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Hu Shuhua

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Hu Shuhua
胡庶华
Hu Shuhua
President of Hunan University
In office
February 1945 – June 1949
Preceded byLi Yuyao (李毓尧)
Succeeded byYi Dingxin (易鼎新)
In office
September 1940 – August 1943
Preceded byPi Zongshi
Succeeded byLi Yuyao
In office
October 1932 – December 1935
Preceded byCao Dianqiu (曹典球)
Succeeded byHuang Shiheng
President of Northwest University
In office
28 November 1939 – 14 February 1941
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byChen Shizhen (陈石珍)
President of Chongqing University
In office
August 1935 – July 1938
Preceded byLiu Xiang
Succeeded byYe Yuanlong
President of Tongji University
In office
June 1929 – 1932
Preceded byZhang Qun
Succeeded byWeng Zhilong (翁之龙)
Personal details
Born(1886-12-24)December 24, 1886
You County, Hunan, Qing China
DiedJune 17, 1968(1968-06-17) (aged 81)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Chinese Communist Party
Alma materPeking University
Technische Universität Berlin
OccupationPolitician, educator

Hu Shuhua (simplified Chinese: 胡庶华; traditional Chinese: 胡庶華; pinyin: Hú Shùhuá; 24 December 1886 – 17 June 1968) was a Chinese politician and educator.[1][2]

Hu was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

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Hu was born into a family of teachers in Chengguan Town of You County, Hunan, on December 24, 1886, during the Qing Empire. He attended Changsha Mingde School in 1903. In 1907, he was accepted to Imperial University of Peking (now Peking University) and graduated in 1911, where he majored in German language. After college, he taught at Hunan Higher Normal School and Changsha Mingde School. In 1903, he went to Germany to study at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin (now Technische Universität Berlin) by the expense of the government. In 1920, he joined the Kuomintang in Berlin.[1]

Hu returned to China in 1922. He became the president of Hunan University in 1923. In 1924, he became a professor at National Wuchang University. He was appointed as director of the Office of Education of Zhejiang government in 1925. In the spring of 1926, he was factory director of Shanghai Steel Plant. In 1927, he served as factory director of Hanyang Arsenal.[citation needed]

In June 1929, he served as president of Tongji University. In 1931, he was elected legislator of Legislative Yuan.[citation needed]

In 1932, he served as the president of Hunan University for the second time. He wrote the lyrics of Hunan University Song in 1933.[1]

In August 1935, he served as president of Chongqing University, and held that office until July 1938. He wrote the lyrics of Chongqing University Song in 1936.[1]

In November 1939, he was appointed president of Northwest University, and served until February 1941.[1]

Hu served as president of Hunan University from September 1940 to August 1943, and again February 1945 to June 1949.[1]

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), he became a professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing.[1]

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1961.[citation needed]

During the Cultural Revolution, he suffered political persecution and experienced mistreatment by the Red Guards.[citation needed]

Hu died in Beijing, on June 17, 1968.[2]

References

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Educational offices
Preceded by President of Tongji University
1929–1932
Succeeded by
Weng Zhilong
Preceded by
Cao Dianqiu
President of Hunan University
1932–1935
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Liu Xiang
President of Chongqing University
1935–1938
Succeeded by
Ye Yuanlong
New title President of Northwest University
1939–1941
Succeeded by
Chen Shizhen
Preceded by President of Hunan University
1940–1943
Succeeded by
Li Yuyao
Preceded by
Li Yuyao
President of Hunan University
1945–1949
Succeeded by
Yi Dingxin