Qian Xuesen was born in Shanghai on December 11, 1911. He graduated from Jiaotong University in Shanghai in 1934; received a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States in 1936; and earned a Ph.D. in both aerospace and mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1939. CNET News has related reports about Qian Xuesen's resume... Qian Xuesen Resume: Qian Xuesen was born in 1911...