Background
DREIMANIS, Aleksis was born on August 13, 1914 in Valmiera, Latvia. Son of Peteris Dreimanis and Marta Eleonora Leitis.
geologist consultant professor
DREIMANIS, Aleksis was born on August 13, 1914 in Valmiera, Latvia. Son of Peteris Dreimanis and Marta Eleonora Leitis.
Latvian University.
Assistant then Lecturer, Institute of Geology, University of Latvia 1937-1944. Consultant, Institute of Mineral Resources of Latvia 1942-1944. Mil. Geologist, Latvian Legion 1944-1945.
Association Professor, Baltic University, Hamburg and Pinneberg, Germany 1946-1948. Lecturer, later Professor, Department, of Geology, University of Western Ontario, Canada 1948-1980, Professor Emeritus since 1980. Chairman Council, Latvian National Federation in Canada 1953-1971.
Chairman Sub-committee on Quaternary Geology) 1967-1972. President Institute Union for Quaternary Research Commission, on Genesis and Lithology of Quaternary Glacial Deposits 1973-1987. President American Quaternary Association 1980-1982.
Consultant various Canadian and United States govt, institutions and private cos. since 1949. Honorary degree (University of Waterloo) 1969, (Western Ontario ) 1980.
Canadian National Committee on Research in Geological Sciences. Latvian Academy, of Sciences since 1990.
Married Anita Kana in 1942.