William-Henry Gauvin

William-Henry Gauvin CC FRSC (March 30, 1913 – June 6, 1994) was a Canadian chemical engineer.^[1] He was also an educator and championed industry-university-governmental research in Canada.^[2]

William-Henry Gauvin
Born	(1913-03-30)March 30, 1913 Paris, France
Died	June 6, 1994(1994-06-06) (aged 81) Beaconsfield, Quebec
Occupation	chemical engineer

Early life

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.

Career

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.

Honours

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Honorary Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers, United Kingdom
• Honorary Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada
• In 1975 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.^[6]
• In 1984 he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Marie-Victorin.^[7]
• In 1986 he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Thomas W. Eadie Medal.

Honorary Doctorate Degrees:^[4]

• 1968 D. Eng., honoris causa, Waterloo University
• 1984 D. Sc., honoris causa, McGill University
• 1984 D. Sc., honoris causa, Queen's University
• 1986 D. Sc., honoris causa, McMaster University