David Strangway

David William Strangway (born June 7, 1934 in Simcoe ; † December 13, 2016 ) was a Canadian geophysicist, science organizer and university president.

Life

Strangway studied physics and geology at the University of Toronto with a bachelor's degree in 1956 and received a doctorate in physics there in 1960. In 1961 he became Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of Colorado and from 1965 he was Assistant Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In 1970 he became head of the geophysics department at NASA and was responsible for geophysics on the Apollo missions to the moon. Strangway also dealt with geomagnetics for prospecting purposes. From 1973 to 1983 he was Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Geological Institute of the University of Toronto and Vice President of the University and from 1983/84 he was President of the University of Toronto. From 1985 to 1997 he was President of the University of British Columbia , where he helped fund the university by founding a real estate company. From 1998 to 2004 he was President of the Canada Foundation for Innovation in Ottawa, a formally independent organization that aims to improve the research infrastructure in Canada with a large government budget. He was then founding president of the private Quest University Canada in Squamish (British Columbia) .

In 1987 he received the J. Tuzo Wilson Medal of the Canadian Geophysical Union and in 1984 the Logan Medal . In 1996 he became an officer in the Order of Canada and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada .

Fonts

History of the Earth's Magneti Field, McGraw Hill 1970

Web links

David Strangway homepage

Individual evidence

↑ Jeff Lee: Former UBC president David Strangway dead at age 82. In: vancouversun.com. Vancouver Sun , December 14, 2016, accessed February 12, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Strangway, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Strangway, David William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian geophysicist, science organizer, and university president
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Simcoe
DATE OF DEATH	December 13, 2016

[1] Jeff Lee: Former UBC president David Strangway dead at age 82. In: vancouversun.com. Vancouver Sun , December 14, 2016, accessed February 12, 2017 .