Person Profile

Strangway, David William

1934–

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Biography

He was Assistant Professor of Geology at University of Colorado 1961-1964.

He was Assistant Professor of Geophysics at MIT 1965-1968.

He was the Chief of Geophysics at the NASA Johnson Space Centre 1970-1972.

He was a Visiting Professor of Geology at the University of Houston 1971-1973.

He was Chief of the Physics Branch of NASA 1972-1973.

He was the Chairman and Professor of the Geology Department of the University of Toronto 1972-1980.

He was the Vice-President of the University of Toronto 1980-1983.

He was the President of the University of Toronto 1983-84.

He was the President of the University of British Columbia in 1985.

He was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. (serving on the Compensation Committee) in 1986.

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