Background
THODE, Henry was born on September 10, 1910 in Dundum, Sask. Son of Charles H. and Zelma Thode.
THODE, Henry was born on September 10, 1910 in Dundum, Sask. Son of Charles H. and Zelma Thode.
University of Saskatchewan and Chicago, and Columbia University.
Instructor, Pennsylvania College, for Women 1935-1936. Research Assistant, Columbia University 1936-1938. Research Chemist United States Rubber Company, New Jersey 1938-1939.
Assistant Professor, of Chemistry, McMaster University 1939-1942, Association Professor 1942-1944, Professor, of Chemistry 1944-1979. Head Department, of Chemistry 1948-1952, Vice-President 1957-1961, Director of Research 1947-1961, President 1961-1972, Vice-Chancellor 1961-1972. Principal Hamilton College, McMaster University 1944-1963, Professor Emeritus since 1979.
Research Chemist, Atomic Energy Project 1943-1946, Consultant 1945-1951. Visiting Professor, and Senior Foreign Scientist, National Science Foundation, California Institute of Technology 1970. Director Hamilton Health Association 1948-1968, Western New York Nuclear Research Centre 1965-1973, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
1966-1981, Stelco Inc. 1969-1985; President Section III 1950-1951), President 1959-1960. President Chemical Institute of Canada 1951-1952.
Royal Society of Canada. National Research Council 1955-1961, Defence Research Board 1955-1961, Board of Governors, Ontario Research Foundation 1955-1982, Commission, on Atomic Weights, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Institute Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 1963-1979, Canadian National Committee Institute Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 1975-1979.
Swimming, farming, golf.
Married Sadie Alicia Patrick in 1935.