Civil engineer, served at the PRC Ministry of Heavy Industry and the First Ministry of Machine Industry. Elected a Member of the People's Political Consultative Conference. Contains manuscripts, writings, and research notes, and photo albums.

Chang You-ling 張有齡 (Zhang Youling), 1909-2007, was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang Province. In 1934, after graduating from Tsing Hua University, Chang was awarded the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship and studied civil engineering at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He received his doctoral degree in 1936 and returned to China the next year. Between 1937 and 1949, Chang taught at several universities, including the National Southwestern Associated University, Sichuan University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University. After the Chinese Communist takeover, Chang moved to Beijing where he served at the PRC Ministry of Heavy Industry and the First Ministry of Machine Industry. In 1964, he was elected a Member of the People's Political Consultative Conference. During the Cultural Revolution, Chang was slated to work in Hubei and Anhui provinces. Due to his academic achievement in civic and hydraulic engineering, in the 1980s and the 1990s, Chang was invited to be a visiting scholar by multiple universities in the United States, Taiwan, and Japan. He died in California in 2007.

7 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, digital media (5.5 Linear Feet)

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