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Where did Canadian Nobel Prize winners go to school?
John Charles POLANYI, educator
POLANYI, John Charles,
C.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.C.;
educator;
b. Berlin, Germany23 Jan. 1929;
e. Manchester Grammar Sch. Eng;
Manchester Univ. B.Sc. 1949, M.Sc. 1950, Ph.D. 1952, D.Sc. 1964;
Hon. D.Sc.: Univ. Waterloo 1970, Memorial Univ. Nfld. 1976, McMaster Univ. 1977, Carleton Univ. 1981, Harvard Univ. 1982, Rensselaer Polytech. Inst. 1984, Brock Univ. 1984, Lethbridge 1987, Victoria 1987, Ottawa 1987, Sherbrooke 1987, Laval 1987, Univ. of Manchester 1988, York Univ. 1988, Montreal 1989, Acadia Univ. 1989, Weizmann Inst. 1989, Bari (Italy) 1990, British Columbia 1990, McGill 1990, Queen's 1992, Free Univ. Berlin 1993, Laurentian 1995, Univ. of Toronto 1995, Liverpool, Eng. 1995;
Hon. LL.D.: Trent Univ. 1977, Dalhousie Univ. 1983, St. Francis Xavier Univ. 1984, Concordia 1990, Calgary 1994;
m. Anne Ferrar Davidson 1958;
children: Margaret, Michael;
UNIV. PROF., UNIV. OF TORONTO 1974-- and Prof. of Chem. 1962-- ;
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nat. Rsch. Council Can. 1952-54;
Rsch. Assoc. Princeton Univ. 1954-56;
Lectr. Univ. of Toronto 1956, Asst. Prof. 1957, Assoc. Prof. 1960;
awards and lectureships: Sloan Foundation Fellow 1959-63;
Marlow Medal Faraday Soc. 1962;
Centenary Medal and Lectureship Chem. Soc. Gt. Brit. 1965;
Steacie Prize Natural Science (co-recipient) 1965;
Fellow, Royal Soc. of Can. 1966;
Noranda Award & Lectureship Chem. Inst. Can. 1967;
Mack Award & Lectureship Ohio State Univ. 1969;
William D. Harkins Lectr. Univ. Chicago 1970;
Reilly Lectr. Univ. Notre Dame 1970;
Purves Lectr. McGill Univ. 1971;
Fellow, Royal Soc. of London 1971;
Brit. Chem. Soc. Award 1971;
F. J. Toole Lectr. Univ. N.B. 1974;
Philips Lectr. Haverford Coll. 1974;
Kistiakowsky Lectr. Harvard Univ. 1975;
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Lectr. Univ. Kansas 1975;
J. W. T. Spinks Lectr. Univ. Sask. 1976;
Laird Lectr. Univ. W. Ont. 1976;
Chem. Inst. Can. Medal 1976;
Hon. Foreign mem., Am. Acad. Arts & Science 1976;
Henry Marshall Tory Medal Royal Soc. Can. 1977;
CIL Distinguished Lectr. Simon Fraser Univ. 1977;
Gucker Lectr. Ind. Univ. 1977;
Remsen Award & Lectureship Am. Chem. Soc. 1978;
Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lectr., Univ. of Toronto 1978;
Hutchison Lectr., Univ. of Rochester 1979;
Companion, Order of Canada 1979;
Guggenheim Memorial Fellow 1979-80;
Foreign Assoc. Nat. Acad. Sciences USA 1978;
Priestly Lectr., Penn State Univ., 1980;
Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Inst. of Technology, 1982;
Barré Lectr., Univ. of Montréal, 1982;
Chute Lectr., Dalhousie Univ., 1983;
Redman Lectr., McMaster Univ., 1983;
Wiegand Lectr., Univ. of Toronto 1984;
Condon. Lectr., Univ. of Colorado 1984;
Willard Lectr., Univ. of Wisconsin 1984;
John A. Allan Lectr., Univ. of Alberta 1984;
Owen Holmes Lectr., Univ. of Lethbridge 1985;
Walker-Ames Prof., Univ. of Washington 1986;
John W. Cowper Distinguished Visiting Lectr., Univ. of Buffalo, SUNY 1986;
Visiting Prof. of Chem., Texas A & M. Univ. 1986;
Distinguished Visiting Speaker, Univ. of Calgary 1987;
Morino Lectr., Japan 1987;
J.T. Wilson Lectr., Ontario Sci. Centre 1987;
Welsh Lectr., Univ. of Toronto 1987;
Spiers Memorial Lecture, Faraday Div'n. Royal Soc. Chem. 1987;
Polanyi Lecture, Internat. Union Pure & Appl. Chem. 1988;
