Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace | |
Office: | 5th President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University |
Term Start: | 1990 |
Term End: | 1995 |
Predecessor: | Alvin A. Lee |
Successor: | Peter George |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1943 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Place: | Monaco |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Spouse: | Stephen Charles Wallace (m.1970–2015; his death)[1] |
Occupation: | Academic administration |
Profession: | Professor, scientist |
Geraldine Anne Kenney-Wallace (29 March 1943 – 17 October 2023) was a British-Canadian academic.[2] [3] She served as the president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1990 to 1995. She was educated in England and later earned her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia.[4] Kenney-Wallace was responsible for organizing the first ultrafast laser lab in Canada, in 1974, at the University of Toronto.[5] She was a professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Toronto and had served as Chairman of the Science Council of Canada. She was a recipient of a E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (1984), Guggenheim Fellowship (1983), and Killam Senior Research Fellowship (1979). Kenney-Wallace died on 17 October 2023, at the age of 80.[6]