Zhu Jiahua

Zhu Jiahua or Chu Chia-hua (Chinese: 朱家驊; pinyin: Zhū Jiāhuá; 30 May 1893 – 3 January 1963) was a Chinese scientist, geologist and Kuomintang politician in the Republic of China.

In the early 1930s he served as Minister of Communications for the Nationalist Government in Nanjing.

[2] Zhu became acting president of Academia Sinica upon the death of Cai Yuanpei in 1940, and was responsible for organizing the relocation of its institutes from China to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and a period of low monetary funds.

Zhu repurposed funds originally set aside for Chinese students to study abroad.

[4] Following his death, Academia Sinica began hosting a lecture series in Zhu's honor.

Former residence of Chu Chia-hua in Nanjing .