William-Henry Gauvin | |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1913 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Beaconsfield, Quebec |
Occupation: | chemical engineer |
William-Henry Gauvin (March 30, 1913 - June 6, 1994) was Canadian chemical engineer.[1] He was also an educator and championed industry-university-governmental research in Canada.[2]
William H. Gauvin was born in Paris, France, on 1913.[3] [4] He attended schools in Europe before moving to Montreal, Canada.[5] He received his B.Eng. (1941), M. Eng. (1942) and Ph.D. (1945) degree from McGill University.
He was a professor of Chemical Engineering at McGill University. He worked as a consultant at Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, Montréal from 1951 to 1957. He was a director on advanced technology at Noranda Research Center from 1982 to 1983. He was also a Scientific Advisor to Director at Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec from 1983 to 1990.
Honorary Doctorate Degrees:[4]