Theodore Peter Schaefer

Background

Schaefer, Theodore Peter was born on July 22, 1933 in Gnadenthal, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Paul Jacob and Margarethe (Wiebe) Schaefer.

Education

Bachelor of Science with Honors, U. Manitoba, 1954; Master of Sciences, University Manitoba, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy (Shell scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1958; Doctor of Science (honorary causa), U. Winnipeg, 1982.

Career

Professor chemistry, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, since 1958; University Distinguished professor, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1982-1997; senior scholar, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, since 1997; researcher, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada, 1959, 62; researcher, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, United Kingdom, 1960, 65; researcher, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, 1967, 68; senior fellow, member grants committee, National Research Council, Ottawa. member of council, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Ottawa., 1980-1985.

Achievements

• Theodore Peter Schaefer has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Chemical Institute Canada (Noranda award 1973), Royal Society Canada.

Connections

Married Nicola Caroline Sewell, December 26, 1960. Children: Catherine, Dominic, Benjamin.

Father:

Paul Jacob Schaefer

Mother:

Margarethe (Wiebe) Schaefer

Spouse:

Nicola Caroline Sewell

child:

Benjamin Schaefer

child:

Dominic Schaefer

child:

Catherine Schaefer