杨石先对农药化学学科的重要贡献及其学术思想

Important Contribution and Academic Thoughts on the Pesticide Chemistry Discipline by Yang Shixian

杨石先先生一生献身于我国的教育事业与化学学科的发展,在62年中为我国培养了无数高质量的科教人才。他除了长期担任南开大学校长之外,还创建了我国大学第一个专职研究所,即元素有机化学研究所。他率先开展了我国元素有机化学与农药化学的科学研究,领导了元素有机化学国家重点实验室的建立,是我国元素有机化学和农药化学的奠基人和开拓者。他倡导用有机化学的专业知识,科学和系统地开展农药化学研究,组建队伍获得20项科研成果,发表上百篇科学与论述性论文,为我国开展自主创新农药研究事业作出重要贡献。在农药化学学科的学术思想中,他强调要弄清该学科的交叉性、系统性和内在规律性,倡导要学习国际先进经验,要结合国情自主创新,要为国家经济服务,要对世界农药科技做出贡献。他毕生对人才培养给予了特别的重视,为我国科技事业持续发展作出了重大贡献。

Professor Yang Shixian devoted his whole lifetime to the advancement of China education and chemistry discipline. During 62 years, he fostered numerous high-quality specialists in the field of science and education. He was the president of Nankai University for 28 years, during which he founded the first research institute in Chinese universities, the Research Institute of elemento-organic chemistry. He was the first one to establish the research field of elemento-organic chemistry and pesticide chemistry in China and was acknowledged as the founder and explorer in these disciplines. He advocated to utilize the knowledge of organic chemistry to explore scientifically and systematically the research in pesticide chemistry. He organized a research team to accomplish 20 projects, published more than a hundred papers. He made important contribution in the innovation of new agrochemical bio-active candidates. He emphasized to learn international experience, to incorporate into our national situation, to serve our economy, and to contribute to the world pesticide science. His extraordinary devotion during his entire career to rear young qualified specialists to sustain our science and education in China has been highly appraised.