Steven Chu Lecture (WUSTL Symposium 1 of 5)

Dr. Steven Chu, former Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, was the keynote speaker at the McDonnell International Scholars Academy Second International Symposium on Energy and Environment in December 2008. The same month, President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Chu to serve as United States Secretary of Energy. He was confirmed by the Senate in January 2009. Dr. Chu has a special connection to Washington University, beyond the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. Dr. Chu was born in St. Louis because his father, Ju Chin Chu, was taught chemical engineering at Washington Universitys School of Engineering.

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