朱棣文哈佛2009年毕业典礼演讲.doc

朱棣文2009年哈佛毕业典礼讲话 朱棣文（Steven Chu，1948年2月28日－）， ? 美国物理学家，生于美国圣路易斯；华人血统，祖籍中国江苏太仓，曾获得诺贝尔物理学奖（1997年）。现任美国能源部部长。 ? 1970年，获罗彻斯特大学数学学士和物理学学士。 ? 1976年，获加州大学伯克利分校物理学博士。 ? 1987年，任斯坦福大学物理学教授，是该校第一位华裔教授。 ? 1993年，当选美国国家科学院院士。 ? 1997年，获诺贝尔物理学奖。 ? 2004年，任劳伦斯·伯克利国家实验室主任，是首位掌管这个美国能源部下属国家实验室的亚裔人士。 ? 2009年，出任奥巴马政府能源部长。 ? Madam President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, faculty, family, friends, and, most importantly, today's graduates, ? Thank you for letting me share this wonderful day with you. ? I am not sure I can live up to the high standards of Harvard Commencement speakers. Last year, J.K. Rowling, the billionaire novelist, who started as a classics student, graced this podium. The year before, Bill Gates, the mega-billionaire philanthropist and computer nerd stood here. Today, sadly, you have me. I am not wealthy, but at least I am a nerd. ? I am grateful to receive an honorary degree from Harvard, an honor that means more to me than you might care to imagine. You see, I was the academic black sheep of my family. My older brother has an M.D./Ph.D. from MIT and Harvard while my younger brother has a law degree from Harvard. When I was awarded a Nobel Prize, I thought my mother would be pleased. Not so. When I called her on the morning of the announcement, she replied, "That's nice, but when are you going to visit me next." Now, as the last brother with a degree from Harvard, maybe, at last, she will be satisfied. ? Another difficulty with giving a Harvard commencement address is that some of you may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed material from previous speeches. I ask that you forgive me for two reasons. ? First, in order to have impact, it is important to deliver the same message more than once. In science, it is important to be the first person to make a discovery, but it is even more important to be the last person to make that discovery. ? Second, authors who borrow from others are following in the footsteps of the best. Ralp