Charles Robert Engel

Background

Engel, Charles Robert was born on January 28, 1922 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Jean and Lucie (Fuchs) Engel.

Education

Bachelor, U. Grenoble, 1941; Master of Science, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1947; Doctor of Science, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1951; State-Doctor of Science, U. Paris, 1970.

Career

Research fellow, assistant, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1948-1951; assistant professor medical research Collip Medical Research Laboratory, U. Western Ontario, London, 1951-1955; associate professor medical research, U. Western Ontario, London, 1955-1958; honorary special lecturer chemistry, department chemistry, U. Western Ontario, 1951-1958; professor of chemistry, Laval U., Quebec, Quebec, 1958-1990; professor emeritus, Laval U., Quebec, Quebec, since 1995. Visiting professor Institute de Chimie des Substances Naturelles National Center for Scientific Research, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1966-1967.

Achievements

• Charles Robert Engel has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant for Canada-Quebec, Equestrian Order of Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, 1970-1989, member Grand Magisterium, Vatican, 1989-1993. Board directors Catholic Culture Center, London, Ontario. Fellow Chemical Institute Canada (chairman organic division 1965-1966, executive medical division 1968-1979), Royal Society Chemistry (London).

Member American Chemical Society, French Chemical Society, Swiss Chemical Society, New Swiss Chemical Society, Canada Society Bio-chemical, Molecular and Cellular Biology, French-Canada Association for the Advancement of Sciences, New York Academy Sciences, Order Chemists Quebec, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Edith H. Braillard, August 6, 1951. Children: Lucie Tatiana Berthoud, Christiane Simonne, Francis Pierre, Marc Robert.

Father:

Jean Engel

Mother:

Lucie (Fuchs) Engel

Spouse:

Edith H. Braillard

child:

Lucie Tatiana Berthoud Engel

child:

Francis Pierre Engel

child:

Marc Robert Engel

child:

Christiane Simonne Engel