Background
Steacie, Edgar William Richard was born on December 25, 1900 in Westmount, Quebec. Son of Richard and Alice Kate (McWood) Steacie.
Steacie, Edgar William Richard was born on December 25, 1900 in Westmount, Quebec. Son of Richard and Alice Kate (McWood) Steacie.
Student Royal Military College, 1919-1920, Doctor of Science, 1960. Bachelor of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1923, Master of Science, 1924, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1953. Fellow Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Frankfurt and Leipzig, Germany, also King’s College, U. London, 1934-1935.
Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University, 1946, U. North.B., 1950, Laval University, 1952, Manitoba University, 1954, U. Toronto, 1954, Ottawa University, 1956, University of British Columbia, Saint Francis Xavier University, Saint Lawrence University, 1957.
Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, Dalhousie University, 1952, University of Western Ontario, 1958. Doctor de l’U. Montreal, 1956.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Oxford University, 1960.
Demonstrator chemistry McGill University, 1923-1925, lecturer chemistry, 1928-1930, assistant professor of chemistry, 1930-1937, associate professor, 1937-1939. Director division chemistry National Research Council, 1939-1952, vice president, 1950-1952, president since 1952. Deputy director British-Canadian atomic energy project, 1944-1946.
Fellow royal societies London, Canada (honorary secretary 1940-1942, president 1954-1955), Chemical Society London (honorary). Member Chemical Institute Canada (president 1949-1950), International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (vice president 1951-1953), Canadian Standards Association (director), Chemical Society London, American Chemical Society, Faraday Society (president 1959), Polish Chemical Society (honorary). National Academy Sciences United States (foreign asso), Academy Sciences of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (foreign.
Member).
Member editorial advisory board, International Council of Scientific Unions, 1958.
Married Dorothy Catalina Day, 1925. Children: Diana Jeanette (Mistress West. A. Magill), John Richard Brian.