Born 1925 July 4 at Dundee, Scotland
Married 1954 June 26 to Betty Jean (Moffatt) of Hamilton, Ont.
One son (Ean Stuart), two daughters (Clare Deborah, Fiona Heather)
1 Kelvin Crescent, P.O. Box 2047, Deep River, Ontario, Canada
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1930-38 Dundee High School, Scotland
1938-43 Epsom College, Surrey, England
1947-50 Scholar, Clare College, Cambridge, England, Nat.Sci./Physics, B.A. (1950), M.A. (1953)
1943-47 Up to Capt., R.E., in British and Indian Armies in UK, India, Sumatra and Singapore
1950-57 Metallurgy Division, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell, England, including 6 months (1953-54) liaison duties in US & Canada, based on UK Embassy, Washington, DC
1957-85 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
1963-70 Head, Reactor Materials Branch, Chalk River
1970-75 Director, Fuels & Materials Division, Chalk River
1975-82 Assistant to Vice-President & Director Div. Tech. Info. & Univy. Relations, Chalk River
1982-85 Director of Program Planning, Head Office, Ottawa
1985- Consultant, to Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), AECL, Auditor General of Canada, Minister EMR, Ontario Hydro, Ontario Nuclear Safety Review
1966-71 Editor, Journal of Nuclear Materials (North Holland)
1975-82 Chairman, AECL Patents Committee
1975-85 Secretary, AECL R&D Program Committee
1975-85 Task Coordinator (Nuclear) & Alt. AECL Member, Fed. Govt. Panel on Energy R&D
1976-78 AECL representative, Ontario Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning
1983-85 NSERC Review Panel, Strategic Grants (Energy)
1983-85 Member, Council, Canadian Academy of Science, RSC
1987 Senior Consultant to Commissioner, Ontario Nuclear Safety Review
1988-97 Member, AECB's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Safety
1993-96 Member, Council, Canadian Academy of Science, RSC
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1963 Amos Komensky Medal, Czechoslovak Academy of Science
1981 Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
1987 W.B. Lewis Medal, Canadian Nuclear Association
1993 W.J. Kroll Zirconium Medal, ASTM
2004 The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal
2005 Education & Communication Award, Canadian Nuclear Society/Canadian Nuclear Association
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