茅以升1896年1月9日生于镇江,是蜚声中外的桥梁工程专家、著名的教育家和社会活动家。他长期担任九三学社中央副主席,1988年起任名誉主席。茅以升一生为祖国山河架桥,为人民掌握科技架桥,为党和知识分子沟通架桥,也为自己架设了一座由爱国主义到共产主义的人生信仰之桥。1987年10月12日,92岁的茅以升加入了中国共产党。第一次与党组织合作茅以升一生从事桥梁工程,与桥梁结下了不解之缘。他早年留学美国,其博士论文《框架结构的次应力》中提出的科学创见,被称为“茅氏定律”。1921年,茅以升谢绝国外邀请,毅然回国。尽管当时 Mao Yisheng was born on January 9, 1896 in Zhenjiang, is a renowned bridge engineering expert, famous educator and social activist. He has long served as vice chairman of the Central Committee of Jiu San Society and honorary chairman since 1988. Mao Yisheng upholds the bridge of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, grasps the bridge of science and technology for the people, bridges the gap between the party and the intelligentsia, and establishes a bridge of life from patriotism to communism. October 12, 1987, 92-year-old Mao Yisheng joined the Chinese Communist Party. The first cooperation with the party organization Mao Yisheng engaged in bridge engineering, bridged with the bridge of indissoluble bond. He studied in the United States in his early years and his scientific dissertation proposed in his doctoral dissertation on “Secondary Stress in Frame Structures” was called “Mao’s Law.” In 1921, Mao Yishin declined to invite abroad, resolutely returned. Although at the time