Background
Lapp, Philip Alexander was born on May 12, 1928 in Ontario, Canada. Son of John Stanley and Victoria (Cotton) Lapp.
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Philip Alexander Lapp
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Bachelor of Applied Science, U. Toronto, 1950; S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955; Doctor of Laws (honorary), McMaster U., 1987.
Career
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1950-1952;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1952-1954;
research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1954;
systems engineer, DeHavilland Aircraft Company, Toronto, 1954;
project engineer, DeHavilland Aircraft Company, Toronto, 1954-1960;
chief engineer, DeHavilland Aircraft Company, Toronto, 1960-1967;
senior vice president, Spar Aerospace, Toronto, 1967-1969;
now director, Spar Aerospace, Toronto
president, founder, Philip A. Lapp Ltd., since 1969. Chairman Task Force National Surveying and Mapping, 1977-1978. Member Interdept.Study Group on Ocean Information Systems, 1978-1979, National Technology Planning Group Uranium Tailings Research, 1980-1981.
President Association Professional Engineers Ontario, Toronto, 1982-1983, Canada Council Professional Engineers, 1987-1988. President York University Development corporation, 1985-1989, chairman, 1985-1991. Director MacDonald Dettwiler & Associations, Vancouver, Spar Aerospace, Toronto, General Technology Systems, United Kingdom;chairman Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science, since 1988.
Chairman Real Data Corp, 1987-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member Board of Governors York University, Toronto, since 1979. Board directors Frontier Foundation, Toronto, since 1983, Ortech International. Fellow Canada Aero. and Space Institute (president 1967-1968), Royal Society Canada.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), Engineering Institute Canada (honorary), Canada Academy Engineering(president 1988-1989), Elec. and Electronics Engineers Canada, Engineering Institute Canada (honorary), Canada Remote Sensing Society.
Connections
Married Caulyne Byers, September 6, 1952. Children— David John, Douglas Foster, Aimee Moiree.
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Nationality
Canadian