Background
Lalonde was born in Ottawa in 1955.
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Andre Lalonde
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He studied geology at the University of Ottawa, getting his Bachelor of Science in 1978. He then completed his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy at McGill under Robert F. Martin.
Career
After getting his degree, he took a position at McGill, but soon returned to teach at the University of Ottawa, beginning in 1985. He was known for being a very good teacher, being named teacher of the year by the Faculty of Science on multiple occasions. He was named dean of the Faculty of Science in 2006.
As dean, Lalonde lobbied heavily to get the Advanced Research Complex built, and oversaw the hiring of 30 additional professors.
The mineral lalondite (a phyllosilicate) is named after him. Lalonde died in 2012 of cancer.
The Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory is named after him.
