18 moments

1. Birth in Shanghai

   1926-11-24 · Shanghai, China

   

   Lee was born in Shanghai, beginning a life that would later span Chinese and American scientific institutions.

2. Physics study at National Chekiang University

   1943-01-01 · National Chekiang University, Guizhou, China

   

   Lee studied physics after transferring from chemical engineering at National Chekiang University, then located in Guizhou because of the war. The cited institutional biography identifies Guizhou but not a specific campus; coordinates represent Guizhou's provincial capital.

3. Study at National Southwestern Associated University

   1945-01-01 · National Southwestern Associated University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

   

   Displaced by the Japanese invasion, Lee continued his education in Kunming and studied with Wu Ta-You.

4. Graduate study at the University of Chicago

   1946-01-01 · University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States

   

   Lee entered the University of Chicago for graduate work and became Enrico Fermi's PhD student.

5. Research appointment at UC Berkeley

   1950-01-01 · University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States

   

   After completing his doctorate, Lee worked as a research associate and physics lecturer at Berkeley.

6. Member at the Institute for Advanced Study

   1951-01-01 · Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

   Lee began a two-year membership at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The source identifies his Institute membership; coordinates are for the Institute for Advanced Study campus.

7. Joined Columbia University

   1953-01-01 · Pupin Hall, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States

   

   Lee joined Columbia University's physics faculty, the institutional base for most of his subsequent career. Coordinates are for Pupin Hall, Columbia's physics building.

8. Second Institute for Advanced Study membership

   1957-01-01 · Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

   Lee returned to the Institute for Advanced Study as a member during the year he received the Nobel Prize. The source identifies his Institute membership; coordinates are for the Institute for Advanced Study campus.

9. Nobel Prize ceremony

   1957-12-10 · Konserthuset Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

   Lee traveled to Stockholm for the Nobel Prize presentation ceremony after sharing the 1957 Physics Prize with Chen Ning Yang. The Getty archival record dates the photograph to 10 December 1957; coordinates are for Stockholm Concert Hall, the venue of the award ceremony.

10. Faculty appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study

    1960-01-01 · Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

    Lee served on the Institute for Advanced Study faculty in Princeton from September 1960 through June 1962. The source identifies his Institute faculty appointment; coordinates are for the Institute for Advanced Study campus.

11. First return visit to Beijing

    1972-01-01 · Beijing, China

    

    Lee returned to China for the first time since leaving in 1946 and arrived in Beijing with his wife, initiating a long period of engagement with Chinese science. Lee identified this as his first visit back to China since leaving for the United States in September 1946.

12. Beijing public lectures

    1979-04-01 · Science Hall, Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China

    

    Lee delivered major lectures in Beijing on statistical mechanics, field theory, and particle physics to a large scholarly audience. The associated institutional biography identifies the lecture venue as the Science Hall of Beijing Friendship Hotel.

13. Visit with School of the Gifted Young students

    1984-01-01 · University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

    

    Lee met students associated with the School of the Gifted Young, an educational initiative he had encouraged in China. The School of the Gifted Young is part of the University of Science and Technology of China; coordinates are for its Hefei campus.

14. Director of the RIKEN BNL Research Center

    1997-01-01 · Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States

    Lee began serving as the first director of the RIKEN BNL Research Center at Brookhaven, leading its early work in lattice QCD and high-energy physics. Coordinates are for Brookhaven National Laboratory, host of the RIKEN BNL Research Center.

15. Conference at Tsinghua University

    2006-01-01 · Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    

    Lee appeared at a conference at Tsinghua University during his continuing work with Chinese scientific institutions. The evidence is a dated photograph caption; the exact conference date is not specified.

16. Return to Stockholm for Nobel anniversary

    2007-01-01 · Stockholm, Sweden

    Lee returned to Stockholm for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1957 Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize interview is dated 9 December 2007, but the card retains year precision because the quoted presence statement specifies only 2007.

17. Visit to Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    2010-01-01 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Lee visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University and discussed donating his Nobel medal, papers, books, artworks, and former Shanghai residence to the university. Coordinates represent Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Xuhui campus; the source says the discussions occurred at Lee's former Wanping Road residence.

18. Death in San Francisco

    2024-08-04 · San Francisco, California, United States

    Lee died in San Francisco at age 97. The source identifies San Francisco but not a more specific death location.