Background
Hurst, Donald Geoffrey was born on March 19, 1911 in St. Austell, England. Came to Canada, 1912. Son of George Leopold and Sarah Ellen (Inns) Hurst.
Hurst, Donald Geoffrey was born on March 19, 1911 in St. Austell, England. Came to Canada, 1912. Son of George Leopold and Sarah Ellen (Inns) Hurst.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University. Master of Science, McGill University. Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University.
Postgraduate, University California-Berkeley, 1937. Postgraduate, Cambridge University, England, 1939.
Member staff division physics National Research Council Canada, 1939-1944, member staff atomic energy project Montreal, 1944-1945, Chalk River, 1945-1952. Member staff Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 1952-1970, assistant director reactor research and development division, 1955-1961, director reactor research division, 1961-1967, director applied research and development, 1967-1970. Director division of nuclear power and reactors (on leave of absence from Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.) International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1965-1967.
President Atomic Energy Control Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1970-1974, retired, 1974.
Fellow Royal Society of Canada, American Nuclear Society. Member Canada Association Physicists.
Married Margaret Christina McCuaig, December 23, 1939. Children– Dorothy June, David Alan.