Background
Needler, George Treglohan was born on February 2, 1935 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of Alfred Walker Holinshead and Alfreda Alice (Berkeley) Needler.
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George Treglohan Needler
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Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics with honours, Master of Science in Theoretical Physics, U. B.C., 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, McGill University, 1963.
Career
Research scientist department fisheries and ocean, Bedford Institute Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1962-1975;
head ocean circulation division, Bedford Institute Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1975-1979;
director, Bedford Institute Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1979-1985;
research scientist, Bedford Institute Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1992-1995;
emeritus scientist, Bedford Institute Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scoti, Canada, since 1995;
scientific director World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Institute Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey., England, 1985-1989;
chief scientist, Institute Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey., England, 1989-1992. Research associate Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1965-1985. Member United Nations body JointGroup of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution, 1980-1985,chairman working group on oceanographic model of wastes disposed in thedeep sea, 1980-1983.
Member Canada National Committee International Union Geodesy and Geophysics, 1979-1983, chairman, 1983-1985. Member Canada National Committee for Science Com.Oceanographic Research, 1978-1979. Board directors, research/policy committee Canada Global Change Program.
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Membership
Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Canada Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (scientific committee 1977-1980).
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Married Catherine Lebedoff de Badrihaye, June 11, 1984. 1 child, Frederick Hoelbl;children from previous marriage: Mary Catherine, Kirstie Ann, Ian Berkeley, Peter Alfred.
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Canadian