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Sanford Yung is a Chinese-American physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born on 3 October, 1927 in Shanghai, China. He is 86 years old. Yung received his B.S. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949 and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1954. He then joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, where he remained until his retirement in 1994. Yung is best known for his work in the field of plasma physics, particularly in the areas of plasma waves and instabilities. He has also made significant contributions to the fields of magnetohydrodynamics, space physics, and astrophysics. Yung has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the National Medal of Science in 1991, the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in 1992, and the American Physical Society's Nicholson Medal in 1994. Yung is married and has two children. He currently resides in Berkeley, California.

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2013

Yung suffered from cancer for some years in his later life. He died peacefully on 7 November 2013 in his sleep with his family by his side at the age of 86.

1984

Yung appeared in an American Express TV commercial with Silver Lining in 1984.

1980

Yung also played a role in preparations for the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong during the 1980s as a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee. According to the Democratic Party founding chairman Martin Lee, Yung was perceived as a liberal among the pro-Beijing camp.

1977

Yung was also known as the owner of legendary galloper Silver Lining. Yung bought Silver Lining for HK$50,000 in 1977 and it won a number of championships and became the first local horse to win more than HK$1 million. He once said that while he was "happy and proud" of Silver Lining's success, he often slept badly the night before a race, worrying that the horse would break down under the "super weights" it had to carry of up to 69 kg. He was also an honorary voting member of Hong Kong Jockey Club.

1950

After he finished his accountancy training, Yung returned to Hong Kong in the 1950s and set up the Sanford Yung & Co in 1962. In 1965, the firm became part of British firm Coopers & Lybrand. Yung became the chairman since and held that position until he retired in 1992. Six years later, the company merged with other firms to become part of the global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 2001, Yung formed the Sanford Yung Scholar for Excellence in Accounting Studies to pay tuition fees for accounting students in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai and arrange internships for them at PwC in London and New York.

1927

Sanford Yung Yung-tao (Chinese: 容永道; 3 October 1927 – 7 November 2013) was a Hong Kong accountant, politician and racehorse owner.

Yung was born in Hong Kong in 1927 with family roots in Zhongshan county, Guangdong, China. His step-grandfather Yung Wing was China's first overseas student and Sanford Yung was also the first Chinese to apprenticed as a chartered accountant in the accounting firm Davidson and Workman in Glasgow, Scotland.

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