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Eric Fawcett 1927-2000
Born and brought up in Lancashire, Eric went to Clare College, Cambridge, following military service in the Royal Navy. He read Natural...
Science for Peace
Dec 20, 20003 min read
Gerhard Herzberg 1904-1999
On March 4, 1999 the following message was issued by Dr. Willem Siebrand, Acting Director General of the Steacie Institute at the...
Science for Peace
Jun 1, 19992 min read
In Memoriam: Kenneth McNaught
On June 2, 1997, Kenneth McNaught, professor of history at the University of Toronto, died of cancer. Just six weeks prior to his death...
Science for Peace
Jul 1, 19971 min read
In Memoriam: Reverend Dr. Ian MacLeod
Dr. Ian MacLoed died December 18, 1996. With his wife Virginia, Dr. MacLeod spent thirty-two years in Japan with the United Church...
Science for Peace
Jul 1, 19971 min read
In Memoriam: Linus Pauling 1901-1994
With the death of Linus Pauling the scientific community has lost one of its greatest members, a man who has been compared with such...
Science for Peace
Sep 1, 19941 min read
In Memoriam: James Gareth Endicott, 1898 – 1993
James Endicott was an important figure in the peace movement in Canada for almost half a century. He was a leader during the 1940s and...
Science for Peace
Jan 1, 19941 min read
In Memoriam: Kenneth E. Boulding, 1910-1993
I first met Ken at the newly founded Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBAH, as we affectionately called it). … In...
Science for Peace
Jun 21, 19934 min read
Raymond Boyer, 1906-1993
Raymond Boyer was born in Montreal and received his Ph.D. in chemistry from McGill. He lived and travelled in Europe for several years in...
Science for Peace
Jun 21, 19932 min read
In Memoriam: George Ignatieff
To recall George Ignatieff’s dedication, persistence and humanity in his life-long struggle for a peaceful, secure and decent world is...
Science for Peace
Nov 1, 198910 min read
In Memoriam: George Ignatieff
Throughout my life I have had discomfort in getting to first-name terms with people considerably older than myself. It is a cultural,...
Science for Peace
Nov 1, 19893 min read
In Memoriam: John and Lois Dove
As former President of Science for Peace, I came to know John and Lois Dove as among the most devoted supporters of the cause of peace....
Science for Peace
Jun 1, 19891 min read
In Memoriam: John and Lois Dove
Professor John Dove and his wife Lois Hersum Dove have both been killed in a motor accident in Botswana. They were there partly on...
Science for Peace
Jun 1, 19894 min read
In Memoriam: Duncan Lockhart Gordon
The death of Duncan Gordon on November 6, so soon after that of his brother, the Hon. Walter Gordon, has meant the loss of two valued...
Science for Peace
Dec 1, 19871 min read
In Memoriam: James Morrison
Since 1969, Professor and Director of the Institute for Materials Research at McMaster University. Prior to his tenure at McMaster, Prof....
Science for Peace
Nov 1, 19871 min read
In Memoriam: C.B. Macpherson
C.B. Macpherson, known as “Brough” to his many friends, died peacefully on July 31 in the Toronto General Hospital. He was 75. He had...
Science for Peace
Sep 1, 19871 min read
Walter Gordon 1906-1987
The death of the Hon. Walter Gordon has evoked deserved tributes to him as a gentle patriot, an influential reformer in Canadian politics...
Science for Peace
Apr 1, 19871 min read
In memoriam: Alva Myrdal, 1902-1986
Dear, admired friend of peacemakers the world over. “..(The) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (was) set up to...
Science for Peace
Mar 1, 19861 min read
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