H. C. Zen

{{family name hatnote|Zen|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox person

| name = H. C. Zen
(Jen Hung-chun)

| image = 任鴻隽.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1886|12|20}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|11|13|1886|12|20}}

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| nationality = {{flag|Qing Dynasty}}
{{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}}
{{flag|People's Republic of China}}

| alma_mater = Cornell University
Columbia University

| known_for = President of Sichuan University

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| spouse = Chen Hengzhe

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}}

H. C. Zen ({{zh|s=任鸿隽|t=任鴻雋|p=Rén Hóngjùn |w=Jen Hung-chün}}; 1886–1961) was a Chinese politician, academic and educator who served as president of National Sichuan University from 1935–1937.{{cite web |url= http://www.scu.edu.cn/portal2013/gk/ld/webinfo/2013/10/1379982781971746.htm |title=Past presidents of Sichuan University}} He was a professor of Chemistry and served as vice president of what is now Nanjing University from 1923–1925. He was a founding member of the Science Society of China, a major science organization in the modern history of China initiated by Chinese students at Cornell University in 1914,{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6EBhbf7HXLkC&pg=PA94 |title=American Science and Modern China, 1876-1936 |page=94|isbn=9780521227445 |last1=Buck |first1=Peter |date=30 May 1980 }} and served as its president from 1914 to 1923.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5pLGIcp4PMgC&pg=PA424 |title=Biography of Sophia Chen and H. C. Zen, a Modern Couple in East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History, Volume II: From 1600 |page=424|isbn=9781133606499 |last1=Ebrey |first1=Patricia Buckley |author1-link=Patricia Buckley Ebrey |last2=Walthall |first2=Anne |date=January 2013 }}