W.B. Lewis Lecture, Atomic Energy of Can. Ltd. 1988;
Consolidated Bathurst Visiting Lectr., Concordia Univ. 1988;
Priestman Lectr., Univ. of New Brunswick 1988;
Killam Lectr., Univ. of Windsor 1988;
Herzberg Lectr., Carleton Univ. 1988;
Falconbridge Lectr., Laurentian Univ. 1988;
Dupont Lectr., Indiana Univ. 1989;
C.R. Mueller Lectr., Purdue Univ. 1989;
Michael Polanyi Medal & Lectr., Royal Soc. of Chem. 1989;
Luther Lectr., Univ. of Regina 1989;
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prizes, Keynote Lecture 1990;
Franklin Lectr., Rice Univ. 1990;
Laurier Lectr., Wilfrid Laurier Univ. 1990;
Pratt Lectr., Univ. of Virginia 1990;
Goodrich Lectr., Case Western Reserve Univ. 1990;
Phillips Lectr., Univ. of Pittsburgh 1991;
Albert Noyes Lectr., Univ. of Texas at Austin 1992;
John C. Polanyi Lecture & Award, Cdn. Soc. of Chem. 1992;
Beam Dist. Visiting Professorship, Univ. of Iowa 1992;
John & Lois Dove Memorial Lectr., Univ. of Toronto 1992;
Fritz London Lectr., Duke Univ. 1993;
Castle Lectr., Univ. of S. Florida 1993;
Young Memorial Visitor, Royal Military Coll. 1994;
Bakerian Prize Lecture, Royal Soc. of London 1994;
Charles M. & Martha Hitchcock Professorship, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley 1994;
Linus Pauling Lectr., Calif. Inst. of Tech. 1994;
Hagey Lectr., Univ. of Waterloo 1995;
Larkin-Stuart Lectr., Univ. of Toronto 1995;
Hungerford Lectr., York Club 1995;
Disting. Lectr. Series Memorial Univ. 1995;
John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureate Lectures, Univ. of Toronto 1995;
Floyd E. Bartell Memorial Lectureship, Univ. of Michigan 1996;
Christian Culture Award Lecture, Assumption Univ. 1996;
Geoffrey Frew Fellowship, Australia 1996;
Liversidge Lecture, Univ. of Sydney, Australia 1996;
Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Apotex Inc. 1996;
Scientific Adv. Bd., Max Planck Inst. for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, 1982-92;
Wolf Foundation Prize (co-recipient) 1982;
Mem., Pontifical Acad. of Sciences, Rome 1986;
NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY (co-recipient) 1986;
Izaak Walton Killam Mem. Prize 1988;
Royal Medal, Royal Soc. of London 1989;
Fellow, Royal Soc. of Edinburgh (FRSE) 1988;
Hon. Fellow, Royal Soc. of Chem. (UK) 1991;
The Chemical Inst. of Canada 1991;
Trinity Coll., Univ. of Toronto 1995;
Distinguished Anniversary Fellow, The Australian Nat. Univ. 1996;
Hon. Consultant, Inst. of Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan 1989-94;
Mem., Nat. Adv. Bd. on Science & Tech. 1987-89;
Am. Academy of Arts & Science Ctte. on Internat. Security Studies;
Bd. Mem., Cdn. Centre for Global Security;
Mem., Queen's Privy Council for Canada 1992;
Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts 1992;
Bd. of Premier's Council 1994;
Co-Chair, Internat. Consultative Group on Improving the U.N. Rapid Reaction Capability 1995;
publications: over 200 papers scient. journs., articles on science policy and control of armaments various journs., newspapers, mags.;
film Concepts in Reaction Dynamics 1970;
co-ed. The Dangers of Nuclear War 1979;
Founding Mem., Cdn. Pugwash Ctte. 1960;
Pres., Cdn. Ctte. of Scientists & Scholars;
Royal Soc. of Can. Ctte. on Scholarly Freedom;
Mem., Am. Acad. of Arts and Sci. Ctte. on Internat. Security Studies;
Bd. mem., Cdn. Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament;
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