Semih Tezcan ('; born May 3, 1932) is a Turkish academic. He graduated from

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...

Faculty of

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in 1954. In 1962, he went to

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, and joined

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

as an assistant professor. Tezcan became Associate Professor in 1964, and Professor in 1966 at UBC. He received the

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Gold Medal, Best Civil Engineering Paper Award from

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. He was the founding president of the

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from 1963 to 1968. He became the second president of

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait. It has six faculties and two ...

, succeeding the first president Dr. Aptullah Kuran, (former American

Robert College The American Robert College of Istanbul ( tr, İstanbul Özel Amerikan Robert Lisesi or ), often shortened to Robert, or RC, is a highly selective, independent, co-educational high school in Turkey.The Turkish education system divides schools i ...

İstanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_in ...

) where he served between 1979 and 1982. Tezcan was the President of

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(''Yükseköğretim Kurulu'') between 1980 and 1981. In addition to his academic career in Boğaziçi University, Tezcan is currently the President of Higher Education and Research Foundation, and the President of ''Türkiye Deprem Vakfı'' ( TDV). Tezcan has also served many years as the Honorary Consul-General of

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in Istanbul from August 1985 to February 2008. Semih Tezcan has been married to Özlem Tezcan since August 15, 1984, and they have two sons.

References

* *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYFWc7NBta4 Turkish non-fiction writers Turkish engineering academics Turkish civil engineers 1932 births Living people Istanbul Technical University alumni Robert College alumni Turkish emigrants to Canada Academic staff of Boğaziçi University Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Rectors of Boğaziçi University {{Turkey-engineer-stub