<
 
 
 
 
×
>
Vous consultez une page Web conservée, recueillie par Bibliothèque et Archives Canada le 2006-10-29 à 13:48:53. Il se peut que les informations sur cette page Web soient obsolètes, et que les liens hypertextes externes, les formulaires web, les boîtes de recherche et les éléments technologiques dynamiques ne fonctionnent pas. Voir toutes les versions de cette page conservée.
Chargement des informations sur les médias

You are viewing a preserved web page, collected by Library and Archives Canada on 2006-10-29 at 13:48:53. The information on this web page may be out of date and external links, forms, search boxes and dynamic technology elements may not function. See all versions of this preserved page.
Loading media information
X

Visit us
Collection
What's on
School zone
Boutique
About museum
  • Curatorial Division
  • Public Programming
  • Library
  • Publications
  • Corporate Documents
  • Collection Services
  • Conservation
  • Hall of Fame
  • Career Opportunities
  • Sponsorship
  • Donations
  • Associated
       Institutions
  • Interesting Links
  • News Releases The Corporation


    Search


    Site mapFrenchContact usHome


    E.W.R. "Ned" Steacie - Hall of Fame
    Portrait of E.W.R. Steacie E.W.R.
    I was born on Christmas Day, 1900 in Montréal. I was an only child, and life was not easy in my teen years. When my father, a captain in the Canadian army, was killed during World War I, I was left to take care of my invalid mother. I read a lot of books, but not many of them were scientific. It wasn't until I went to McGill University that I became interested in chemistry, and especially the process of how chemicals react with each other.

    A highlight of my life – besides my marriage in 1928 – was being hired in 1939 by the National Research Council to head its Division of Chemistry. By this time I was a successful professor with an international reputation in chemistry research.

    I had barely settled in at NRC when the Second World War broke out. My job was to mobilize scientists to do war research, and I lost no time getting things organized. By the end of the war, my division had made many discoveries, including a new way of making metallic magnesium, a strong, light metal used in fighter aircraft (and today, on lightweight bicycles). I was also involved in nuclear research, which led to many useful inventions such as the cobalt bomb to treat cancer.

    In 1952 I became President of NRC. For the next 10 years I worked hard to position Canadian research in its rightful place: among the best in the world. Many would say I succeeded

    Home Page   The Hall   Previous   Next

    © 2006 Canada Science and Technology Museum
    Comments to: webmaster@technomuses.ca