology in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he worked in the University’s founding years, 1990 – 1992.
Perhaps Dr. Chu’s most significant scientific achievement was his pioneering research on mutagenesis in mammalian cells. He received the prestigious Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) Award for life-time achievement in basic research in 1991. In Dr. George Hoffman’s presentation of this award, he said, “A common thread runs through all of Dr. Chu’s work – creativity, scientific insight, and a direct approach to important scientific problems….. Ernie Chu has had a profound scientific impact on our field. He also distinguished himself as one of the great gentlemen of our field and has won the deep respect and friendship of innumerable colleagues throughout the world.”
Ernest enjoyed traveling, particularly internationally, both for his work as a scientist, and, also, with his beloved wife, Nien-Si, who shared his love for international travel. He visited over 80 countries over his lifetime. He also particularly enjoyed being a host to Chinese dinner parties where Nien-Si cooked traditional Chinese dishes for friends. As a raconteur extraordinaire, he told long and captivating stories, mostly on his international travel.