Background
Keys, David Arnold was born on November 4, 1890 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of David Reid and Erskine (McLean) Keys.
Keys, David Arnold was born on November 4, 1890 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of David Reid and Erskine (McLean) Keys.
Student Upper Canada College, U. Munich, Germany, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1915, Master of Arts, 1916. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, travelling fellow, 1920-1921.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1922.
Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1947, McGill University, 1947, Toronto University, 1953, Ottawa University, 1957. Hononary fellow, Trinity College, 1958.
Doctor of Laws, Mount Allison University, 1958. Doctor of Humane Letters, Lawrence Institute of Technology, 1959.
One son, John David. Assistant physicist, later physicist antisubmarine division British Admiralty, 1918-1919. Teaching fellow Harvard, 1919. Assistant professor McGill University, 1922-1926, associate professor, 1926-1929, professor, 1929-1941, Macdonald professor physics, 1941-1947, director Research .A.F. radio course, 1941-1943, Army course, 1943-1944.
Physicist United States Bureau Mines, 1927-1928.
Consultant physicist Geological Survey Canada, 1929, geophysicist, 1929-1930. Member of council National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, 1945, vice president (science), 1947-1955 in charge Atomic Energy project, Chalk River, Ontario.
Chairman project coordinating committee Atomic Energy of Canada Limited., 1952-1953. Science adviser to the president, 1953-1966, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Overseas representative, London, 1960-1961.
Canadian representative on North Atlantic Treaty Organization Science Committee, 1961-1963.
Fellow Royal Society Canada, American Physical Society, Chemical Institute Canada (honorary), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Engineering Institute Canada (honorary).
Married May Irene Freeze, 1921.