James Lorne Gray, (March 2, 1913 – March 2, 1987) was a

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administrator and President of

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(AECL) from 1958 to 1974. Born in

Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...

, he received a B. Eng in 1935 and a M.Sc. (Mech. Eng.) in 1938 from the

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. In 1939, he was a lecturer in engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. During

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, he served in the

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achieving the rank of

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. After the war from 1945 to 1946, he was associate director-general in the research and development division of the department of Reconstruction and Supply in Ottawa. From 1946 to 1948, he was with Montreal Armature Works Limited. In 1948, he was the scientific assistant to the President of the

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(NRC). From 1949 to 1952, he was the Chief of Administration for the NRC Chalk River project. In 1952, he joined AECL as a General Manager, became a Vice-President in 1954, and became President in 1958, retiring in 1974. In 1969, he was made a Companion of the

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. He was awarded honorary degrees from the

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and the University of Saskatchewan.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, James 1913 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Canadian civil servants Companions of the Order of Canada Royal Canadian Air Force officers People from Brandon, Manitoba University of Saskatchewan alumni