- Howard Alper
Howard Alper (born 1941) is a Canadian chemist. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the
University of Ottawa . He is best known for his research ofcatalysis inchemistry .Born in
Montreal, Quebec , he received aBachelor of Science fromSir George Williams University in 1963 and a Ph.D. fromMcGill University in 1967. In 1968, he started teaching at theState University of New York and became an Associate Professor in 1971. He joined the University of Ottawa in 1975 as an Associate Professor and was appointed a Professor in 1978, later being made a Distinguished University Professor in 2006.He was the Vice-President (Research) from 1997-2006, and from 2001 to 2003, was the President of the
Royal Society of Canada .He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1984. In 1998, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada . In 2000, he was awarded the first Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada's highest research honour in the field.References
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