Alumni of Mergered and Attached Schools
Alumni of the University of Nanking (merged in 1952)
- Choh Hao Li, biologist, biochemist. His achievements include isolating and synthesizing the human pituitary growth hormone and he received many honors including Lasker Award.
- Choh-Ming Li, educationist, economist.
- Francois Cheng, writer, poet. A "Bridge Between Eastern and Western Culture".
- T.C. Tso, agriculturalist, tobacco scientist.
- Te-Tzu Chang, agriculturalist. He receives Tyler World Prize for Environmental Achievement 1999.
- Thome H. Fang, philosopher.
- Wu Teh Yao, educationist, politics scholar.
Alumni of attached schools
- Gao Xingjian, novelist, dramatist and critic. Nobel Prize Winner in Literature in 2000. He entered Middle School Attached to University of Nanking (Now Jinling High School) in 1952.
- Yuan Longping, agriculturalist. "China's Most Famous 'Farmer'", "Father of Hybrid Rice", Wolf Prize winner in agriculture. He graduated from Middle School Attached to National Nanjing University (Now High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University) in 1949.
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