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- Douglas_Tyndall_Wright abstract "Douglas Tyndall Wright, OC (born October 4, 1927) is a Canadian civil engineer, civil servant, and former university administrator.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received a B.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1949, a Master of Science degree in 1952 from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. from University of Cambridge in 1954.In 1954, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's University becoming Associate Professor by 1958. In 1958, he became a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He was Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1958 to 1963 and was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 1959 to 1966.From 1967 to 1972, he was the Chairman of the Committee on University Affairs for the Province of Ontario. From 1969 to 1972, he was the Chairman of the Commission on Post Secondary Education in Ontario. From 1972 to 1979, he was Deputy Provincial Secretary for Social Development and from 1979 to 1980, he was Deputy Minister of Culture and Recreation.From 1981 to 1993, he was the President, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo.From 1995 to July 2007, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Research in Motion.In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1993, he was made a Knight (chevalier) in France's Ordre National du Mérite. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and of the Engineering Institute of Canada.He has received honorary degrees from Carleton University, Brock University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Concordia University, Northeastern University, Strathclyde University, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Université de Sherbrooke, Queen's University, McMaster University, University of Toronto, and the University of Waterloo.Wright has five children and seventeen grandchildren. His children are William Maxwell, Matthew Clyde, Robert Tyndall, Sarah Jane and Anna Maria.".
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