中国院士崔坤累计捐赠600万元资助教育

The 93-year-old Chinese academician Professor Cui Kun donated another 1.8 million yuan ($0.26 million) to aid excellent universities students from poor families, raising the total donation amount to 6 million yuan, according to central China’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) on Oct. 7.

据华中科技大学10月7日报道，93岁的中国院士崔坤教授又捐赠了180万元人民币(合26万美元)，用于资助来自贫困家庭的优秀大学生，将捐款总额提高到600万元人民币。

Early in 2013, Cui Kun and his wife Zhu Huinan, both professors at HUST, initiated a stipend with 4.2 million yuan they had saved for years to aid poor undergraduates, despite the fact that they didn’t buy a house property or any up-to-date furniture.

2013年初，华中科技大学教授崔坤和妻子朱慧楠发起了一项420万元的助学金计划，这些年来他们没有购买房产和任何新的家具，一直存钱资助贫困大学生。

It’s known that the generous old couple has been leading a frugal life. Still, two professors, together with their daughter, decided to repay society in this way. Adding the latest donation, the couple has given out 6-million-yuan deposits for the use of education.

众所周知，这对慷慨的老夫妇一直过着节俭的生活。然而，两位教授和他们的女儿决定用这种方式来回报社会。加上最新的捐款，这对夫妇已经拿出600万元的存款用于教育。

Cui summarized his some 90 years’ life as diligent and dedicated to the country. Thus, he emphasized that the targets he subsidized must be diligent. Meanwhile, they’re also urged to contribute to their motherland after gaining achievements in study.

崔坤把自己90多年来的生活总结为勤政报国。因此，他强调，他所资助的目标必须是勤奋的。同时，也要鼓励他们在学习上取得成绩后，为祖国作出贡献。

Born in 1925 in east China’s Jinan, Cui spent his teenage time under Japan’s war of aggression. In 1944, he was enrolled in the department of mechanics of Wuhan University and started lecturing there after graduation.

崔坤1925年出生于中国东部的济南，在日本侵略战争中度过了少年时代。1944年，他被武汉大学机械系录取，毕业后开始在武汉大学任教。

In 1958, he was funded by the Chinese government for a two-year study in Russia, furthering his study of the metallography and heat treatment. After returning to China, he and his colleagues established a metal materials and heat treatment laboratory.

1958年，在中国政府的资助下，他在俄罗斯进行了为期两年的研究，进一步加深了对金相和热处理的研究。回国后，他和他的同事建立了一个金属材料和热处理实验室。

From 1981 to 1991, the professor was successively recognized by three state awards for inventions. It’s estimated that Cui’s study has created economic benefits worth 200 million yuan, recalled Mei Shiyan, then deputy secretary of HUST party committee.

从1981年到1991年，他先后获得三项国家发明奖。华中科技大学党委副书记梅世艳回忆说，据估计崔坤的研究创造了价值2亿元的经济效益。

In 1997, Cui Kun was elected as an Academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

1997年，崔坤被选为中国工程院院士。