Andrew Fletcher Dunn

Background

Dunn, Andrew Fletcher was born on January 17, 1922 in Sydney, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Harold Stuart and Tomasina Marion (Fletcher) Dunn.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1942; Master of Science, Dalhousie U., Canada, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1950.

Career

With electricity section, division physics, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, 1950-1987; head electricity section, National Research Council Canada, 1971-1980; co-head electrical and time standards section, National Research Council Canada, 1981-1987; president, Measurements International Ltd., Prescott, Ontario, 1987-1993. President Dunn Construction Company, Baddeck, Nova Scoti, 1964-1970, director, 1948-1970.

Achievements

• Andrew Fletcher Dunn has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

National chairman scout program subcommittee Boy Scouts Canada, 1969-1970. Served to captain Royal Canada Artillery, 1942-1945. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life).

Member Association Professional Engineers Ontario, Canadian Association Physicists.

Connections

Married Xenia Mills Reid, February 9, 1943 (deceased June 15, 1982). Children: Marion Elizabeth, John Andrew. Married Josephine Lucy Graham, April 6, 1985.

Father:

Harold Stuart Dunn

Mother:

Tomasina Marion (Fletcher) Dunn

Spouse:

Xenia Mills Reid

Spouse:

Josephine Lucy Graham

child:

John Andrew Dunn

child:

Marion Elizabeth Dunn