Te-Tzu Chang

Te-Tzu Chang or T. T. Chang (; 1927–2006) was a Chinese agricultural and environmental scientist.

Biography Chang was born in Shanghai on April 3, 1927 to a "scholar-gentry" family. Chang's father graduated from the Saint John's University in Shanghai and won the Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship Program and completed his study in the United States. Chang had three (older) sisters and one (younger) brother.

Chang finished his secondary education at the Saint John's School (a middle school afflicted to the Saint John's University) in Shanghai. Chang at beginning studied agricultural science at the Saint John's University in Shanghai, which was his father's alma mater. After about one year, Chang transferred to the University of Nanking in Nanjing and majored in agriculture and horticulture. Chang graduated from University of Nanking with BSA in 1949. In 1969, John Scott Award, Philadelphia, USA In 1978, Fellow, American Society of Agronomy (ASA) In 1980, International Service in Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy (ASA) In 1982, Fellow and Chartered Biologist, Institute of Biology, UK In 1985, Honorary Fellow, Crop Science Society of the Philippines In 1985, Fellow, Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) In 1986, Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Minnesota, USA In 1988, Rank Prize in Agronomy and Nutrition, Rank Prize Foundation, UK In October 1990, Frank N. Meyer Award and Medal in Plant Germplasm, Cactus and Succulent Society of America (CSSA), USA In 1990, Honorary Research Fellow, China National Rice Research Institute, and China Academy of Agriculture & Forestry, P.R.China In 1991, International Service in Crop Science Award, Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), USA In 1993, Honorary Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO) In 1994, SINAG Award (Guiding Light Award), IRRI, Philippines In 1994, Foreign Member, United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS), USA In 1996, Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India In 1996, Academician, Academia Sinica, Taipei In 1996, Member, TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World On April 18, 1997, Fellow, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City In 1999, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement