Editing Samuel C. C. Ting (section)

== Early life and education ==
Ting was born on January 27, 1936, at the [[University of Michigan Hospital]] in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], to first generation immigrant parents from [[Ju County]], [[Shandong]], province.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.5.031142/full/|doi=10.1063/PT.5.031142|title=Samuel Ting|journal=Physics Today|year=2016|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206220355/https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.5.031142/full/|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His parents, Kuan-hai Ting and [[Tsun-ying Wong]], met and married as graduate students at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name="Ng1995">{{cite book |last = Ng |first = Franklin |title = The Asian American encyclopedia |url = https://archive.org/details/asianamericanenc05ngfr |url-access = registration |year = 1995 |publisher = Marshall Cavendish |isbn = 978-1-85435-684-0 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/asianamericanenc05ngfr/page/n27 1], 490 }}</ref> When Ting was born, his parents had just earned their master's degrees from the University of Michigan and his father, a civil engineer, had received a professorship at the [[China University of Mining and Technology]].{{Sfn|Wang|Zhao|Park|2013|p=1113}}

Ting's parents returned to China two months after his birth<ref name="Ng1995" /> where Ting was [[homeschooled]] by his parents throughout WWII.<ref name="InfiniteMIT" /> After the communist takeover of the mainland that forced the nationalist government to flee to [[Taiwan]], Ting moved to the island in 1949. He would live there as a Taiwanese ''[[waishengren]]'' from 1949 to 1956 and conducted most of his formal schooling there.<ref name="InfiniteMIT">{{Cite web |last=Boebel |first=Chris |date=2011-09-06 |title=MIT 150: Samuel C.C. Ting |url=https://infinite.mit.edu/video/samuel-cc-ting-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418230918/https://infinite.mit.edu/video/samuel-cc-ting-0 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=2021-03-01 |website=InfiniteMIT |publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}</ref> His father started to teach engineering and his mother would teach psychology at [[National Taiwan University]] (NTU). Ting attended and finished Middle School in Taiwan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2003 |title=About The Programs - Personal Journeys: Samuel C.C. Ting |url=https://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/ap_pjourneys_bio2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143912/https://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/ap_pjourneys_bio2.html |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=June 2, 2014 |website=Samuel C.C. Ting - Studying in America |series=The Chinese Experience |publisher=[[PBS]]}}</ref><ref name="Nobel_Bio" /> After graduating from [[Cheng Kung Senior High School]] in [[Taipei]], he entered [[National Cheng Kung University]], where he remained for one semester of study.<ref>{{Cite web |last=China (Taiwan) |first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of |date=1976-12-01 |title=Culture, science and education |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news_amp.php?unit=12&post=22981&unitname=Society-Taiwan-Review&postname=Culture,-science-and-education |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Taiwan Today |language=en}}</ref>

In 1956, Ting, who barely spoke English,<ref name="InfiniteMIT" /> returned to the [[United States]] at the age of 20 and attended the [[University of Michigan]]. He studied engineering, [[mathematics]], and [[physics]], completing his bachelor's degrees, master's degree, and doctorate in only six years.<ref name=":0" /> He earned two [[Bachelor of Science in Information Technology|Bachelor of Science]] (B.S.) degrees in engineering, mathematics, and physics in 1959, a [[Master of Science]] (M.S.) in physics in 1960, and his [[Ph.D.]] in physics in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel C.C. Ting » MIT Physics |url=https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/samuel-ting/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=MIT Physics |language=en-US |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202210748/https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/samuel-ting/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McAlpine |first=Kate |date=2018-02-28 |title=Q&A with Samuel Ting |url=https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/02/qa-with-samuel-ting/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Engineering Research News, University of Michigan College of Engineering |language=en-US |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202210749/https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/02/qa-with-samuel-ting/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His doctoral studies were funded by a grant by the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]].<ref>[https://mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/laureates/ting/research-profile Linda Nobel Laureate]</ref>