Background
Cragg, Laurence Harold was born on September 7, 1912 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Son of Harry Humphries and Louise (Howson) Cragg.
Cragg, Laurence Harold was born on September 7, 1912 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Son of Harry Humphries and Louise (Howson) Cragg.
Bachelor in Honors Chemistry, University Toronto, 1934. Master of Arts, University Toronto, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1937.
Data Control Language (honorary), Acadia University, 1963. Doctor of Science (honorary), University New Brunswick, 1964. Doctor of Science (honorary), McMaster University, 1973.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Brandon University, 1976. Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Thomas University, 1973. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount Allison University, 1976.
Professor of chemistry, Brandon College, 1937-1943;
dean residence, Brandon College, 1937-1938;
lecturer chemistry, McMaster U., 1943-1944;
assistant professor, McMaster U., 1944-1947;
associate professor, McMaster U., 1947-1953;
professor, McMaster U., 1953-1959;
head department chemistry, McMaster U., 1958-1959;
visiting lecturer, University of Michigan, summer 1954, 55;
vice president, professor of chemistry, U. Alberta, 1959-1963;
president-elect, Mount Allison U., Sackville, N.B., Canada, 1962-1963;
president, vice-chancellor, Mount Allison U., 1963-1975;
president emeritus, professor of chemistry emeritus, Mount Allison U., since 1975;
part-time lecturer, McMaster U., 1976-1979. Member panel shock and plasma expanders Defense Research Board Canada, 1955-1963. Member Alberta Research Council, 1960-1963, National Research Council Canada, 1965-1968.
Chairman scholarship committee, 1967-1968, Chairman of Commission on support of new and smaller universities, 1967, chairman research commission on high polymer research, 1947-1950, member of advisory commission on regional development program, 1971-1975. Member science council Canada's Committee on Support of Research in Universities, 1967-1969. Member N.B. Researchand Productivity Council, 1963-1970.
President Canada National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1972-1978, member Executive Committee, 1968-1984. Member Canada delegate 17th-19th General Confs., Paris, 1972, 74, Nairobi, 1976, vice-chairman Canada delegate, 1974, 76;member Canada Science delegate to Czechoslovakia, 1966, Canada higher education delegate to People's Republic China, 1974.
Board of directors Canada Universities Foundation, 1963-1965, Association Universities and Colls. of Canada, 1965-1967, Family Superior vena cava syndrome Hamilton-Wentworth, 1981-1994, vice president, 1983-1984, president, 1984-1986. Chairman of the Board men United Church Canada, 1954-1962, member executive general county, 1956-1960, delegate to World Council Churches, New Delhi, 1961, commissioner general county, 1948-1956, 71, member general commission on union, 1967-1973, member commission on union and joint mission, 1973-1976, chairman standing commission on science, technical and ethics, 1974-1980, member committee theological education for ministry, 1977-1980, member joint national commission on union negotiations, 1977-1984, member commission on Christian faith, 1954-1959. Fellow Chemical Institute Canada (councillor 1950-1953, 55-58, director professional affairs 1957-1959, vice president 1961, president 1962), Association Atlantic Universities (executive county 1965-1975, vice chairman 1973-1975), American Chemical Society, Hamilton Association for Advancement of Literature, Science and Art (president 1955-1956, 80-81, Eastburn fellowship fund committee Hamilton Foundation 1984-1995).
Married Jean Irvine Dowling, December 27, 1938. Children: Elizabeth Cragg Sutherland, Ronald, James.