Leslie Shemilt

Last updated
Leslie Webster Shemilt
Born(1919-12-25)25 December 1919
Souris, Manitoba, Canada
DiedDecember 20, 2011(2011-12-20) (aged 91)
Occupation(s)chemical engineer and professor
Awards Order of Canada

Leslie Webster Shemilt, OC FRSC (25 December 1919 - 20 December 2011 [1] ) was a Canadian chemical engineer and professor.

Born in Souris, Manitoba, he received a B.A.Sc. degree in 1941 from the University of Toronto and a M.Sc. degree in 1946 from the University of Manitoba. He received a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Toronto in 1947.

In 1947, he joined the University of British Columbia as an Assistant Professor. He was appointed an Associate Professor in 1949 and a Professor in 1957. From 1959 to 1960, he was the Shell Visiting Professor at the University College London. Returning to Canada in 1960, he joined the University of New Brunswick as a Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. From 1969 to 1979, he was the Dean of Engineering at McMaster University.

From 1967 to 1985, he was the editor of the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering .

Honours

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for the quality of his research in chemical engineering, his excellence as a teacher and his professional leadership". [2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Cook</span> American-Canadian computer scientist, contributor to complexity theory

Stephen Arthur Cook is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity. He is a university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Polanyi</span> Canadian chemist (born 1929)

John Charles Polanyi is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Pickersgill</span> Canadian politician

John Whitney Pickersgill was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s. He was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's cabinet. In the mid-1960s, he served again in cabinet, this time under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission. He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970. He wrote several books on Canadian history. He died in 1997 in Ottawa.

Charles Robert Scriver was a Canadian pediatrician and biochemical geneticist. His work focused on inborn errors of metabolism and led in establishing a Canada-wide newborn metabolic screening program.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Collip</span> Biochemist; part of group that isolated insulin

James Bertram Collip was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the chair of the department of biochemistry at McGill University from 1928 to 1941 and dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario from 1947 to 1961, where he was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society.

William-Henry Gauvin was Canadian chemical engineer. He was also an educator and championed industry-university-governmental research in Canada.

Robert Ferguson Legget was a civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer. He is internationally known for his contributions to engineering, geology and building research and standardization. He is credited with the establishment of co-operation amongst Canadian geotechnical engineers, geologists and pedologists.

Thomas Anthony Brzustowski, was a Canadian engineer, academic, and civil servant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adel Sedra</span> Canadian electrical engineer (born 1943)

Adel S. Sedra is an Egyptian Canadian electrical engineer and professor.

Charles H. Hollenberg was a Canadian physician, educator and researcher.

James Milton Ham, was a Canadian engineer, university administrator and President of the University of Toronto.

Douglas Tyndall Wright, was a Canadian civil engineer, civil servant, and university president.

Gordon Richard Slemon, was a Canadian electrical engineer and professor.

Arnold Naimark is a Canadian physician, academic, and former President of the University of Manitoba.

Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon, was a Canadian chemist who developed the Pidgeon process, one of the methods of magnesium metal production, via a silicothermic reduction. He is considered the "father" of academic metallurgical research in Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Bell (Canadian geologist)</span> Canadian geologist, professor and civil servant

Robert Bell was a Canadian geologist, professor and civil servant. He is considered one of Canada’s greatest exploring scientists, having named over 3,000 geographical features.

Alexander Gordon "Sandy" McKay, was a Canadian academic who specialized in Vergilian studies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terry Fallis</span>

Terry Fallis is a Canadian writer and public relations consultant. He is a two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, winning in 2008 for his debut novel The Best Laid Plans and in 2015 for No Relation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Hershfield</span>

Charles Hershfield, B.Sc., M.A.Sc, F.E.I.C, P.Eng. (1910–1990) was widely recognized by the engineering community and known for his innovative structural engineering solutions, as a senior assistant engineer and lieutenant with the Department of National Defense, a professor at the University of Toronto, as co-founder of the North American firm Morrison Hershfield, and as a prolific author. He was a lifelong advocate of education and the engineering profession.

References

  1. "In Memory of Dr. Leslie Webster Shemilt". DignityMemorial.ca. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  2. Order of Canada citation